Heather Garcia is a fully-licensed professional counselor, currently accepting new clients and available to help you.

She is EMDR Trained through CompassionWorks. Heather is a graduate of Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi with a Master of Science degree in Counseling with an emphasis in Couples, Marriage and Family Therapy. Additionally, she has received a Bachelor of Applied Science from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in Community and Mental Health with a Minor in Psychology and an Associate of Applied Science from Del Mar College in Human Services with an emphasis in Addiction Studies. Heather is currently dually licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern.

Heather’s professional experience working within counseling has allowed her to become skilled and comfortable in her particular style. Her theoretical orientation aligns with Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. However, Heather holds a strong belief that a counselor should possess technical eclecticism and be comfortable and well-versed in many theoretical orientations and interventions in an effort to accommodate the varying and diverse individual needs of clients. With that goal in mind, Heather continues to stay immersed in other styles such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy, to name a few, while also maintaining a Humanistic approach at the core of her counseling approach. When working with couples and families, Heather utilizes Family Systems Therapy, Structural Therapy, Strategic Therapy and Transgenerational Therapy approaches as treatment modalities. Heather is also Gottman Level I certified and enjoys utilizing the Gottman Approach when working with couples.