Shirley Jean Schmidt, Psychotherapist in San Antonio, 78240

Shirley Jean Schmidt, MA, LPC

Profession(s):
Psychotherapy, Counseling, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
LPC - 31655

My Approach to Helping

I am the developer of the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS), an ego state therapy for helping wounded adults. This approach is designed to heal trauma wounds, such as those inflicted by physical, sexual, and verbal abuse; and attachment wounds, such as those inflicted by parental rejection, neglect, and enmeshment. If your problems are rooted in a significantly wounding relationship - especially with one or more family members - the DNMS may be right for you. This gentle therapy starts by getting clients connected to three internal Resource parts of self: a Nurturing Adult Self, a Protective Adult Self, and a Spiritual Core Self. Together these Resources help wounded child parts of self get unstuck from the past by meeting their unmet developmental needs, helping them process through painful emotions, and by establishing an emotional bond. As child parts get unstuck from the past, clients typically report feeling more grown up. They also report internal conflicts resolve, and unwanted behaviors, beliefs, and emotions abate.