Victoria Castillo
Resident
- Supervised By
- Elizabeth A. Contreras, LPC-S, LMFT-S
- Credentials
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- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist-Associate
- Life Stages
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- Children, under 5 years
- Children, 5-12 years
- Adolescents, 13-17 years
- College, Young Adults
- Adults
- Seniors, 65+ years
- Couples
- Families
- Areas of Focus
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- Family therapy
- Life changes/transitions
- Marriage, couples
- Relationship issues
- Trauma
- Languages
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- English
- Spanish
- Education
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- Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, Northcentral University (now National University), San Diego, California
- Bachelor of Arts, Integrative Studies (Biology, Psychology, and Sociology), University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Philosophy
As beloved children of God, I believe our goodness and dignity come from Our Heavenly Father. My work as a therapist is founded in allowing the Holy Spirit to work with, in, and through me as instrument of healing in order to offer clients the opportunity to live out the beauty of this goodness. As a therapist, I firmly believe the healing of one's mind, body, and spirit are fully unified with one another. I utilize an integrated experiential approach to aid clients in reaching their goals of healing and growth towards living out of their true goodness and dignity. In our creation as children of God, He has granted us the gift of resources, tools, and support from loved ones to receive His healing. I am honored to walk with clients in their journey of healing through discovering these resources and support provided to all by God.
Victoria is an active member of her church and has a great love for service. Her passion for children and youth has led her in her service as a catechist with her parish's youth ministry for the past 6 years. Through the gift of youth and families in this ministry, she began to see the need and call to journey with, counsel, and heal God's children. Victoria completed her internship and practicum year with a non-profit counseling agency in Garland, Texas. This experience presented many challenging and championing moments both professionally and personally for Victoria. She is honored and grateful for the experience of walking with clients in her home community. Victoria is also very excited to continue walking with people on their journey towards healing and experiencing life in abundance.
Victoria loves spending time with her family and friends. She loves playing with her nephews and relaxing with her family. Victoria also enjoys seeing the beauty of the outdoors and nature through walks or hikes as well as traveling, watching movies, and eating good food!
Additional areas of focus:
Family therapy
Life changes/transitions
Marriage, couples
Relationship issues
Trauma
Victoria sees clients at community partner locations as part of our PACT program. For more information about our PACT Program and community partners, please click HERE.