- Mindfulness practice
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused work
About Medina
Medina Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with nine years focused on outpatient mental health care. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses guilt and shame as part of those concerns.
Medina draws on a long background in healthcare alongside her counseling work. That experience brings practical understanding of how medical and mental health issues can overlap and affect daily life. She uses clear, direct conversation to help people name what is happening and make manageable steps forward.
Her sessions are collaborative and client-centered. Early meetings focus on getting to know a person’s history and current struggles. From there, she blends mindfulness and cognitive behavioral techniques to shape short-term goals and coping strategies.
Medina also uses solution-focused and motivational interviewing methods when appropriate. These approaches concentrate on what a person wants to change now and how to begin doing it, often with concrete, small actions between sessions. She pays particular attention to trauma-related concerns while helping clients build steady routines and coping plans.
People working with Medina can expect practical tools for daily stress and mood management. She emphasizes steady progress through repeated practice rather than quick fixes. Her style is straightforward and goal-oriented, aimed at helping adults carry less weight from past events and move toward clearer choices.
How her approaches translate to online care
Medina commonly uses client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness in her practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your perspective so the plan fits your priorities. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness teaches steady attention to the present moment and simple exercises to reduce reactivity and increase calm.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to decide which methods match a person’s goals and preferences, and may combine techniques as needed. That collaborative planning starts in the first session and is adjusted over time based on how things are going.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can help people fit counseling into busy lives by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering audio-only options when bandwidth or comfort with video is a concern. These practical benefits can make regular work on stress, anxiety, trauma-related concerns, and guilt or shame easier to maintain alongside everyday responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, and related concerns including guilt and shame.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses a client-centered style and blends mindfulness with cognitive behavioral therapy to set practical goals and skills you can use day to day.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years focused on outpatient mental health and a longer background in healthcare that informs her approach.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LPC licensed in Texas and practices with a focus on adults dealing with mood and trauma-related concerns.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.