Tommie A Colin
Welcome here! My name is Tommie A Colin, LPC, experienced as a Psychotherapist/Counseling Therapist and Mental Health Practitioner. This can be a safe space to explore, discuss and address your concerns. Here, you matter! As a therapist, my focus is you and helping you address your concerns.
Helping a client believe in themself, find hope and grow resiliency of spirit towards self-empowerment is a professional strength of mine.
I am here to listen and help in a non-judgmental and compassionate way, and from an empathetic perspective. We are all human, just trying to be okay and do better as we can. Your story is not over. I am here to help you towards your "Season of Growth" on your path to clarity, authenticity or healing.
First session
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then discuss the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions. Clients are invited to ask questions, as needed. It is important for my clients to feel comfortable seeking services with me for their level of comfort to be respected and for mutual respect of our boundaries, to ensure that our relationship is a good fit for the client or clients. I will go over consents/disclosures, intake questions with the client per first session protocol.
Strengths
Helping a client believe in themself, find hope and grow resiliency of spirit towards self-empowerment is a professional strength of mine. I also do my best to make the counseling session a safe space for the client(s) to express, discuss and explore their thoughts, feelings, issues, challenges experiences and goals as needed, as part of the counseling relationship and process. I engage in really listening to the client to help them enhance their mental health and well being to grow and make progress.
Ideal clients
Persons of varying ages (from teens to adults), for whom I serve, are: those seeking counseling/behavioral help for individual, relationship, family needs related to life challenges/internal conflicts including life transitions, work/life balance, career exploration, emotional regulation, reactive behavior, trauma, grief, domestic violence, or physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual abuse. Individuals with neurodivergent minds and those seeking to improve their self confidence, and self esteem are very welcome here.
Treatment methods
Trauma Informed Care
Experienced in helping clients impacted by trauma, to explore and understand paths for coping and healing.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Experienced in helping clients realize the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and the inner conflicts, that can be addressed. Positive progress has been observed and achieved for my clients, helping them realize that there are ways to be less reactive, more responsive, more productive, and self-empowered.
Psychodynamic
Experienced in utilizing this approach for helping explore and understand the psychological motivations underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions, with focus in the dynamics between the conscious and unconscious mindset. I have seen progress of improvement in my clients, as they address unfinished business, past trauma, and repressed memories.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Experienced in this therapeutic approach helping clients to focus on finding solutions in the present, and exploring their hopeful options, in the here and now, and towards a better future; while moving on from the problems of the past.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Experienced in helping clients become self empowered, and in control of their own self development and growth, and realizing their full potential, self worth, from an individual perspective of self-autonomy as they grow from within, exploring their authentic self in a safe space, receiving unconditional positive regard, respect, compassion, empathy and understanding towards self-acceptance as an individual that matters. These therapeutic techniques, are shared often with my clients based upon counseling from a humanistic perspective because a client's well being and mental health matters.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions7310 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78216