Meet Our Team of Professionals
Carmen Castrejon, LPC | Bilingual Counselor
Carmen is a bilingual (Spanish-speaking) Catholic-Christian Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Texas. A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Carmen has dedicated her life to service, leadership, and healing in the communities she serves. Before entering the clinical field, Carmen spent several years traveling the world as a missionary with Corazon Puro. Motivated by a deep desire to support others through life’s most difficult challenges, she earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Divine Mercy University and became a Certified Clinical Traumatologist and EMDR-Trained through the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Carmen is also a Certified Prepare and Enrich Facilitator and trained FOCCUS facilitator and is passionate about empowering teens, adults, couples, and families to discover their God-given strengths and resiliencies. Her integrative approach to counseling honors the connection between mind, body, and soul, offering holistic healing that aligns with each client’s unique spiritual and emotional journey.
Vanessa Cadena, LPC Associate, Supervised by Stephanie Fazio, LPC-S | Counselor
Vanessa is a Catholic-Christian Licensed Professional Counselor Associate who received her M.S. in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso and B.S. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Vanessa has a background working with teenagers, young adults, and college student mental health. Vanessa has seen God and His Holy Spirit use therapy as a vessel to bring positive change into clients’ lives. Her approach to therapy involves offering a safe space where you can feel heard, discover your inner strengths, and learn to love and forgive yourself as God does. She seeks to help you tend to your heart, mind, body, and soul while equipping you with evidence-based tools to regulate your emotions, build self-esteem, be kind to your mind, and grow in resilience from past wounds.
Stephanie Fazio, LPC-S | Founder & Counselor
Stephanie is a Catholic-Christian Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in the state of Texas and has a passion for inspiring and helping guide others to become their most healthy and authentic self. As an EMDR-Certified counselor, Stephanie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her practice by helping provide several tools, interventions, and resources to motivated adults looking to authentically and holistically experience a life more aligned with their God-given gifts and purpose. Stephanie enjoys empowering, supporting, and challenging individuals to help identify, learn/re-learn, and ultimately navigate and heal through deep-rooted issues and underlying dynamics and patterns that have been barriers to thriving and living their best lives.
