Faith Based Counseling Upon Request

Elizabeth 'Betty' Arredondo is a graduate of the University of Texas at Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. There, she received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Business and a master’s degree in counseling. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), a Certified School Counselor (CSC) and a Texas State Board-certified LPC supervisor. Betty is a certified Sand Tray Counselor (CCST), a certified advanced grief counselor specialist (CAGCS), and a certified counselor trauma professional (CCTP). Betty worked in the public school system for 27 years as a teacher and school counselor before retiring from NEISD, where she served as a counselor for crisis intervention in middle schools. During her internship, she worked with CASA in the Rio Grande Valley. There she worked with foster children, women in halfway housing, and couples and families seeking healing.

As a breast cancer survivor, Betty believes that faith and the power of positive thinking bring healing to one's body, soul, and spirit. She volunteered for 7 years at an international women's organization, working with women in the healing of the soul and body through faith and positive thinking. Her counseling techniques experience includes cognitive-behavioral therapy, reality therapy, rational-emotive therapy, conflict resolution, restorative practices, Restorative Resolution Therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy for trauma, and faith-based counseling. Her experience lies best with children, adolescents, couples, and families that may need help working through trauma, grief, life transitions, and ADHD coping skills.

Betty is married with two boys. She enjoys spending time with family, reading, and traveling. Betty authored a book about her journey through breast cancer titled A Journey of Healing From the Inside Out. She feels there is no greater joy in her work than to see her clients find healing when it does not seem to be a choice. She believes in the power of healing from the inside out; we just must be willing to get there.