---
title: "Notes on Healing — a bilingual counselor in Texas"
url: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/recent-news
description: "Occasional short writing from Maria Teresa Valencia, MA, LPC — a bilingual counselor in Laredo, Texas — on women, healing, and the work of therapy."
lang: en
---

Image: An open blank notebook and a cup of tea on a desk in soft daylight (https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/heroes/calm-desk.jpg)

Occasional writing on the work

# Notes on Healing.

Short reflections on themes that come up in the room — never about a specific person, always in service of the work.

- New notes coming
- English & Español
- For women & families

Request a free 15-min consultation→: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/contact
Read the FAQs: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/faqs

This is where, from time to time, I’ll leave a short piece of writing — a paragraph or two — about something that comes up in the room with the women I work with. Nothing here is meant to replace a session, and nothing here is about anyone in particular. It is meant to be a small window into how I think about the work.

New notes are coming. If you’d like a place to start in the meantime, the pages below describe how I work with the difficulties that most often bring women to my practice.

Start here

- Therapy for women: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/therapy-for-women
- Counseling for anxiety: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/counseling-for-anxiety
- Counseling for trauma: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/counseling-for-trauma
- Therapy for depression: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/therapy-for-depression
- Burnout therapy: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/burnout-therapy-texas
- Grief counseling: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/grief-counseling
- Teen therapy: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/teen-therapy-laredo
- Cognitive behavioral therapy: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/cognitive-behavioral-therapy
- Online therapy across Texas: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/telehealth
- Therapist in Laredo, Texas: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/therapist-laredo-tx

Rather than wait for a piece of writing

## You can _begin_ now.

No forms, no pressure. Just a short conversation to see if we're a fit.

Request the consultation→: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/contact
Rates & insurance: https://theartofhealingthesoul.com/rates-insurance

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