Insurance Accepted: Aetna

Marcy Blake

Practice Name: Peace by Piece

Email: mblake@pbp-counseling.com

About: I started my counseling career in 2005 and have had the privilege to walk alongside children, teens and adults as they seek change through healing and understanding. I truly believe everyone can benefit from the counseling process and a counselor relationship. I love seeing clients learn new ways of thinking and healthy, effective ways of coping that can be used to mend past hurts, solve present problems and be called upon for future struggles. Using a cognitive-behavioral approach, I strive to help clients identify negative thought patterns and replace them with truthful, healthy thoughts. It’s these new beliefs that will give way to new feelings and behavioral patterns.

I find it particularly rewarding to work with stressed out, anxious teens struggling to manage unrealistic expectations. It can be so difficult to be a teenager these days. Watching them weave together new ways of thinking, coping skills, increased self-awareness, healthy ways of communicating and a strong sense of self as they work to become a stronger, more whole person is a beautiful process.

I have experience working with the following treatment areas: Anxiety, ADHD in children, Boundaries, Children of divorce, Codependency, Communication, Decision making, Depression, Family issues, Grief, Guilt, Managing stress, OCD, Panic Disorder, Parenting, School problems, Self-esteem, Self-image, Self-worth issues, Shame, and Social Anxiety. I have a Master of Arts in Counseling and am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas. I am in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care and Aetna insurance. Reduced fee available for those who qualify. I see all clients at Cottonwood Creek Church.

To schedule an appointment, call 214-542-6208 or email mblake@pbp-counseling.com.

Website: pbp-counseling.com

Specialty Areas: Anxiety;Depression;Grief & Loss;Parenting / Family Dynamics;Identity / Self-worth;TMS;

Accepts Insurance: Yes

Insurance Types: Blue Cross & Blue Shield ;Cigna ;United Health ; Aetna; Others

Sliding Scale Offered: Case-by-case basis

Self-Pay Rate: $150

Currently Accepting New Clients: Varies

Derek Smith

Practice Name: HopeWorks Counseling

Email: office@hopeworkscounseling.org

About: Derek is a post-graduate student from the counseling program at the University of North Texas, where he received his Master’s in Science in Clinical Counseling in 2020. He also received his Master of Arts in Theological Studies in 2015 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. Derek was a pastor for fifteen years and has worked with various age groups ranging from infants to older adults. Furthermore, he has gained experiential insight through serving and contributing to many international and local communities through church mission trips. Derek has 20 years of creative art experience, which he has a passion for using in counseling – for clients to build insight, awareness, and safety. He believes that counseling through a holistic, integrative approach would help fill a void that many churches are experiencing, and he hopes to bring broader understanding and empathy between mental health and spiritual/religious care. Derek has also worked with a unique population in his graduate internship at the Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation-Frisco, counseling a wide variety of individuals who had traumatic brain injuries.

Derek offers a diverse and wide range of counseling options. Derek specializes in working with teens, college & adults dealing with trauma, grief, anxiety disorders, depression, guilt, shame, addictions, couples, and family counseling. He is also experienced with teens and young adults experiencing life transition struggles, as well as the LGBTQ population and older adults with end of life decisions. Derek pulls from a variety of theories when working with individuals, including: Adlerian Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Experiential Therapy, Attachment Theory, Art Therapy, Gottman Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, Narrative, Dreamwork as well as Solution-Based Therapy.
A native Texan, Derek was adopted and raised in Dallas and has lived in the DFW area his whole life. Being raised by adoptive parents gave Derek an intimate working knowledge of children who are raised by adoptive parents and the challenges that both the parent and child could experience.

To schedule an appointment, email office@hopeworkscounseling.org or call the office 972.212.9175. Go to Website hopeworkscounseling.org

Website: hopeworkscounseling.org

Specialty Areas: Marriage / Couples;Premarital Counseling;Trauma / PTSD;Anxiety;Depression;Grief & Loss;Addiction / Recovery;Parenting / Family Dynamics;Abuse (Emotional, Physical, Sexual);Identity / Self-worth;Spiritual Counseling;Suicide & Crisis ;EMDR ;ADHD;

Accepts Insurance: Yes

Types of Insurance Accepted: Blue Cross & Blue Shield ;Cigna ;United Health ;Aetna;

Sliding Scale Offered: Yes

Self-Pay Rate: $150 per Hour

Currently Accepting New Clients: Yes