Sweet Dreams is based upon the belief that compassionate presence and provision of a care plan devoted to end-of-day sleep rituals and comfort can result in enhanced patient satisfaction. The Sweet Dreams service is provided in the hours leading up to bedtime.

Services Provided under Sweet Dreams Care:
• Hand and Foot gentle touch techniques
• PM Care (face wash, foot soak, nail care, mouth care, etc.)
• Aromatherapy
• Sound and/or music therapy
• Gentle spa approach, (Low lights, spa music, fountains, soft words, slow approach)

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Hospice professionals across the country focus on a single purpose: to provide comfort and support at the end of life. That’s why America’s hospice professionals are on a mission to learn how to serve Veterans through the challenges they may be facing from illness, isolation, or traumatic life experiences.

America’s Veterans have done everything asked of them in their mission to serve our country. Now it is time that we step up, acquire the necessary skills, and fulfill our mission to serve these men and women with the dignity they deserve.

Regardless of the situation, it is a priority of the We Honor Veterans program to ensure that all Veterans receive compassionate, quality care at the end of life.

Bristol Hospice gratefully offers education and assistance to Veterans regarding their hospice benefits.

Please contact us to learn more.

Stress Management

This is a weekly 8-session course to provide information and skills for managing stress and anxiety. The focus will be on what we can control right now to help us feel better. During each group, we will learn and practice a new skill that you can use whenever you feel overwhelmed. Each group is accompanied by a handout that you can keep to practice the skills between sessions and to review the material covered in the group as needed well after the 8-session course.

Resources Group

Adjusting to a new culture can be extremely challenging because everything is different and new including the language, the laws, and the healthcare system. The resource group focuses on connecting you with practical information and resources to help you meet your basic needs. Some of the areas covered include legal referrals and medical referrals, referrals to English classes, resources for food, and providing information on other community resources and programs.

Art Class

The art class meets weekly for two hours. No prior experience is necessary and all skill levels from beginner to advanced are welcome. This class is led by Dr. Karin Montero, CST’s Medical Director who is also an artist. Dr. Montero provides instruction on different art techniques while also facilitating lively conversation that routinely includes a lot of laughter.

In preparation for the week, each group member will be texted a series of images in advance of the art group that you can then use to paint or draw as you practice new techniques during class and between classes. Art is another way to practice mindfulness and many people find it relaxing and healing – this class might serve as a testament to the saying that “sometimes laughter is the best medicine!”

Meditation Group

Meditation is an ancient wisdom tradition that over time has been incorporated in various forms by almost all major religions and spiritual traditions. CST’s weekly meditation group is welcoming of all religious and non-religious backgrounds and spiritual traditions. The objectives of this group are to promote a sense of safety and stability, facilitate healing and empowerment, enhance resilience and well-being, improve emotion regulation, and create community and social connection and support.

Meditation has been linked to improvements in sleep, attention, memory, emotion regulation, blood pressure, and chronic pain. It has also been shown to enhance well-being and compassion. Meditation is simple but not easy so we use the power of coming together in a group format to provide encouragement and support to one another as we establish a meditation practice that fits our daily lives.

Women’s Yoga Class

CST hosts a weekly yoga class that is open to all female-identified clients. Yoga is an ancient mindfulness practice with origins in northern India and a philosophy that emphasizes connecting the mind, body, and spirit. In this class we also place a special emphasis on practicing kindness and compassion towards ourselves by meeting ourselves where we are, befriending our bodies, and cultivating appreciation for what our bodies can do.

Yoga has been linked to health benefits such as improved sleep, increased strength and flexibility, and improvements in circulation, blood pressure, mental clarity, and well-being, among others. If you would like to learn more about this group, availability in the class, and to discuss options to get connected with the materials that you will need, please see your CST counselor or point of contact.

Survivors Support Group

This group aims to promote empowerment, resilience, and healing by leveraging the power of social support and the wisdom and experience that exists within the group. This group will provide information about common reactions to distressing life events, and discuss and share coping strategies and community resources.

Above all, this group seeks to provide a safe space for people to connect with other survivors who have also had to leave their country and face many challenges in adjusting to a new country and culture.

