Therapy for Individuals & Couples Seeking Healing, Growth, and Connection


Providing compassionate virtual counseling for individuals and couples across Texas.

How Therapy Helps

Therapy is a space to:

  • Process emotions and past experiences

  • Communicate Effectively

  • Understand patterns at a deeper level

  • Learn coping strategies for mental health

  • Build healthier relationships with yourself and others

  • Live a peaceful life that is in alignment with your values

Our Services

Individual Therapy

Virtual Individual Sessions to understand your patterns, process your experiences, and learn skills to better manage emotions and relationships in an effort to create a life that is in alignment with your values and your goals.

Couples Counseling

Every relationship faces challenges. Couples counseling offers a supportive space to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, navigate conflict, and reconnect with one another. Together, we will identify unhelpful patterns, develop healthier ways of relating, and work toward creating a more fulfilling and connected relationship.

Walk & Talk Therapy

Embrace the sunshine and get your steps in while receiving therapy during our Walk & Talk Therapy session.

Sessions will be held in the McAllen, Texas area.

About Me

Hi, I'm Samantha Alaniz, LPC-Associate and owner of Grateful Mind Counseling PLLC. I provide virtual counseling for teens, adults, and couples across Texas. I help clients navigate anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm with a warm, supportive, and practical approach focused on meaningful growth and lasting change.

Grateful Mind Counseling Virtual Therapy. Texas Residents. Licensed Professional Counselor Associate Samantha Alaniz. Therapy.
Samantha Alaniz LPC-A

  • License Professional Counselor Associate
    Founder

  • Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor

Areas of Focus

  • Emotional overwhelm & anxiety

  • People-pleasing & boundaries

  • Relationship challenges

  • Family Dynamics/Estrangement

  • Confidence & Communication

  • Self-esteem & identity

  • Life transitions

Approaches

  • Person Centered Therapy

  • Gottman Method

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Phychoeducation

  • Integrative Therapy

Create Your Peace.


Getting started is simple

  1. Schedule your free 15-minute consultation

  2. Share what you’re looking for support with

  3. Begin therapy or join a group

Get Started
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