Psychoeducation
Narrative Approach
Narrative Approach
Helps with explaining the whys, though not used to deny your experience or tell you how to feel or think.
Narrative Approach
Narrative Approach
Narrative Approach
You share your experience and story with me, and I share what I hear from it and how I see it. This is done through a strengths-based lens yet allows space to hold and validate the hard times and difficult feelings.
Mindfulness Skills
Narrative Approach
Mindfulness Skills
We use this to attune and connect via your brain. It's not just about accessing gratitude (though we can do that). It's about accessing in general.
Somatic Work
Ego State / Parts Work
Mindfulness Skills
This is where the body comes in. You don't have to already be in-tune with your body to engage in it. I may start this approach by noticing expressions, teaching grounding exercises, asking you to notice. We may even take an image that comes up in your mind about an emotion and act it out.
Ego State / Parts Work
Ego State / Parts Work
Ego State / Parts Work
This is used for those who may have experienced adversity in childhood, use compartmentalization, or may understand there are so many components/truths to any given experience or situation.
EMDR
Ego State / Parts Work
Ego State / Parts Work
Used with both the neurodiverse (Autism, ADHD, etc.) and neurotypical populations. EMDR is used in session, with your consent, when you feel the need to address larger internal hurdles such as phobias or trauma(s) (also known as PTSD or C-PTSD).
Walk and Talks
Walk and Talks
Though these sessions are done in parks or can be done in an inside setting (like a mall). These help the mind and body work together to get to the heart of the matter while also keeping present. They are less private, in that these happen in a public setting. They are done during the day and usually when it is not busy or packed with people. There is a specific wavier that needs to be signed
Intensives
Walk and Talks
These are sessions that last longer than the typical hour. They can be focused by only using one approach to process (like EMDR). They can also be a combination of multiple approaches to process (somatic work, EMDR, psychotherapy).
We build the plan together- how many hours, what approaches to use, and what goals to focus on. This experien
These are sessions that last longer than the typical hour. They can be focused by only using one approach to process (like EMDR). They can also be a combination of multiple approaches to process (somatic work, EMDR, psychotherapy).
We build the plan together- how many hours, what approaches to use, and what goals to focus on. This experience is a moment to moment session- allowing you to go at your own pace, and for me to maintain my ability to attune to your needs.
Open Narrative Counseling, PLLC
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX, USA
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Licensed in the States of Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Washington.
EMDRIA Certified Therapist & CIT
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Trained in advanced techniques in EMDR focusing on Childhood Trauma, Traumatic Events, and Neurodiversity. Messina is currently an EMDRIA Consultant In Training to be completed October 2026.
Inclusive Aligned
Messina Delgado LPC, LMCH, LCMCH, EMDRIA CIT
Inclusive Aligned
Ready to explore and be curious together, so you can attune to your agency.