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Shaina sees individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, and stress, and couples seeking premarital & marriage counseling. She is passionate about using her creativity to customize therapy for each client (or couple) in their unique situation, using multiple theories, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Attachment Therapy, and Christian counseling.

Shaina received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Biblical Studies from Dallas Baptist University and completed her Master of Arts in Professional Counseling at Amberton University.

Shaina loves drinking coffee and spending time with her friends and family. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks, trying new restaurants, and watching TV with her cat!

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get to know linda

“Therapy” and “counseling” were everyday words in Linda’s household. She grew up with a dad who is a psychologist and dinner time was often an opportunity for “group therapy.” Let’s just say it wasn’t exactly something she loved as a teenager! She is familiar with the ups and downs of marriage and raising teenagers. When people experience life stressors, it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. She believes unhealthy relationships can result in emotional and physical stress, and healthy relationships can improve overall well-being.

Helping You Discover Your Inner Strength

Linda loves seeing people discover inner strength and awareness to make positive changes in their life. She views therapy as a collaborative experience and seeks to help clients feel understood and hopeful. Her educational background includes a Master of Education from Texas Tech and a Master of Counseling from SMU. She is Gottman trained. She is also a certified Enneagram coach/teacher. Linda’s clients include couples and individuals with depression, anxiety, and relationship issues.

Community Involvement

Some of Linda’s favorite things are traveling, hanging out with her family, and looking for new adventures. She is passionate about Fellowship of Christian Athletes (supporting coaches and Both Ends Believing (working with countries to reform child welfare practices). Linda was born in Ft. Worth and has been married for 35 years with 3 children.

Linda also specializes in: psychotherapeutic yoga, Enneagram work, Christian counseling, and caring for aging parents.

Her favorite quote… “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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Dallas therapist Xaria Hicks blends individualized expressive techniques such as mindfulness, art, and sand-tray, with existential and psychoeducational frameworks to help individual adult clients explore life transitions, familial conflict, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, identity development, self-acceptance/actualization, and existential crises.

For children, Xaria implements a child-centered play therapy approach, where play functions as a natural language for children to express themselves. In the safe, creative space of the playroom, toys serve as the “words” through which children communicate their emotions and thoughts. She also has experience facilitating child-parent relationship group therapy aimed at enhancing the quality of the parent-child bond and reducing conflict.

Xaria was born and raised in Dallas and is currently completing a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration on play therapy at the University of North Texas, where she also received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with a minor in behavior analysis.

Because of Xaria’s background, she is grounded in the principle of self-actualization being influenced by one’s basic, psychological, and childhood needs. This principle has guided her dedication to promoting a holistic and comprehensive approach to mental healthcare, specializing in inclusive play therapy and expressive psychotherapy.

In Xaria’s practice, she builds a humanistic foundation by nurturing authenticity in her therapeutic relationships with clients and tailoring services to meet each client’s individual needs.

Outside of the playroom, Xaria’s play is composed of self-care, traveling, crafting, shopping, exercising, and experimental culinary experiences!

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Andrew has been a social worker for nine years and has worked with; the homeless population, children in foster care, inpatient/ outpatient psychiatric treatment, and the LQBTQIA+ community.

Andrew believes tough times can be temporary and that better days are always ahead of us. He believes therapy is a powerful tool to help guide through the rough patches in life and maintain stability within oneself. His experiences have taught him how to meet the client where they are and start the healing process from their perspective.

Andrew received his Bachelors in Social Work from the University of Texas Arlington and his Masters in Social Work at the Texas A&M University Commerce

In his free time Andrew enjoys spending time with his family. Family game nights and movie nights are common in his home. Andrew also enjoys going to the gym to help keep him focused on goals. Andrew is also a huge sports fan and enjoys rooting for his home teams of the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Texas Rangers.

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Lauren Murphy specializes in play therapy, addictions, and dissociative disorders – particularly dissociative identity disorder. She also works with a variety of other issues, including women’s issues, codependency, attention deficit differences, and divorce recovery.

Lauren works in the Oak Cliff office. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate. She is a clinical fellow of the American Counseling Association and is recognized by the National Board for Certified Counselors.

