http://www.distinctivecounseling.com/

Distinctive Counseling and Consulting, PLLC, 4646 Corona Drive, Corpus Christi, TX (2026)

03/04/2026

🎉 Big congratulations to Cami Guerrero, MS, LPC!

Cami has officially earned her full licensure after completing her LPC Associate hours under the supervision of Elizabeth Barrientes, MS, LPC-S, RPT, EMDR Trained, Sandtray Certified Therapist here at Distinctive Counseling & Consulting, PLLC.

We are so proud to have been part of her journey and grateful for the care and dedication she brought to our clients. Cami is focusing on her full-time role as a school counselor, where we know she will continue making a powerful impact.

Congratulations, Cami. We are cheering you on! ✨

02/27/2026

✨ BIG NEWS for 2026 at Distinctive Learning!✨

🎉 **All Distinctive Learning events are ACEP approved through NBCC!**
🎉 **Our Play Therapy trainings are approved by BOTH NBCC (ACEP) and the Association for Play Therapy (APT)!**
🎉 **Our Sandtray offerings are now approved through BOTH NBCC (ACEP) and the World Association for Sand Therapy!**

These recognitions reflect our ongoing commitment to providing high-quality, experiential, and clinically relevant training experiences that truly support professional growth.

Whether you are:
🌱 Deepening your play therapy or sandtray skills
🧠 Expanding trauma-informed and brain-based clinical practice
🤝 Building connection with other passionate clinicians
✨ Investing in meaningful continuing education

Our 2026 lineup was intentionally created to support clinicians who want learning experiences that translate directly into their work with clients.

At Distinctive Learning, continuing education is about more than CE hours. It is about community, confidence, creativity, and clinical excellence.

📣 **The full 2026 training calendar is coming soon.**

👀You are going to want these dates on your calendar.

Let’s grow and learn together in 2026. 💫

02/27/2026

🖤✨ **Black History Month Spotlight** ✨🖤

Today, we are proud to highlight Mirakal McGill, MS, LPC, EMDR Certified Therapist, whose work reflects compassion, professionalism, and deep commitment to mental health wellness.

Mirakal brings a calm strength and steady presence to the therapy room, creating spaces where clients feel safe, respected, and genuinely cared for. Her work across trauma and anxiety, along with her support for survivors of violence reflects both clinical excellence and heartfelt advocacy for healing within our community.

As a Distinctive Play Counselor and EMDR clinician, Mirakal meets clients exactly where they are, honoring each person’s story while helping individuals and families move toward peace, resilience, and emotional wellness.

Mirakal embodies what it means to do this work with grace, intention, and pride. Her grounded spirit, dedication to ethical care, and commitment to serving others continue to strengthen both our team and the community we serve.

Learn more about Mirakal and her work here:
🔗 https://www.distinctivecounseling.com/mirakal-m-mcgill

Thank you, Mirakal, for the care, professionalism, and heart you bring to this field every day. 💛

02/26/2026

🖤✨ **Black History Month Spotlight: Joya Williams** ✨🖤

This Black History Month, we are proud to highlight LaJoya “Joya” Williams, MS, LPC-Associate, whose presence and work continue to strengthen the heart of our counseling community.

Joya brings a deeply compassionate and client-centered approach to therapy, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and individualized care that meets clients exactly where they are. Her passion for serving marginalized communities reflects her longstanding commitment to creating meaningful change both inside and outside the therapy room.

She is especially dedicated to supporting adolescents and members of the LGBTQIA+ community, working to create spaces where clients feel safe, understood, and empowered to explore their emotions and grow in self-awareness.

Joya’s work reminds us that healing begins when people feel seen, heard, and supported authentically. We are grateful for the care, intentionality, and advocacy she brings to our team and to the clients she serves every day.

Learn more about Joya and her work here:
🔗 https://www.distinctivecounseling.com/joya-williams

Representation matters. Voice matters. Connection matters.

02/25/2026

🖤✨ Amplifying Black Voices ✨🖤

Today we created intentional space to listen, reflect, and honor the lived experiences of Black clinicians.

We talked about the cultural differences within Black individuals and families and the importance of providing therapy spaces where clients can show up authentically, without shrinking, code-switching, or carrying the burden of explanation.

We acknowledged the current sociopolitical climate and the impact that shifting policies, public discourse, and cultural tensions continue to have on Black lives. We named how these realities enter the therapy room and shape both the client's and the clinician's experiences.

We emphasized validation, affirmation, and genuine support from leadership. We talked about honoring Black joy alongside pain. We committed to intentional check-ins, cultural presence, and ensuring representation in our therapy rooms.

We also held space for the emotional labor of Black mental health clinicians and the fatigue that can come from continually holding space for others while navigating systemic realities.

This was not about solving everything. It was about listening with intention and committing to continued growth.

Representation matters.
Voice matters.
Connection matters.

02/18/2026

📣 Black History Month Spotlight: Tosin Anjorin

This Black History Month, we are honored to spotlight Tosin Anjorin, LPC-Associate, a passionate clinician, community voice, and creative contributor whose work continues to inspire, educate, and uplift.

Tosin brings deep commitment, compassion, and wisdom to supporting individuals and families on their healing journeys. Her perspective is grounded not only in clinical skill but also in cultural insight, advocacy, and heart-centered connection. She exemplifies what it means to lead with curiosity, courage, and care.

In addition to her clinical work, Tosin is also an author. Her book Tiny Tim is a fun and meaningful picture book that teaches important lessons in connection, belonging, and emotional understanding, making it a resource that families and educators alike will cherish.

