Cierra Batiste, LPC

Cierra Batiste is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 13 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, relationship strain, family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting pressures, anger, self-esteem, and career questions. She also focuses on veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, obsessions and compulsions, personality disorders, and process addictions.

Batiste uses straightforward, person-centered care combined with evidence-based tools. Sessions typically include clear skill practice, thought work, and mindfulness exercises. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage strong emotions and change unhelpful patterns.

Her background includes early training and client work in Tennessee and current practice in Dallas, Texas. She balances part-time private practice with a leadership role at a behavioral hospital. She is also a doctoral student in a counselor education and supervision program and is pursuing a supervision license to expand that part of her work.

In sessions she aims for collaboration. Conversations identify obstacles, set modest goals, and try out practical strategies between meetings. Therapy can include learning skills for emotion regulation, reducing compulsive behaviors, managing mood swings, and improving daily routines like sleep and eating.

Outside of work she spends free time outdoors and enjoys trying new restaurants and cultural experiences.

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