Click here for Group Event dates and times

Free

CST provides wraparound services, which have been a best practice for many decades, and treat the whole client in the context of being an individual, a member of a family, a part of a culture and a survivor of repeated trauma, in a culturally competent manner.

Counseling
Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment with individual, group and family therapy: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused approaches.

Medical care
Diagnosis, treatment, pain reduction, wound care, physiotherapy, prescriptions.

Social Services
Clients along with their case managers, set and achieve goals, obtain basic needs, ESL, and housing stability, leading to self sufficiency.

Forensic Reports
Clinical evidence

Training
Training those who are interested in providing services to survivors.

APB Education Program
Employment skills inventory and community college easy-entry programs

Stressors from inside the family and from without can disrupt and fracture relationships. Family therapy is a way of repairing relations and improving dynamics.

With the help of a skilled counselor, each family member is encouraged to express and explore his or her thoughts, emotions, and reactions.

Bible-based Counseling Available

Healthcare insurance we are currently accepting:

• Aetna    
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX)  
• Oxford
• Oscar
• United Healthcare

Private Pay:

• Individual Session (60 min)  $100
• Initial Session Assessment Intake (75 min)   $150
• Family or Couples Therapy (60 min)  $125
• Group Therapy (60 min) $60 per attendee (minimum 3)

We believe that every individual should have equal access to mental healthcare regardless of background or financial circumstances. We may be able to offer a Sliding Scale rate to those who qualify. Please inquire with your therapist.

Individual therapy, also known as counseling or psychotherapy, is an empowering journey of self-awareness and growth.

In one-on-one sessions with your therapist, you will explore the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors guiding your life.

Bible-based Counseling Available

Insurance we are currently accepting:

• Aetna
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX)  
• Oxford   
• Oscar    
• United Healthcare

Private Pay:

• Individual Session (60 min)   $100
• Initial Session Assessment Intake (75 min)  $150
• Family or Couples Therapy (60 min)  $125
• Group Therapy (60 min)  $60 per attendee (minimum 3)

We believe that every individual should have equal access to mental healthcare regardless of background or financial circumstances. We may be able to offer a Sliding Scale rate to those who qualify. Please inquire with your therapist.

The YMCA’s Counseling and Well-Being Services team consists of licensed and pre-licensed professionals dedicated to helping you on your journey to healing. Our culturally diverse team includes counselors who specialize in multiple evidence-based approaches.

Our goal is to provide a safe environment of unconditional support, understanding, and compassion.

Individual, group, and family counseling for:

• Youth 12-19 (Submit child's information, not parents)
• Veterans
• Seniors 65+

(No adult counseling services are available at this time)

• Telehealth available
• Se habla Español
• Counselors are available by appointment only

We also offer support groups, workshops, seminars, and special events designed to help people learn more about mental health and develop effective coping strategies.

Free

Family Service Association offers numerous professional counseling services including Individual, Couples, Family, Group, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Consultations.

We also provide specialty educational groups such as Anger Management and Domestic Violence Prevention designed to help maintain personal wellness. Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The services are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available on days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.

Our counseling professionals provide services to include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to successfully address a wide range of counseling needs. Services are offered for both short and long-term depending on individual needs. We are available to assist with the following:

• Anger Management
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Grief Support
• LGBT Issues
• Life Skills
• Parenting
• Relapse Prevention
• Relationships
• Stress
• Substance Abuse
• Victimization from Crime
• And more!

Counseling services are now available in both in-person and telehealth formats at the discretion of the client, following an initial enrollment session in person.

For more information, please contact the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.

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You do not need insurance to make a mental wellness appointment with Family Service.

When you call to make your first appointment, you will be asked if you have insurance and your provider. Uninsured clients have the option to see clinicians on a sliding scale fee.

Counselors are clinicians-in-training, supervised by licensed university faculty. The counselors are students enrolled in programs within the Department of Counseling and Human Services at St. Mary's. All counselors speak English; some speak Spanish.

