Micah Gamez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 10 years of practice experience in a variety of settings which include: schools, in-patient and outpatient behavioral health services, crisis, substance abuse, medical social work, family services, community-based wrap around services and private practice. Micah is bilingual, bicultural, a mother and military veteran. Micah is culturally competent and utilizes a variety of therapeutic modalities and in her approach to counseling others. While including a strengths-based, client-centered, and holistic approach. is my passion to serve you and your needs. At this time, I provide services only through virtual telehealth.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we’ll start with brief introductions and build rapport. I will ask questions to understand who you are, your strengths and goals, what you have experienced, what challenges you are facing, and together we will build a plan tailored to you and your needs. As you know, meeting someone for the first time and sharing personal information can be difficult. My goal is to help you understand that you are in control, you can share as much or as little as you see necessary. We will work together in follow up sessions to address your concerns or issues.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My greatest strength is "Meeting people where they are at". I strive to create a comfortable and safe space, for my clients to freely express themselves. Therapy is not a "one size fits all". We are all unique, with innate strengths and needs. I am privileged and honored to work with each client I serve. I treat my clients with the utmost respect and care. I will challenge you, encourage you, and support you throughout your counseling journey.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I love working with children, adolescents, young adults and their families. Each unique, and their own. I work hard to understand your family dynamics, unique strengths and skills, and needs to connect with you. Whether you love sports or crafts, we will find a way to creatively incorporate it in the work we do. It is my passion to serve you and your needs.
About Micah Gamez
Identifies as
Serves ages
Licensed in
Accepts
Appointments
VirtualMy treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Thoughts, feelings and behaviors are all connected. Identify and correct distorted negative cognitions. Positive change occurs through altering dysfunctional thought patterns.
Psychodynamic
Early development impacts adult functioning. Insight into unconscious processes. Insight leads to awareness, understanding, conflict reduction, and interpersonal change.
Humanistic
Everyone has the capacity to grow, change, and adapt. Everyone is unique, whole, with strengths to understand and solve their problems, as they are the expert on themselves, resilient and able to overcome any adversity.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
There is no one single "correct" way to live your life. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Once you know what works do it more. If it doesn't work do something different. To include harm reduction, motivational interviewing, miracle questions, exception questions, and helping clients utilize strengths, and resources available to, overcome obstacles.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Everyone is the product for which they are raised and shaped by their own experiences. Each unique and their own. Despite systemic racism, biases, prejudice, we seek to treat everyone with respect, and kindness, seeking knowledge and understanding into the cultural differences of those around us, validating them, exploring them within the clients own cultural context.