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"Together, we'll turn down the volume on inner turbulence and help you reclaim your confidence, clarity, and sense of control."

Blanca “Alexis” Garcia is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 5 years of experience helping couples, teens, families, and individuals navigate life’s emotional challenges with compassion and clarity. She specializes in supporting clients facing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. Alexis creates a safe and supportive space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered to grow. With a collaborative and tailored approach, she draws from evidence-based practices to help clients build resilience, strengthen relationships, and reconnect with their inner strengths.

Alexis earned her Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University. She integrates approaches such as emotionally focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and trauma-informed care, tailoring each session to meet her clients’ emotional, cultural, and relational needs.

Alexis is committed to creating a space where clients feel genuinely seen and valued. She believes healing is about rediscovering strength, reconnecting with values, and building fulfilling relationships. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or ready for change, Alexis encourages you to take that first step, and you don’t have to do it alone.

"My goal is to honor all of the life experience that you have, provide a place of understanding and safety, and create a space for personal growth."

Vanessa Longoria-Carter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who has 13 years of experience in the mental health field. Vanessa has provided therapeutic services in a variety of settings including outpatient, intensive outpatient, community-based, home-based, and school-based. She has worked as a clinical supervisor to graduate-level interns providing individual, group, and family counseling in adult and child-focused facilities. During Vanessa's training she worked almost exclusively with military families and their surrounding communities. She has specialized training and experience in the areas of child welfare, child abuse prevention and intervention, domestic violence prevention and intervention, divorce with dignity, foster care and adoptions, blended families, immigration, and couples struggling with infidelity.

Vanessa completed her bachelor's degree in Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and her master's degree in Counseling Psychology at Tarleton State University-Central Texas. She has received additional training through The Center for Anger Resolution to obtain the credentials of Certified Anger Resolution Therapist. Vanessa has received training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive processing therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), couples therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TFCBT). She is also certified in hypnotherapy. 

Vanessa believes that every client is unique and it is important to ensure the client is utilizing the strengths they already have in order to empower growth and positive change. As a therapist she hopes to help clients build a strong foundation so that they can continue to make positive changes even after they are no longer receiving services.