For Adults:

• Couple relationship problems
• Premarital counseling
• Communication skills
• Divorce recovery
• Depression
• Career planning
• Managing stress
• Grief

For Children and Adolescents:

• Parenting challenges
• Family conflict
• Behavior problems
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Peer relationships
• School challenges
• Attention deficit and hyperactivity

Open to the public.

The Family Life Center offers high-quality services on a sliding scale based on a client’s household income and personal financial situation. Fees are determined when a client’s first therapy session is scheduled.

Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in participating congregations. Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers-called Stephen Ministers-to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people who are hurting.

Male and female Stephen Ministers are paired with male and female Care Receivers respectively. Confidentiality is key to the ministry. Stephen Ministers receive support through supervision, continuing education, and coaching on a monthly basis.

Stephen Ministry is open to the public; church membership is not required.

Click here to learn more about Stephen Ministry.

If you would like to receive confidential Christian care from a Stephen Minister, contact Steve Greefkens at 210-852-6096 or Joyce Dobrowolski at 210-240-7388.

If you are interested in being a Stephen Minister, contact Angie Smith at 210-685-9135 at [email protected].

Free

Art Therapy Is a form of psychotherapy based on the process of creating visual images through drawing, painting, sculpting, and the use of other art materials. In art therapy, emotions and thoughts are expressed symbolically through the creation of personal imagery. Art bypasses verbal defenses and limitations, allowing for insight to occur in a non-threatening way. The art produced can be reflected upon, and with guidance from the art therapist, one can explore the meaning of the images and work through areas of conflict and distress.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

• TX Medicaid
• Community First
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Aetna Better Health of TX
• Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

All behavior has meaning. It is a way of communicating feelings and needs. So-called problem behavior is one way a child expresses conflict, which is difficult to conceptualize and verbalize. A child can channel and give conceptual form to negative feelings and behaviors through working with art materials. The clarification and responses of an art therapist facilitates the child’s awareness of patterns, intentions, and the meaning of behavior.

A child-centered approach curriculum addresses social and developmental issues for children and teens in the foster care system. This curriculum incorporates culturally-rooted concepts and values of each individual through indigenous teachings, writings, and expressive modalities.

In addition, clients will have the opportunity to learn meditation, guided imagery, and the calming effects of quieting the mind through meditation techniques.

Licensed professional counselors provide confidential psychotherapy sessions to individuals, families, and in group settings to those who are experiencing behavioral, social, or challenging situations as it relates to being in the foster care system. Counseling session objectives are to strengthen personal awareness, nurture, heal, foster positive social changes, improve family communication, and expand and deepen their personal skills needed to help cope with the challenges that come from being the foster care system.

We currently only accept the following insurances:

• TX Medicaid
• Community First
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Aetna Better Health of TX
• Optum

Please call for private-pay fees.

A support group to help you move through the grief process

A GriefShare support group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-week group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.

This is an ongoing group for middle-aged and younger men facing the challenges of losing their wives.  Their goal is to discover how to care for their families, manage their lives during their grief, and live in this world.

This is an eight-session Grief Support Class for middle-aged and younger women who face the special challenge of losing their husbands early in life. Attending all sessions is most beneficial, therefore no new participants are accepted after the second session.

Please call to inquire starting dates for Class Sessions. 

HopeWise provides art therapy services and support groups for individuals and families in San Antonio.

Our team of counselors is committed to helping people heal and create happier, healthier lives. Often, trauma, grief, anxiety, or depression are part of the story that needs healing.  Through the use of expressive therapies like EMDR, art, or sand tray therapy our counselors can help you ease symptoms and find your own path to a happier life.

Click here for specific services offered by HopeWise.

Rates:

• $185 for Diagnostic Intake with Clinical Therapist
• $125 for 1-hour session with Clinical Therapist
• $100 for a 45-minute session with Clinical Therapist

Discounted Rates:

• $100 for 1.5 hour CPT session with Deborah
• $85 for 1-hour EMDR with Counselor Associate
• $65 for 1-hour session with Counselor Associate
• Payment

Payment may be made by cash, check, or credit card. Visa, MasterCard, and Discover cards are accepted. Flexible Spending Account Cards are also accepted. Payment is expected at the time of your session.