After growing up in upstate New York in a family of musicians, Lauren attended Oberlin Conservatory for music performance and continues to perform in the DFW area as a professional musician. Lauren moved to Texas and began her master’s degree in music performance at University of North Texas. However, she found herself drawn to the mental health programs on campus as she re-discovered the widespread anxiety and addiction prevalent in the music world. In response to these realizations, Lauren transferred into the mental health program and now holds a master’s in science for Clinical Mental Health. She continues to develop her musical growth and now speaks at many colleges nationally regarding “Mental Health for the Performing Artist.”

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Joshua Parker is a devoted, determined, and detailed Marine Corps veteran who became impassioned about helping others after overcoming his own mental health challenges. Joshua specializes in young adults (men’s issues), adults, monogamous couples, and families who require services or are experiencing challenges in Christian living/spiritual formation, life transitions, boundary setting, career counseling, stress management/work-life rhythm, trauma, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, pre- marital counseling, marital enrichment, blended family cohesion, infidelity, last-ditch/divorce support, and veterans who’ve recently transitioned into civilian life.

As an African American, Joshua also desires to decommission the barriers surrounding psychotherapy, using his own experience to become both a beacon of hope and an advocate for the African American community. Joshua is currently completing his Master’s degree through Dallas Theological Seminary, where upon completion and licensure intends to pursue a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy. He believes counseling should not only take a holistic approach to addressing the everyday person (mind, body, soul) but also strive to create a therapeutic alliance that promotes healing the relational bonds in one’s everyday life (internal, external, environmental). Joshua utilizes a multi-layered theoretic approach utilizing components from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Gottman Method, Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and a dose of laughter to achieve a level of individual and relational wholeness with you at the center.

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get to know maya

Maya Reeves sees adolescents, adults, couples, and families. If you are navigating a major life transition, learning to set boundaries, preparing for a career shift, or need assistance addressing sexual concerns, from premarital counseling to polyamory, she’s here to help.

Maya views her role as helping clients develop new ways of understanding the context in which issues arise and roadblocks form so they can better make sense of their world and feel empowered to make the world better for themselves and others.

Maya earned her Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Texas Tech University, received her Master of Education in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma, and received her Master of Science in Counseling program from Southern Methodist University (SMU).

She is a DFW native who enjoys spending quality time with her pup Crash and finding all the best spots around Dallas to kick back and relax. She worked in Student Affairs for nearly a decade and can answer just about any college-related question!

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Shirin (pronounced Shireen) Somji specializes in helping adults, especially those experiencing anxiety, depression, infidelity, and PTSD. She is also passionate about helping clients mitigate the negative impact of trauma. Shirin has worked with crime victims (including domestic/intimate partner violence), adults that experienced childhood trauma, and people struggling with grief over the loss of a loved one or a significant relationship. As an intern at the Irving Family Advocacy Center, Shirin honed her trauma-informed therapy skills, which she now uses to help clients understand how trauma can shape the trajectory of their lives. In addition, Shirin’s extensive corporate experience gives her a unique perspective on the challenges individuals face in balancing their careers and personal lives. She speaks English, Hindi, and Urdu.

Shirin’s counseling philosophy centers on empowering clients and viewing them as experts on themselves. By acknowledging each client’s expertise about their own experiences and strengths, she creates a collaborative environment where clients feel valued and encouraged to make positive changes.

Shirin earned a dual Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Women’s Studies from DePaul University in Chicago and went on to Dallas Baptist University to complete her MBA in International Business, which she used in roles of increasing responsibility in the corporate world for 10+ years. She decided to pursue her passion for helping people and obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Texas A&M University Commerce.

Shirin was raised on the north side of Chicago by Indian-American immigrant parents. She will forever love summer-time Chi, and although a midwesterner at heart, her time in Dallas has grown on her and a piece of her heart belongs in Texas.

In her free time, Shirin loves to read, spend time in nature’s beauty, and travel. (She’s even visited the Sigmund Freud museum in Vienna!). She also loves to do fun things with her family and give her needy Siamese cat (named Mochi) the attention she demands.

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