Revelation Counseling Services

11/06/2025

Therapy is a safe space to reflect, heal,
and process your revelations with grace. 🌿

Guided by faith, rooted in care.

11/04/2025

Friends, we invite you to read the article on pgs 32-33 which was written by our founder on her personal journey of loss. Thank you to Live From The Southside for publishing these thoughts on healing through remembrance.

The Live From The Southside Magazine November 2025 issue is out! Read at https://bit.ly/Nov2025Issue

On the cover: CHCP - South San Antonio Campus

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11/04/2025

🎓✨ Congratulations, Alessandra Mata! ✨🎓

We’re so proud to celebrate Alessandra as she continues her incredible journey she is going from RN, BSN to earning her PMHNP (coming May 2026!) 🎉

During her time as an intern with Revelation Counseling, Alessandra brought compassion, dedication, and a true heart for helping others.

Thank you, Alessandra, for your hard work and the light you brought to our team. We’re so grateful for your contributions and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll do in your next chapter. 🌿

You’ll always be part of the Revelation family! 💫

11/02/2025

While we didn’t get to pass out counseling resources this time, we were reminded that service takes many forms. Grateful for the chance to share delicious chili-cheese dogs🌭, smiles, and connection at the Templo Cristiano / Tree City Assembly Uvalde Fall Fest — truly a blessing to serve.🍁🍂🍁

10/31/2025

👻 You can’t ghost your emotions forever!
This Halloween, treat yourself to something better than candy, clarity. 🍬✨

Our counselors are here to help you face your fears, process what’s been haunting you, and find peace again. 🧡

10/29/2025

✨ Meet Nicole Merchán , she is our bilingual counselor-in-training at Revelation Counseling in San Antonio, supervised by Jacqueline A. Hernandez, LPC-S. Nicole is passionate about supporting women, children, families, the Latino community, and entrepreneurs as they navigate life’s transitions with compassion and courage. Her culturally informed approach creates a safe space for healing, balance, and personal growth.

Ready to begin your journey toward healing and wholeness?
👉 Book with Nicole today!

10/27/2025

It’s 🌿
Here’s your gentle reminder: healing isn’t linear — and that’s okay.
✨ You can love God and still need a therapist.
✨ You can smile and still struggle.
✨ You can have faith and still feel fear.
Give yourself permission to be human today.

10/25/2025

We’re proud to serve our community in English y Español. 💬
Whether you’re seeking immigration evaluations, therapy for yourself, your marriage, or your family, our bilingual counselors are here to meet you with compassion, understanding, and care.

Because healing feels better when you’re understood.

✨ Guided by faith, rooted in care.
📅 Book your appointment today

10/21/2025

We were deeply moved at the Uvalde Young Life banquet hearing how this ministry is changing the lives of teens with faith, mentorship, and hope. While YL has been around since 1941 and serving in over 100 countries worldwide, this is its third year in Uvalde.

We were honored to make a small but heartfelt contribution to the Uvalde chapter—partly in memory of my mother, who faithfully supported ministries until the very end of her life. 💛

Friends, if you’re looking to sow into a ministry making a real impact in the lives of students, visit Uvalde Young Life at https://giving.younglife.org/s/ 🌿🪴🌳

09/28/2025

PTSD is not uncommon in children with parents who yell or have trouble regulating their own emotions. It’s also not uncommon for parents to take their children to see a therapist but who don’t seem to think they can benefit from therapy themselves. It’s unfortunate and unrealistic to place all the responsibility for change on a child’s shoulders. It doesn’t have to be this way. Help is available, and it starts with the adults in the room. ❤️‍🩹♥️🤍

Recent brain scans have revealed that children living with unstable families where the child is exposed to constant arguing between the parents or themselves are abused/neglected, have brain changes similar to combat solders after returning from active duty. In some cases, the brains of abused children are in even worse shape than the combat soldiers.

Childhood trauma and the trauma experienced by combat soldiers can create similar, long-lasting changes in the brain’s structure and chemistry. The core reason is that the brain, whether developing or mature, adapts to a high-stress, unpredictable environment by entering a persistent state of hypervigilance, prioritizing survival over other functions.

The key difference lies in the context of the trauma. A child’s brain is still developing, making it highly susceptible to having its core structures and functions altered. A soldier’s brain, which is already mature, is changed by extreme stress but is less fundamentally altered than a child’s.

The shared neurobiological process: an over-activated internal alarm system.

Trauma forces the brain to initiate a “fight or flight or freeze” response for survival. When this state becomes chronic, it changes the brain’s baseline functioning, creating a state of constant, heightened alert. This process affects key brain regions involved in emotion, memory and rational thought.

I am running out of rom here but I will put a breakdown in the comments section of each brain region affected and altered by trauma.

If you have children, it is best to never argue in their presence and always treat your child with love, patience, respect and tender care, punish gently when necessary and use bad behavior as a teachable moment instead of harshly punishing your tiny creation.

If you experienced trauma as a child and never actively did intentional work to heal your brain or nervous system, you are likely experiencing chronic symptoms well into adulthood as a result. The good news is, any damage done is likely not permanent if you’re willing to do the work. Your trauma was never your fault, but healing has become your sole responsibility. See comments for exercises.

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08/07/2025

Thank you Live From The Southside for highlighting our exciting expansion to The Convent at Our Lady of the Lake University! We're so grateful to have our story featured. 💟

Revelation Counseling Services expands to Our Lady of the Lake University's historic convent, doubling capacity and deepening its commitment to accessible Christian and clinical mental health care in San Antonio.

07/30/2025

We need to recognize enabling behaviors for our sake as well as theirs. Drs Cloud and Townsend’s book on boundaries is an excellent source of information and encouragement on how to break unhealthy relationship patterns.

Controlling people call it “helping you for your own good.” It’s not. It’s about their gain, not your growth. Draw a line and don’t allow them to cross it.

For more tips on handling manipulators, comment “Control,” and I will send you a link to a course packed with actionable ideas.