We accept private pay for clients who do not have or choose not to use insurance. Learn more about the benefits of private pay here.

Insurance accepted:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Exceptions: Blue Essentials, Blue Advantage HMO, and Blue Premier; these may be listed on your insurance as Gold, Silver, or Bronze.
• Community First
• Ambetter
• Superior
• United HealthCare
• Optum/Oscar
• Tricare Certified – Out of Network

We are currently making adjustments to our insurance providers. Please call to verify.

Mind Your Self is proud to provide quality mental health and wellness care to everyone in our community.

Some groups stand out because they are more vulnerable than others, have unique challenges or needs, or are underserved in the San Antonio area. Our providers have the experience and training to deal with many of these concerns and look forward to working with you!

Veterans, Military Personnel, and their Families

• We take Tricare, we have extended evening and Saturday hours, and telehealth visits are available. Please, don’t be a statistic. We can help.

LGBTQIA+

• We can help LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families seeking assessments for Puberty Suppression; Hormone Therapy, and/or Gender Affirmation Surgery

Elder and Geriatric

• One in four adults ages 65 and older experiences a mental health problem such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or dementia, according to the American Psychological Association.

Click here to learn more about each group

Click here for fees & payment options

It’s no wonder that 50% of children and 42% of adolescents in foster care have significant mental health issues or disorders. Life in foster care is unpredictable. Understandably, kids struggle with the instability, uncertainty, and questions that come with being away from their biological family and moving to foster families.

We are here to give help and hope whether you are:

• A child placement agency (CPA)
• Foster parents
• A residential treatment center
• Child Protective Services (CPS)
• The Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS)

Our Services

• Diagnostic Interview Examination
• Engagement Activity
• Assessment
• Case Management
• Diagnostic Interview Examination
• Family Partner Supports
• Counseling
• Rehabilitative & Skills Training
• Medication Training and Support
• Parent Support Group
• Crisis Intervention
• Housing
• Employment & Education
• Forensic Services

Click here to learn more about our services

We accept STAR, CHIP, PLUS, and all Medicaid/Medicare Insurances.

Helping patients understand what happens after their physician has diagnosed a life-limiting illness is a standard educational component when consulting families. We educate clients about facts and myths of hospice care so they have a better understanding of the condition and how to deal with it.

Hospice Services Include:

• Aide Services
• Bereavement Counseling
• Medications as Related to Hospice Diagnosis
• Nursing Services
• Physician Services
• Social Worker Support Services
• Spiritual Care Services
• Volunteer Services

Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and in most cases care is provided in the patient's home. Hospice care also is provided in freestanding hospice centers, hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities.

The hospice team develops a care plan that meets each patient's individual needs for pain management and symptom control.

Among its major responsibilities, the interdisciplinary hospice team:

• Manages the patient’s pain and symptoms; 
• Assists the patient with the emotional psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying; 
• Provides needed drugs, medical supplies, and equipment; 
• Coaches the family on how to care for the patient; 
• Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed; 
• Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and 
• Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.

You may have heard that grief goes through different stages. The reality is that grief is unique for every person, and there is no “right way” to grieve. Whether you've just experienced a loss or it's been years and you're struggling to move forward, here's how Ellie can help. 

• Provide you with a safe place to decompress and talk about your grief. 
• Help you to accept the death of your loved one and acknowledge your pain. 
• Discuss the future and how you can adjust to life without your loved one. 
• Get treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health issues. 
• Guide you in how you can care for your well-being and cope with your loss. 
• Find a support system and work through withdrawal, isolation, and loneliness. 
• Address feelings of self-blame, regret, anger, denial, and shock. 
• Help you remember and honor your loved one without experiencing trauma. 

Currently Accepting:

• Aetna
• All Savers
• Ambetter Commercial
• Apostrophe
• BCBS
• BCBS ParPlan
• Cigna
• Deer Oaks EAP
• Fee for Service
• Imagine Health
• Medicare
• Meritain Health
• Optum
• Oscar
• Superior Commercial
• Texas Health Exchange
• Tricare East
• UBH
• UMR
• United Health Care

Individual therapy is the foundation of mental health care. It's where you and your therapist will dig into your past, dreams, goals, and pains and work together to find solutions. Here is how Ellie can support you with individual therapy.

