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Jorge Garcia, MA, LPC
Have you tried to forget negative things in your past, but find they keep coming back up? Have you ever wondered if your struggles might mean you have PTSD? Do you carry around inescapable guilt for negative things that have happened to you? Have you been doing whatever you can to move forward and it still feels like you are in the same place of dread? If any of these sound like your concerns, I’d like to team up with you to explore some of the reasons you may been getting stuck, and work with you to create a plan to help you experience some of the movement you desire.
I’m Jorge, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and I believe that most people are trying their hardest with what they’ve got available to them. When working with clients, I respect the challenge that can come from talking about things you’ve never said or never fully recognized. I strive to help you feel like you’re participating in your life, rather than watching life pass you by, especially if that sounds like a new experience for you. I believe that with an openness to understanding yourself in an environment that feels safe, together we can learn that patterns that used to be helpful might not always stay helpful forever. With that recognition, you get the chance to choose patterns that do help you move towards the life you deserve. When not working with clients, I enjoy taking care of my plants, walking with my 2 dogs at the dog park, listening to audiobooks, and eating too much sour candy.
In combining our strengths, we will learn to keep what’s been helping you, and to change what isn’t anymore. You may be stuck and unsure of what to change. We’ll get better at learning to listen to your feelings, recognizing the effects of the way you talk to yourself, and moving towards self-talk that is compassionate, realistic, and helpful. These are important steps in recovery from PTSD and related concerns, and we can talk about how Cognitive Processing Therapy might be a good fit for PTSD related difficulties you might have. Together we’ll figure out how to work with your brain, instead of feeling like you’re fighting so hard against it. Through that process, you get to take the comfortable, safe environment of the therapy office into your own life.
If it’s time to be as kind to yourself as you are to everyone else in your life, but you aren’t sure how to begin, I would love for you to reach out to find if we would be a good fit for working together.