aBout Angie

Hello, my name is Angie! I admire your courage in initiating your healing journey! I am here to encourage you so that you do not have to do this alone!

I received my M. A in Professional Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. My enthusiasm for physiology and redemption led me to pursue a Master's in Professional Counseling.

Seeking mental health care can be a daunting step. Fear and stigma have kept many of us isolated in our struggles. You were not created to do this alone; I would love to invite you into a judgment-free zone where you will gain the courage to heal,tools to mitigate your symptoms, and support to enhance the quality of your life, relationships, and goals.

Knowing that the human body is interconnected, my approach to therapy is to seek to understand your mind, physiology, and psychological and emotional needs to tailor the best treatment plan.

Fun fact: The human brain is the most complex organ in the body. Trauma is stored in the body. For example, your brain can memorize about 1 trillion different scents, all linked to memory and emotion. Want to learn more? Let's work together!

To learn more fun facts, follow my education mental health Instagram page: @redemptivehope

Trainings and Certifications: Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ADHD-CCSP, Trained in Eating Disorders, pursuing CEDS.

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EAting Disorders

“Eating disorders steal so much; let’s chat to reclaim your life, peace, joy, hope, confidence, and health!” Angie

Angie has worked with eating disorders since 2020 and is working towards obtaining her Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Certification. She is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders, where she continues her education on the top line of treatment for disordered eating and eating-related struggles.

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ADHD

“Your brain is not flawed, it’s a different operating system! Let’s work together to learn how to cultivate a love and amazement for your brain!” Angie

Angie holds a certification to treat ADHD, she desires that her clients learn how to undertand their brains and diagnosis to thrive in a world that favors neurotypical brains.

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Accelerated resolution Therapy

“Feel stuck and need help regulating your nervous system? Let’s talk about innovative ways to help your brain build trust.” Angie

Angie is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy and uses this in conjunction with her specialties.

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FAQ: Eating Disorders

There are a couple of ways to know if a therapist specializes in eating disorders.
1. Look for the letters CEDS (“Certified Eating Disorder Specialist”), meaning the therapist has completed extensive training to specialize the treatment of eating disorders.
2. Reach out and ask the therapist about their experience in treating eating disorders and their rate of success in treating them. Ask them what “treatment modalities” they use. If the therapist is a member of an eating disorder association, they are more likely to be informed on the most effective way to treat, coordinate care, and support someone who is struggling with an eating disorder.
3. What are the “Treatment Modalities” that are most successful when treating eating disorders according to research? Evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (emotion-focused and trauma-informed CBT). CBT: the premise is that you are what you think; distorted thoughts affect your behavior. ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is based on the premise that we do not run away from or try to eradicate the hard, but press into what is hard, accept what aligns with our values, and live with what does not. Knowledge of ERP (Exposure Prevention) for ARFID, but ERP is not suitable for all eating disorders. Family-Based Therapy is helpful for minors and those living with family.
Unique, tailored to your specific needs. Everyone we see is in a different spot, so whether you are aware of your food values, attitudes, and beliefs, have done the work on body image and self-worth and shame or not, we are here to assess where you are in your healing journey and see how we can partner with you as you continue healing.
In general, we use a multidisciplinary approach, meaning that, with your consent, we collaborate with your doctor, psychiatrist, nutritionist, and other specialists to ensure that you thrive in outpatient settings. While we create a treatment plan to optimize your care, we check in session to session to see how you are doing and what you feel comfortable doing. We definitely celebrate little progress and relapses because we know that the journey is intricately beautiful!
No, read more here: Article on Food Related Struggles

FAQ: ADHD

Let’s be real, it's FUN! ADHD brains are creative, unique, valuable, yet often misunderstood. As an ADHD Therapist, I help my clients understand their brains (we nerd out on things like Norepinephrine, Dopamine receptors, and top-down and bottom-up brain communication). We reduce stigma one educational and practical session at a time. Depending on your diagnosis and needs, whether it's ADHD inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, or combined, we take a detailed inventory of the needs you have in your life and work on a gradual system to improve areas of deficiency.
Did you know that ADHD brains are incredibly fascinating and creative? ADHD brains are different, and those differences may be deficiencies in one area, but incredible assets in others. There are many amazing individuals in history who are said to have ADHD. Can you take a guess? Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Vincent Van Gogh, Michael Phelps, Will Smith, and many more. ADHD is not a diagnosis of limitation, but an opportunity to understand your brain and learn how to use it for good. In other words, you were given a gift; trying to be “someone else's brain” does not honor your journey. Imagine what beautiful things your brain can do if we learn to love it, understand, and work with it!

Hablo Español

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Desde pequña, mi abuelita me enseñó la importancia de las relaciones saludables, la familia y la comunidad. Ella inculcó la pasión de poder practicar mi español para poder ayudar a mi comunidad. Es difícil encontrar ayuda de alta calidad para las personas que solo hablan español y quiero cerrar esa brecha! Ofrezco terapia de salud mental en español. ¡Espero crear un ambiente donde puedas tener la libertad y la confianza para expresarte en tu lengua materna!