• Strategize how to change harmful thought patterns and behaviors. 
• Improve interpersonal skills and build strong connections with others.
• Discover and fall in love with your authentic self – outside and in. 
• Receive treatment for disorders such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, or ADHD.
• Build trust with your therapist and find a safe place to talk and decompress.
• Set achievable short-term and long-term goals for your healing journey. 
• Cope with difficult life situations, such as a divorce, death, job loss, or trauma.
• Establish healthy boundaries in relationships, work, and other areas.

Currently Accepting:

• Aetna
• All Savers
• Ambetter Commercial
• Apostrophe
• BCBS
• BCBS ParPlan
• Cigna
• Deer Oaks EAP
• Fee for Service
• Imagine Health
• Medicare
• Meritain Health
• Optum
• Oscar
• Superior Commercial
• Texas Health Exchange
• Tricare East
• UBH
• UMR
• United Health Care

GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

GriefShare also offers short daily email messages that encourage, inspire, and provide practical information. Click here to sign up.

Click here to find this group's most current dates and times.

This group meets in room 25.

Free.

Life After Loss, our grief support group designed to help us better understand the process of grief and how to live through it in a way that is healing.

We’ll share experiences and support one another through a combination of teaching, discussion, and learning activities.

Together, we’ll cover:

• The physical, emotional, spiritual, and social implications of grief
• The process of grief
• Memories and how to use them to heal
• How to take care of ourselves while we grieve
• Holidays and anniversary dates
• Planning for the future

Click here for more information.

Sessions are 8 weeks long.

Classes are held in person at Abode.

Please email Jacqui Matthews, Grief Recovery Method Specialist for more details or to RSVP, please email [email protected]

Fee: $13 plus shipping for “The Grief Recovery Handbook, the Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses.”

Closed Meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and have a desire to stop drinking.

Click here for the latest details on this group.

This group meets in person at Place of Grace Fellowship Church and online

• Closed
• Discussion
• Wheelchair Access

Online meeting: ID: 570 533 6493, Passcode: Rarely164

There are no dues or fees for AA membership

GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life.

This 13-week program does not require sequential attendance.

GriefShare also offers short daily email messages that encourage, inspire, and provide practical information. Click here to sign up.

$20.00 - Includes workbook.

*Scholarships available.

Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in participating congregations. Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers-called Stephen Ministers-to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people who are hurting.

Male and female Stephen Ministers are paired with male and female Care Receivers respectively. Confidentiality is key to the ministry. Stephen Ministers receive support through supervision, continuing education, and coaching on a monthly basis.

Stephen Ministry is open to the public; church membership is not required.

Click here for additional information.

Free

Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in participating congregations. Stephen Ministry congregations equip and empower lay caregivers-called Stephen Ministers-to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people who are hurting.

Male and female Stephen Ministers are paired with male and female Care Receivers respectively. Confidentiality is key to the ministry. Stephen Ministers receive support through supervision, continuing education, and coaching on a monthly basis.

Stephen Ministry is open to the public; church membership is not required.

Free

We provide medical and nursing care for your loved one with a life-limiting illness. We focus on providing relief from pain, physical stress, and mental stress. We also work to improve the quality of life for both your loved one and your family.

For more information click on each link below

• Hospice Care
• Routine Home Care
• Continuous Home Care
• General Inpatient Care
• Respite Care
• Massage Therapy
• Music Therapy

Grace Counseling offers quality, holistic, and affordable therapy to individuals, children, couples, and families.

Specialties include anxiety, depression, and stress management, grief and loss, relationship and marriage counseling, parenting concerns and adjustment, and anger management.

Additionally, counselors will be able to provide specialized and expert care in healing a child and his/her family following a trauma through trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and sand tray therapy.

Therapy is offered in both Spanish and English.

For more information or to make an appointment, visit us online or call (210) 377-1133.

Click here to fill out online intake form