Norma Jean Salinas

Norma Jean Salinas welcomes individuals who are taking the brave step of seeking support. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas and brings eight years of experience helping children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of therapeutic settings.

Norma Jean earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from The University of Texas at Austin and completed a master’s degree in mental health counseling with high distinction at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico. As a mid-life career changer embracing a second act, she has worked with people from many backgrounds who faced diverse challenges.

Her therapeutic manner is warm, empathetic, relaxed, and non-judgmental, and she will sometimes use appropriate humor. Norma Jean favors a client-centered approach that lets each person guide their own treatment. She partners with clients to gently guide, walk beside, and hold space for them, always meeting people where they are and never forcing a course of action.

Norma Jean uses an eclectic, integrative model that draws on evidence-based theories, modalities, and techniques so treatment plans can be tailored to individual goals and needs. She believes there is no one-size-fits-all solution and focuses on providing the tools and skills most helpful to each person. Building a strong therapeutic alliance between client and therapist is central to her work, and she aims to support, encourage, and empower those she works with as they move toward a fuller life.