Dalia Hinojosa
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Compassionate Licensed Professional Counselor with extensive knowledge of counseling principles and practices. Adept at creating individualized treatment plans and leading group therapy sessions. Committed to creating safe, supportive environment for all participants. Specializing in Eating Disorders, OCD and Anxiety in both English and Spanish.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Psychotherapist, Private Practice
Lunamoon Therapy
02.2025 - Current
- Providing individual and family therapy services to case load of 15+ clients to treat eating disorders, OCD, mood, and anxiety disorders.
- Interpreting client symptoms and develops individualized treatment plan, safety planning and crisis intervention while making appropriate referrals.
- Applying research-backed interventions including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Strength-Based Approaches.
- Additional responsibilities include continuous coordination of care with treatment team, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and documentation/record keeping.
Lead Therapist, Private Practice
Healgood Counseling
02.2024 - 02.2025
- Participated as part of close-knit team to diagnose, support and treat clients suffering from eating disorders, mood and personality disorders.
- Led and managed three Dialectical Behavioral Therapy support groups meeting weekly.
- Provided crisis intervention and on-call services for clients in distress.
- Provided supervision and guidance to unlicensed therapists.
- Engaged in program development.
- Led development of marketing strategy and coordination of community outreach with Clinical Director.
Clinician and Development of Eating Disorder Program
The Mind-Body Collaborative
10.2023 - 02.2024
- Coordinated care as part of interdisciplinary team utilizing Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) “hospital without walls” model for clients with severe mental illness impacting functioning
- Provided individual, family and couples therapy to clients in office and in the community utilizing strengths-based, DBT and ACT approach
- Provided crisis support and on-call services for clients in distress.
- Engaged in program development for Eating Disorder Program with multidisciplinary team to provide care to clients with severe Eating Disorder, mood, anxiety diagnosis
Lead Therapist
Healgood Counseling
02.2023 - 10.2023
- Documented patient information, treatment plans, and patient responses.
- Maintained and updated patient records, changes in service plans and treatment reports.
- Tracked progress according to goals for interventions.
- Counseled individuals, groups, and families to bring awareness of problems, deal with crisis situations and develop action plans.
- Acted as Clinical Director during scheduled absences, onboarded new team members.
- Mentored LPC-A level therapists and provided DBT Training and support.
- Utilized research-backed modalities including DBT, ACT, CBT.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and deliver treatment plans and patient care.
- Assessed clients' mental health needs, developed treatment plans and monitored progress.
Primary Therapist
Discovery Behavioral Health
08.2021 - 02.2023
- Provided weekly individual and family therapy sessions to adolescents and adults clients in Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intense Outpatient (IOP) program suffering from eating disorders, mood and personality disorders.
- Oversaw care of patients from intake, treatment planning, recommendation of care to discharge from program.
- Monitored suicidal risk and administered ongoing assessment, crisis intervention and safety planning as needed
- Led and multiple DBT, CBT and Eating Disorder support and process groups weekly.
- Collaborated continually with outpatient providers.
LPC Clinical Intern
Guardian House
01.2020 - 06.2021
- Met with clients to provide weekly individual and family therapy sessions to adolescents and adults suffering from mood and personality disorders.
- Responsible for ongoing treatment planning, assessment, and evaluation for each client utilizing Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Maintained a caseload of 20+ clients per week including treatment plans, client file generation, scheduling, and follow-up
- Co-led 6-8 week long Positive Parenting Program (PPP) group and Grief Counseling Group serving 100+ parents and individuals spanning over 5 weekly classes
- Nominated by Director for community outreach team serving as point of contact for organizations in the area needing low-cost counseling resources
- Mentored and trained interns in intake, scheduling and intervention training
Education
Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Capella University
05.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Minor in Business Administration
Texas A&M University College Station
College Station, TX05.2011
Skills
- Proficient in various therapeutic modalities
- Coordination of Care
- Psychosocial assessment
- Behavior modification
- Therapeutic plans
- Suicide prevention
- Eating Disorder & OCD Treatment
- Tracking client progress
- Patient documentation
Affiliations
American Mental Health Counselors Association
Central Texas Eating Disorder Specialists (CTEDS)
Texas Association of Addiction Specialists
Languages
English
Spanish
Timeline
Psychotherapist, Private Practice
Lunamoon Therapy
02.2025 - Current
Lead Therapist, Private Practice
Healgood Counseling
02.2024 - 02.2025
Clinician and Development of Eating Disorder Program
The Mind-Body Collaborative
10.2023 - 02.2024
Lead Therapist
Healgood Counseling
02.2023 - 10.2023
Primary Therapist
Discovery Behavioral Health
08.2021 - 02.2023
LPC Clinical Intern
Guardian House
01.2020 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Capella University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Minor in Business Administration
Texas A&M University College Station
TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED IN
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Traning (DBT), DBT Foundational, DBT Intensive, DBT for Families and Adolescents & Advanced DBT Group Facilitation
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy Training(ACT)
- Acute Stress Syndrome Stabilization (ASSYST) Procedure
- Family-Based Treatment (FBT or “Maudsley Method”) for Anorexia & ARFID
- Massachusetts General Hospital CBT for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Mindful-Self Compassion training by Kristin Neff
- Positive Parenting Program (PPP)
- Simple Practice, KIPU, Sessions Health