Multicultural Counselors Serving Acadiana
Data shows minorities are widely underserved and underrepresented. Here at Tree of Life Counseling and Consulting we strive to fill the needs of the highly marginalized in the Acadiana area.
Individual Counseling
Our clinicians are highly trained in different modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused Therapy, and much more. Our services are offered to children (ages 5+), teens, and adults. We treat a wide variety of issues such as crises, trauma, depression, anxiety, life transition, multicultural issues, and LGBTQIA+ issues.
Play Therapy
A therapeutic approach primarily used with children to help them express and process emotions, experiences, and unresolved conflicts through play. This technique allows children to communicate and process their feelings and experiences through their play, often revealing things that they may not be able to verbalize. Some concerns that play therapy can address include Trauma, Grief/Loss, Behavioral Concerns, Social Skills, Attachment Issues, and Emotion Regulation.
EMDR Therapy
An eight-phase approach that has been found to be highly effective to treat PTSD, Complex Trauma, Childhood Abuse, War/Combat Trauma, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault/Abuse, Migration Trauma, Race-based Trauma, Spiritual Trauma, etc. EMDR therapy targets a memory and uses the natural adaptive process activated during REM sleep, using bilateral stimulation to desensitize and reprocess distressing memories.
Bilingual Counseling
We have 5 clinicians on staff that offer Spanish Speaking services. This service is offered to children (ages 5+), teens, couples, families, and adults.
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Contamos con 5 médicos en nuestro personal que ofrecen servicios de habla hispana. Este servicio se ofrece a niños (mayores de 5 años), adolescentes, parejas, familias y adultos.
Mental Health Evaluations
We conduct mental health evaluations for immigrations seeking asylum, U-VISA, T-VISA, cancellation of deportation, and VAWA in Spanish or English for client seeking a VISA with USCIS.
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Realizamos evaluaciones de salud mental para inmigrantes que buscan asilo, U-VISA, T-VISA, cancelación de deportación y VAWA en español o inglés para clientes elegible para una VISA con USCIS.
Couples Counseling
​Couples counseling can help couples resolve conflicts, improve communication, and strengthen their relationship. It can also help couples decide if they should continue in their relationship. Common issues addressed in couples counseling include infidelity, anger, financial problems, illness, communication, conflict resolution, and other life changes
Family Counseling
Family counseling is based on the idea that families work as systems, and changes in one family member can affect other parts of the family. Our counselors are trained to offer family therapy to address communication issues, establish healthy boundaries, triangulation, resolving conflicts, enhancing connections, develop problem-solving skills, and enmeshment to improve relationship dynamics.
Sand Tray Therapy
A therapeutic technique used with all ages to help individuals express themselves. The client arranges miniature figurines in the sand to create scenes or worlds, using prompts from the therapist The therapist and client then process together to uncover insights about the client’s emotions, experiences, or unconscious thoughts. Sand tray therapy can be used to work through PTSD, Grief, Anxiety, Depression, Family or Relationship issues, Self-esteem concerns, Spirituality exploration, as well as many other concerns.
Christian Counseling
A form of psychotherapy that integrates the client's spiritual belief system. Our counselors have training in different spiritual disciplines and healing practices to incorporate into the therapeutic process. We adhere to the client's worldview and provide a safe place to explore one's own spiritual beliefs.
Consultation Services
Maria "Mica" Salazar Istre offers consultation for fellow private practice owners, organizations, and law enforcement. She has experience offering trainings and presentations on trauma recovery, diversity and inclusion, multiculturalism, serving immigrants and refugees, and sexual abuse on a national, state, and local level. Mica provides guidance to other clinicians who are looking to start a private practice or expand their practice. Translation services of intake documents are available to agencies who are aiming to provide quality care to the Latinx community. To learn more about consultation or education services and fees, please fill out the form below.
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Consultation Fees start at $250 per hour.