Maritza Linebaugh is a Licensed Professional Counselor who is experienced working with children, teens, and adults. She believes everyone should have a safe and healing place to work through life's difficulties. Maritza has extensive knowledge of interpersonal trauma and the profound impact it has on survivors. Her clinical expertise is working with individuals who are struggling with depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress reactions/disorder, substance use disorders, attachment styles, body dystrophia, dissociation, relationship conflicts, and issues with sex and intimacy. She enjoys traveling, reading, building relationships, and integrating spirituality as the source of her personal wellness.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together we’ll start with brief introductions then dive into the specific challenges you’re facing. This will help me create a personalized plan to work through together in future sessions.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Maritza has built a reputation for having active listening skills, clear verbal communication, empathy, an open mind, developing strong therapeutic rapport and collaboratively managing conflict. She aims to empower her clients to create space, balance, time, and strength to process and embrace their needs in counseling.
About Maritza Linebaugh
Maritza Linebaugh offers therapy covered by UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicaid in Texas.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I utilize this model based on the concept that our thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are interconnected, and that negative thoughts and feelings can trap you in a negative cycle. CBT aims to help you deal with overwhelming problems in a more positive way by breaking them down into smaller parts.
Attachment-based
This treatment theory helps me work with people are interested in healing from a negative attachment style that stems from past abandonment trauma, abuse, or neglect. This type of therapy can be effective for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and specific attachment issues like fear of abandonment or rejection or an inability to trust.
EMDR
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a mental health treatment technique. This method involves moving your eyes a specific way while you process traumatic memories. EMDR's goal is to help you heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences. EMDR encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. EMDR is an individual therapy typically delivered 1-2 times per week for a total of 6-12 sessions. It differs from other trauma-focused treatments in that it does not include extended exposure to the distressing memory, detailed descriptions of the trauma, challenging of beliefs, or homework assignments.