Mental Health
Dallas, TX
Virtual / In-Person

Alfie Wishart

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC)

Specialties

AddictionAlchohol UseAnger ManagementAnxietyBehavioral IssuesBipolar DisorderChild or AdolescentChronic IllnessChronic PainCodependencyCoping SkillsDepressionDevelopmental DisordersDivorceEating DisordersEmotional DisturbanceFamily ConflictGriefInfidelityInternet AddictionLife TransitionsMarital and PremaritalMen's IssuesNarcissistic PersonalityParentingPeer RelationshipsRelationship IssuesSelf EsteemSexual AbuseSpiritualitySuicidal IdeationThinking Disorders

Patient Focus

IndividualsLGBTQIA+

Attributes

EmpoweringOpen-MindedSolutions Oriented

Accepted Payments

Blue Cross Blue ShieldSelf-PayUnitedHealthcare

Overview

After a career in small business consulting, I had deep feelings for doing something more meaningful to me and I was offered a job at a residential treatment center for addictions and loved it.

Treatments

Family TherapyHumanistic TherapyMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

About

After a career in small business consulting, I had deep feelings for doing something more meaningful to me and I was offered a job at a residential treatment center for addictions and loved it. I went on to work at psych hospitals, a nonprofit treatment center (mostly for indigent patients), and felt right at home so decided to get my counseling degree

Who are you are best positioned to serve?
Addictions, couples, adolescents, life transition, LGBTQ+ issues, vocational concerns, trauma.
What areas you feel are your biggest strengths?
Facilitating each person to become more aware and accepting of themselves and others; how to balance caring for self and others in relationship, expanding one’s conceptual framework, learning to be more compassionate with themselves and others.
What's your favorite part about being a therapist?
The exploration of awakening
What can clients expect?
A better more fulfilling life.

Clinics

Experience

Experience

Education

Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) from UT Southwesten

License, Certifications,
& Awards

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) Trained Teacher in MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) MSC (mindfulness based self compassion) through UC San Diego Medical school

Professional Organizations

Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (DSPP) NAADAC (National Association for Addiction Professionals) TAAP (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)

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