📖 Learn more about Tosin:
https://www.distinctivecounseling.com/tosin-anjorin

🛍 Purchase her book Tiny Tim here:
https://tosintalks.com/post/754549611643994112/tiny-tim-is-a-fun-picture-book-that-teaches-the

We’re proud to celebrate Tosin this month and every month, for her voice, her leadership, and her contributions to mental health, creativity, and community. 💛🖤

02/12/2026

✨ Amplifying Black Voices ✨

Join us as we intentionally honor and celebrate our Black mental health counselors during Black History Month.

This gathering centers the lived experiences, leadership, and advocacy of Black counselors while also highlighting the mental health needs of Black clients and Black children in today’s world.

🗓 Wednesday, February 25
⏰ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 216 Conference Room, Corpus Christi
🍴 Snacks will be available

Representation matters. Voice matters. Connection matters.

02/10/2026

🖤 Honoring Black Voices 🖤

As we honor Black History Month, we are proud to celebrate Heather Garcia, MS, LPC, EMDR Trained, Gottman Level I Trained, who has been part of our Distinctive community for five years and continues to lead with authenticity, courage, and style.

Heather is spunky, a true fashionista, and a fierce advocate in our field. She brings courage and clarity to conversations about microaggressions, the cumulative toll of racism, and women’s experiences, creating space for honest dialogue, healing, and growth.

This week, Heather is also presenting on toxic communication and the Four Horsemen, and we could not think of a more powerful way to amplify Black voices as we honor this month.

Learn more about how to attend here:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/share/1Af2rWWCzN/

Thank you, Heather, for five years of leadership, advocacy, and showing us what it looks like to lead boldly and authentically. 💛

02/09/2026

✨ Distinctive Play Spirit Week Recap ✨

What a week. Distinctive Play Spirit Week was a joyful reminder that play, connection, and creativity are not extras. They are part of how we care for ourselves, each other, and the clients we serve.

From Superhero Day, where we celebrated the everyday courage it takes to show up as helpers, to Silly Socks Day, which invited laughter and lightness into our spaces, each day reflected the heart of our work. Our Happy Places showed how we ground ourselves in what brings calm, joy, and meaning so we can continue to offer that presence to others.

Play is powerful. It builds connection, reduces stress, and reminds us why we love this work.

Thank you to our incredible team for leaning in, having fun, and modeling authenticity and joy.

Here’s to carrying this playful spirit forward, not just this week, but every day. 💛🦸‍♀️🧦🌈

02/07/2026

✨ Celebrating V. Fawn Colbourn✨

We are thrilled to celebrate V. Fawn Colbourn’s approval as a Registered Sand Therapist Consultant and Trainer through the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals. 🎊🎉🎈

This international credential reflects Fawns dedication to ethical practice, clinical depth, and the thoughtful use of expressive modalities in healing work.
Sandtray therapy is a foundational tool within play therapy, making this milestone especially meaningful as we finish out our celebration of Play Therapy Week.

This important work honors the power of symbolism, creativity, and relational safety, offering clients and professionals the space to express and process experiences when words are not enough.

🌿 Looking ahead
This summer, we will be hosting an Open House focused on all things sandtray. Join us to learn more about sandtray therapy, explore training and certification opportunities at Distinctive, and experience how this modality supports play therapy and trauma informed care across the lifespan.

Please join us in congratulating Fawn on this well earned achievement and stay tuned for a summer of learning and connection.

02/05/2026

🎉 Spirit Week + Open House Fun at Distinctive Counseling! 🎉

What an incredible week celebrating connection, creativity, and community here at Distinctive Counseling! 💛

We loved opening our doors for our Spirit Week Open House, giving guests a chance to tour our play therapy rooms, explore the spaces where healing and growth happen, and see firsthand how we support children and families through play. Seeing so many smiling faces in our space meant the world to us!

We were also honored to be visited by Terry Kottman Ph.D., RPT-S, LMHC such an inspiring time learning, connecting, and celebrating the heart behind play therapy.

And a huge thank you to Nat from Charcuterie Creations for the absolutely stunning (and delicious!) charcuterie board that kept everyone happily snacking.🧀✨

We’re so grateful for our community and everyone who came out to celebrate with us. Here’s to more moments of connection, learning, and fun together!

02/04/2026

🌱 Growing Our Play Therapy Team 🌱

We are so excited to welcome back Salma Perez, MS, LPC-Associate, to the Distinctive Counseling & Consulting team. She was a student with us during her field experience with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Salma provides individual counseling and play therapy, creating spaces where children, adolescents, and adults can feel seen, supported, and understood through connection and creativity. In the spirit of Play Therapy Week, we are celebrating the power of play as a meaningful pathway to healing, expression, and growth.

✨ Where to find Salma
📍 Corpus Christi office on Mondays
📍 Calallen office on Wednesdays

✨ Insurance and payment options
She is currently accepting new clients with DCHP, Aetna, and Cigna, as well as private pay.

✨ Clinical supervision
Salma is supervised by Elizabeth Barrientes, MS, LPC-S, RPT, Sandtray Certified Therapist, and Dr. Jinnelle V. Powell, PhD, LPC-S, EMDR Trainer & Consultant.

🗓 Now scheduling new clients beginning March 1, 2026 https://www.distinctivecounseling.com/appointment-request

Learn more about Salma and her approach here:
🔗 https://www.distinctivecounseling.com/salma-perez

Join us in welcoming Salma and celebrating Play Therapy Week by honoring the joy, curiosity, and connection that make healing possible 💛🧸🎨

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