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International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals

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I have been so excited to post this information!!! Attachment styles are the foundation of our communication skills! Pro tip:How to become healthy — heal your attachment style! Share this info to enlighten someone today! 🫶🏼 #therapy #mentalhealth #attachments #attachmentparenting

Happy Memorial day! 🇺🇸 Days like these can be filled with joy, celebration, cookouts, fun, and for others it's a day that brings back heavy emotions such as grief. Today, I want to honor and respect anyone who has lost a hero! Their sacrifice was not in vain and I hope we never take it for granted! 🇺🇸♥️🤍💙 Days like these can cause mixed emotions to surface, depending on where you are on your healing journey, you will respond different to these emotions. If you are the person grieving, this post was made with you in mind. I hope that after reading this you gain awareness about your healing process and are motivated to take productive steps towards healing. 1. Identify where you are in your healing process. What emotions surface and are you avoiding them or do you have the tools to press into them, process them and work through them? 😊 2. If you answered "I avoid them," then know that healing needs to take place and that is a GREAT place to be! That does not make you any less of a person, it just means that your body is incredible and its asking for healing. 🫶 3. Tips to heal: Talk about it with emotionally mature people, repressing only makes things worst, gain tools and tips on how to navigate grief by talking to a therapist. 🤓 4. Grief does not have a time line, its intricate, grieving is a process. 5. You will come out stronger and filled with meaning! Press in, don’t avoid!!! #memorialday #mentalhealthawareness #memorialdayweekend #militarylife #saluteourheroes #grieftherapy

26.2!!! Why did this marathon mean a lot? It was not the medal! My sticker is still in the envelope…. 😜 It was the mental game, the mental battle, the growth that the process produced in me. I learned to fall in love with the training, with the struggle, with the pain, “the wall”. (The wall is when your body gives up and dramatically slows down your pace). Overcoming that wall become a game. I learned to expect it with anticipation rather than dread. ⚡️ Often times we accept our own limitations before attempting failure!!! We fear failure like it’s our enemy while failure is part of the process! You want growth? Learn how to fail! I learned about how much I love comfort and how comfort keeps me from growing. Part of growth is being uncomfortable every single day! Uncomfortable to wake up early, uncomfortable to sleep, uncomfortable to be inconvenienced, uncomfortable to fail, to try again…. My comfort zone will be the end of me. Thank you mile 23 for the tears and lessons, thank you mile 26 for teaching me what I am made of! Thankful for lessons on pain, growth and endurance! 🫶

Just show up! Be uncomfortable Growth happens in the uncomfortable 🫶

Lessons from running a marathon: 1. You will be surprised by what happens when you just show up! 2. Pain doesn’t last forever 3. The mind is a very powerful place, train it well! Train your mind to do hard things, train your mind to wait, train your mind to persist! 4. You can learn to love hard things! 5. Doing hard things for rewards will only take you so far, BUT when you get used to hard, you will look back and see that you went further than you ever imagined! Which one is your favorite? I know these are very different from what society typically teaches us! So let me know what y’all think about these?!!

The battle with an Eating Disorder is hard, complicated, and it’s not as simply choosing to eat! It’s about a broken relationship with self, food, the world and others! Eating disorders distort everything making it necessary that we initiate a journey that helps us rebuild all that has been shattered! This post simply informs on how a life threatening battle with Anorexia Nervosa can affect the human body. I hope that if you find yourself struggling you speak up as healing is available and NO ONE IS EVER TOO FAR GONE FOR HEALING AND REDEMPTION! 🫶♥️

💃🪩💃 Eating w/o anxiety is where it’s attt!!!! 🤌

Let’s learn about bulimia! I just realized that citing will take most of the space for this caption! Stay tuned more info coming your way!!!😜 🌟 For more research check out: Slide seven: Santonicola A, Gagliardi M, Guarino MPL, Siniscalchi M, Ciacci C, Iovino P. Eating Disorders and Gastrointestinal Diseases. Nutrients. 2019 Dec 12;11(12):3038. doi: 10.3390/nu11123038. PMID: 31842421; PMCID: PMC6950592. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/health-consequences The importance of electrolytes: Shrimanker I, Bhattarai S. Electrolytes. 2022 Jul 25. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan–. PMID: 31082167. Smink FR, van Hoeken D, Hoek HW. Epidemiology, course, and outcome of eating disorders. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;26(6):543-8. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328365a24f. PMID: 24060914. on eating disorders DSM-5, APA!

Therapy Epiphany III All humans are lovely, worthy, valuable and they matter, if not to you, they matter to someone. Give all humans the respect they deserve! We all have a story, a journey and challenges. When you are talking to someone, remember that they are a son, a daughter, a loved one to someone! “Speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” Albert Einstein I hope that today you see people and not their role or tittle! 🫶

Therapy Ephiphany II Often the work that I do entails training people how to seek healthy relationships! 🫶 In therapy, we learn how to discern toxic vs. safe relationships. 🙌 Check this out: If I come across a bad apple, then my brain easily generalizes that all apples are bad. So I learn to believe that all apples are going to make me sick. Here, my mind is just trying to keep me safe, however, not all apples are bad. Similarly, when our wounds have taught us that all relationships are bad, we are prone to get stuck in a hopeless cycle. 😩 This (self-protective shell) tells us that we will NEVER be able to build good RELATIONSHIPS. 😵😭 Because we are communal and relational beings, something deep inside will always desire connection! 🤝The danger is when we become uncomfortably numb in our isolation! 😐 Your fear is valid, trust is HARD! There are a lot of terrible people, churches, communities ( it is a fallen world). BUT THERE ARE ALSO GREAT people, churches, and safe invidivuals out there. 🤗If you don't know how to find safe people then you will continue falling into bad relationships. 🫣 The first step we need to take is to acknowledge the reality of our situation! We need to accept that we were created for community and we can't do life alone! Isolation is not the solution to the problem, instead lets try learning how to build healthy relationships! 🫶 If you feel jaded by your track record of relationships, know that healing is available. ✨🤍

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