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Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional, DOT SAP Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor III, CADC-III Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, CSAC Master of Arts, MATa Mara's Promise has additional therapist available for appointments.
I believe receiving counseling is the ultimate act of humility. In therapy, a person allows themselves to be vulnerable and expose their lifelong conundrums that have weighed them down for years.
I believe that counseling is an act of service and should not be taken lightly. I provide a safe space for you to release the burdens of your everyday life. In my approach to treatment I seek to find the core disturbance that resonates throughout the individuals life. I help each individual to recognize their issues and feel the emotions that have been suppressed as a result of the disturbance, then we work to heal the old wounds that have been keeping the person stuck physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.
My new passion is to find people who self medicate their mental health issues with cannabis, a legal means to address their use of cannabis, especially individuals on probation. My mission is through mental health care legitimize the use of cannabis through assessing and diagnosing self-medicators and legitimizing their use by facilitating the acquisition of a medical cannabis card . This will introduce a targeted holistic means to consider addressing mental health and physical health issues with the medicinal cannabis. As a clinician it is my hope that as some people get assessed they would decide to get treatment as well.
Masters of Arts in Clinical/Community Psychology from Norfolk State University.
I'm trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma therapy, anxiety management, couples therapy, and many holistic treatments to include mindfulness, meditations, yoga, affirmations, and just started the incorporation of facilitating medical cannabis cards certification into the practice.
Adolescent mental health - Working with adolescents, teenagers, and parents on social, academic, and/or emotional challenges throughout teenage years; addressing anxiety, family conflicts, peer relationships, school stress, transition to college, social media pressures, self-esteem, hopelessness about the future, emotional disregulation
Racism, oppression, and discrimination - Exploring how racism, oppression, and discrimination impacts one’s life, including relationships, work life, and self-esteem; growing self-care practices to combat the negative emotions that arise when faced with identity-based adverse experiences
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Clinical supervision - Offering professional supervision services for clinicians
Alcohol use disorder & addiction - Tolerating emotional discomfort; reducing or eliminating reliance on alcohol; development of new coping mechanisms for stress and suffering.
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:
Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.
Years of Experience: 17 years
Ta Mara's Promise, Licensed Professional Counselor, 2015 - Present
Hampton VA Medical School, Addiction Therapist, 2009 - 2016
The Pines, Substance Abuse Counselor, 2009 - 2008
Hampton/Newport News CSB, Substance Abuse Counselor, 2006 - 2008
Liberty University, PC, 2009
Norfolk State University, MA, 2006
Virginia: 0701005823
Virginia: 0718000461
English
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