Phoenix Flames Counseling

09/01/2026

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Thank you to Phoenix Flames Counseling, Corporate Sponsor, for your generous donation and support of the Wood County Marine Corps League! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Your commitment to our organization helps us continue our mission of honoring our veterans, supporting their families, and strengthening our community.

We are truly grateful to have community partners like Phoenix Flames standing alongside us. If you’re in need of counseling, reach out to 903-920-4661.

08/29/2026

🔥 Putting Some Feelers Out… 🔥

Phoenix Flames is growing.

I’m not quite ready to start officially hiring yet, but I’m getting close enough that I’d like to start finding out who might be interested when that time comes.

I’ll soon be looking to add independently licensed mental health clinicians — LPCs, LCSWs, and LMFTs — to the Phoenix Flames team here in East Texas.

I’m looking for clinicians who genuinely love this work. People who are curious, open-minded, willing to think outside the traditional therapy box, and passionate about helping people create meaningful, lasting change in their lives.

Experience working with veterans, trauma, PTSD, somatic approaches, EMDR, IFS, mindfulness, or psychedelic-assisted therapy/integration would certainly catch my attention, but I’m just as interested in finding the right people.

Clinical skills can be developed. Approaches can be taught. But character, curiosity, authenticity, and the way someone connects with another human being matter tremendously to me.

Again, this is not an official job posting yet. I’m simply putting the feelers out as I prepare for the next stage of growth at Phoenix Flames.

So, if you’re an LPC, LCSW, or LMFT — or you know someone who might be a great fit — send me a private message. I’d love to start a conversation and see who’s out there.

🔥 Something pretty exciting is taking shape at Phoenix Flames.

07/04/2026

Ready? ❤️‍🔥

04/28/2026

Most people don’t struggle because they don’t know what to do…

They struggle because they keep reacting the same way, even when they want to change.

That’s where ketamine assisted psychotherapy can be different.

In this video, I break down what ketamine therapy actually is in simple terms, and what it feels like inside one of my sessions.

It’s not just about the ketamine.

It’s about creating an experience where something new can actually be felt, not just understood.

If you’ve been hearing about ketamine therapy but aren’t really sure what it is, this will give you a clear starting point.

If it resonates, feel free to reach out.

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04/18/2026

“Federal prohibition of psychedelics in America is over.”

Let that sink in.

I’m not even gonna pretend to be composed right now…I watched this moment and broke down.

For years, there’s been a voice in the back of my mind telling me I was crazy for believing in this work.

Telling me I’d be judged.

Telling me I was walking too far outside the lines.

And today… something shifted.

Not because a president signed a piece of paper.

But because the world is starting to catch up to something many of us have already known:

There is healing here.

Real healing.

Deep healing.

The kind that doesn’t just manage symptoms, but actually changes lives.

We are watching the early stages of a massive shift in mental health care.

For decades, these tools were dismissed, stigmatized, and pushed to the margins.

And yet… behind the scenes, clinicians, researchers, and facilitators have been quietly witnessing something undeniable:

People are healing in ways traditional approaches often struggle to reach.

This doesn’t mean everything changes overnight.

But it does mean something important: The conversation has changed.

And once that happens… there’s no going back.

If you don’t understand why that matters yet, you will.

Something big just shifted.

This isn’t the finish line.

It’s the beginning of something.

And I feel honored to already be walking this path.

If you’ve ever felt called toward this work, or felt like there might be something more available to you…

You’re not crazy.

You never were.

04/15/2026

Hypnotherapy vs. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
And where the Phoenix Model fits in

A lot of people ask if hypnotherapy and ketamine-assisted therapy are basically the same thing.

At a glance… they can look similar.

Both work with the mind in a state where things feel quieter…
more open…
more receptive.

But the deeper you go, the more the differences start to matter.

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Where They’re Similar

Both approaches create a space where:

• The analytical mind softens
• The nervous system becomes more receptive
• New perspectives can land more easily
• Patterns can begin to shift

In both cases, you’re not just thinking differently…
you’re more able to experience something differently.

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Where They’re Different

Hypnotherapy guides you into a focused, relaxed state.

You’re still very much you…
just more open to suggestion and insight.

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KAP works differently.

Instead of guiding the mind into a new state…
it changes the state itself.

During a ketamine experience:

• The sense of self can loosen
• Old patterns can lose their grip
• Thoughts and emotions can be observed without being overwhelming
• The brain becomes more flexible in real time

You’re not just hearing something new…

You’re often experiencing it as true.

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The Missing Piece Most People Don’t Realize

Not all KAP is the same.

Most sessions involve:
• Music
• Eye mask
• Internal exploration

And insight happens… when it happens.

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What I Do Is Different

I use KAP with the Phoenix Model.

That means during the experience,
clients are guided through structured contemplations designed to work directly with:

• Core patterns
• Identity-level beliefs
• Emotional processing in real time

Because in that state…
the mind isn’t just listening.

It’s receiving.

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Why That Matters

Hypnotherapy works with the subconscious mind.

KAP + the Phoenix Model works at the level where
the sense of self becomes flexible…

And that’s where deeper, more lasting shifts can happen.

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Potential Benefits

Hypnotherapy may help with:
• Habits
• Anxiety
• Performance
• Specific belief change

KAP (especially with the Phoenix Model) may help with:
• Depression that hasn’t responded to other approaches
• Trauma and emotional processing
• Deep identity-level patterns
• Creating lasting internal change

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The Simple Way to Think About It

Hypnotherapy helps you
work with your mind.

KAP + the Phoenix Model helps you
experience your mind differently… while reshaping it.

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If you’ve been curious about this work, we can start with a conversation.

Text or call me at 903-920-4661