Therapy

Secure Base Psychology, PLLC, offers a haven when life feels out of control and provides support for children, adolescents, and adults to heal from trauma as well as day-to-day stressors. Dr. Goldberg Mintz and her team has expertise in treating the following issues:

  • Trauma

  • Child behavior problems

  • Self-harm

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Parenting support for traumatized children

  • Sleep impairment

  • Life adjustment issues

  • Problems in relationships

    She sees local patients at her office in the Rice Village area, and offers tele therapy to patients in 31 Psypact participating states across the US.

While therapy is tailored to the individual client, Secure Base therapists are trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), the gold-standard treatment for traumatized children and adolescents, as well as Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), gold-standard treatment for traumatized adults. Therapists also bring consideration of relationships to each and every treatment, ensuring therapy is not something you must “go at alone.”

Dr. Goldberg Mintz and her team are also trained in evidence-based approaches for the treatment of depression, anxiety, OCD including Behavioral Activation (BA), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Exposure Therapy (ET), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Welcome, Emma Lapin, LPC-A!

We are delighted to welcome Emma Beth Lapin, LPC-Associate, to the Secure Base Psychology team! Emma brings a warm, compassionate, and collaborative approach to therapy, with a passion for helping individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. Drawing from evidence-informed approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emma creates a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel understood, empowered, and equipped to make meaningful changes. She believes in the importance of authentic connection and brings warmth, flexibility, and humor to her work. Emma offers both evening and weekend appointments, with in-person sessions at our Rice Village office and virtual therapy throughout Texas, making compassionate, individualized care more accessible to busy individuals and families.

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  • Individual therapy for children, with parent support

    The focus of our work with children is in the treatment of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, sleep impairment, behavior issues, social and school worries, ocd, and adjustment issues, and in supporting caregivers in parenting traumatized, anxious, or depressed children.

    Generally speaking, the younger the child, the greater the parental involvement in treatment.

    For children, typically 2/3 of the session is spent with your therapist alone, with the parent joining for the last 1/3. With the parent present, we will share general topics discussed and skills learned.

    For adolescents, therapists typically meet alone with the teen, with less frequent parent check ins, usually around once per month unless there is an urgent issue.

  • Individual therapy for adults

    Maybe you experienced something traumatic as a child and it still weighs heavy. Or perhaps there’s not one harrowing memory that stands out, but a lifetime of painful experiences.

    You’ve probably become pretty skilled at pushing down thoughts and feelings related to what happened to you. But, like pushing down a beachball in a pool of water, it takes a ton of energy do this. Energy that could be better invested in other areas of your life. And, like the beach ball, your distress probably comes flying up at inopportune moments.

    Whether it’s an angry outburst in response to a work stressor, feeling like you need to shut down at home, or simply feeling down or stressed out, therapy can help reduce the instances of these intrusions in your life.

    Sometimes, people have a hard time identifying a major trauma or stressor that occurred, but still have significant worries in life. This might look like social anxiety or feeling panicked. If this sounds familiar with you, therapy can help teach you skills to overcome the worries that hold you back and empower you to thrive.

  • Teletherapy and in-person options

    Too busy to make it into the therapy office? Teletherapy is a wonderful option for those clients with packed schedules or inability to leave the home.

    Sick of internet glitches and wanting to connect in-person? Secure Base therapists see the majority of their patients in her Rice Village office.

    Secure Base also offers a hybrid model of in-person and tele therapy, to best address each client’s needs.

    Evening and weekend appointments are available on a first-come, first served basis.