Josalynn Cartagena

Accepting Clients

My name is Josalynn Cartagena, LPC. I founded Sol Shines On, PLLC as a bilingual counselor to help others reach their fullest potential!

Licensed Professional Counselor in Kingwood, TX

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

Do you feel as if you've been through some challenging things that you just can't overcome? Through every hardship I’ve encountered, I actually pulled through and gained more on the other side. I believe that every stormy season will pass and the sun will shine on. Life changes for the better when you shift from “Why does this keep happening to me?” to “What am I meant to learn from this?” and “How can I grow from this?” My goal is to help you get to the other side of hope.

My Background and Approach

Through some of my greatest adversities and pain, my greatest inner warrior was birthed. From childhood trauma that led to panic attacks and anxiety, codependency, no boundaries and toxic relationships; I was desperate for freedom, release, answers, and hope! I believe that many issues start with our mindset and if our thinking is “stinking thinking”, it can lead to choices and actions that can spiral you into a course of a negative pathway. But on the other hand, with consistent and applied therapeutic work and coping strategies, we can rewire the brain and mindset towards a more positive action and approach. The theories I focus on that support these beliefs are Cognitive Behavior Theory (CBT) and Person Centered. My goal as your counselor is to team up with you as you journey through this thing called life. I hope to help you find your purpose and reason for living. I cannot do all the work for you, but I can guide you, link arms with you and encourage you towards a brighter way.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that people truly are resilient and can overcome past trauma. Research has shown that the brain rewires itself for survival from negative, traumatic experiences, but I believe we can rewire the brain with the correct therapeutic approach. So essentially, you can unlearn the faulty behaviors and replace them with healthy ones. As a child, I suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. Through my own therapy, I learned how to handle my anxiety and move past it so that it didn't have control over me. I haven't had a panic attack in years, and I want you to feel the same freedom that I experience every day. I am strongly passionate in seeing everyone arrive to their best self yet through effective counseling. If you want to learn more about how I can help, send me a message.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Person-Centered (Rogerian)
Other Techniques
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Couples Counseling
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Family Systems
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Teen Issues
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Infertility
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Racial Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Teen Issues
  • Veterans/Military Service
  • Women's Issues
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Christianity

At A Glance

  • Experience: 3 years of practice
  • Languages: English, Español
  • Rate: $150 - 175/session

Info

Email Josalynn
4321 Kingwood Dr.
Ste. 573
Kingwood, TX 77339

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