Practice InformationGuiding Lantern, PLLC (Guiding Lantern) is a Texas-based, woman owned and operated group practice providing virtual counseling services that supports adult women through all seasons of life. Womanhood is full of transitions and adjustments; in those spaces is where community becomes a light of guidance. Our mission is to advance and expand mental health services for women. This means understanding the different seasons and transitions women navigate during their lifespan. Our mission extends to advancing women in the mental health field as professionals. As a diverse practice, Guiding Lantern, in addition to counseling, provides therapeutic workshops, informational learning sessions, clinical supervision, consultation, training for helping professionals and private practice business support. Guiding Lantern was founded by Gladys J. Sanchez in 2022, early on in her motherhood journey. With a passion for helping others heal, and her accumulated professional experience, she discerns that for women community is vital. Guiding Lantern aims at becoming a catalyst for community; whether it’s a space where our clients can find healing, or our therapist can expand their expertise. Our commitment to the healing of our clients is above standard. Keeping ethical morals at the forefront, Guiding Lantern is a committed and trusted partner with a diverse portfolio of experience. FAQSHow does payment work at your practice?Guiding Lantern is a self-pay practice and accepts all major debit and credit cards, including most HSA's. Upon enrollment your card will be on file and payment will automatically occur after every session, stress and hassle free. As a diverse group practice, we are able to offer a flexible price range ($65-$95 per 50 minute individual session), that depends on the provider and service offered. Why should I choose your practice?Therapists at Guiding Lantern specialize in a variety of populations and topics, with most of our therapist being Spanish speakers. Guiding Lantern therapists have a Master’s degree from an accredited counseling program with most having additional certifications. Additionally, Guiding Lantern therapist continuously and regularly engage in training both independently and collectively as a practice.Therapist at Guiding Lantern have a personal calling to their work and to the identity of "helper". At Guiding Lantern, we believe we are journeyers of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness. When the course of our lives takes us through darkness let us never venture there without the light of guidance. Guiding Lantern is where connection, true belonging and wholehearted healing become one.What services does your practice offer?As a group practice Guiding Lantern offers a wide-range of online therapeutic services. Accessing care does not have to be stressful, connect when you can where you can with our therapeutic services. We offer the following;*Consultation Session (no cost)- It is important for us that you use your voice to find and engage in the care that will best optimize your healing*Individual Counseling ($65-$95)- From the comfort and privacy of your own home healing will be at your pace. Virtual therapy will be your safe space for genuine mending.*Therapeutic Workshops ($50 p/sessions)- In community and fellowship our therapeutic workshops are meant for teaching and healing.*Clinical Supervision ($285 p/month)- For Texas LPC Associates.*Marriage/Couples/Family Counseling ($85-$120)- By brining awareness to the roots of the struggles we will work towards change to produce a fulfilling future.*Training and Coaching for Helping Professionals ($175 p/hour)- Enhancing professional competency. *Consulting ($190p/hour)- Projects vary.What are your practice's specialties?Guiding Lantern serves adult women who live in Texas. In treatment, we believe that it is critical to begin with exploring with the intent to gain and create awareness of your presenting concern. After creating a solid foundation of awareness and insight, through in-depth self-reflection, we can then create change that rests on keen knowledge. It is, to us, how change then becomes a lifestyle of wellness. Our therapists specialize in a variety of areas including, but not limited to; motherhood, single-hood, life transitions, stress management, trauma, parenting, self-worth, recovery of self, relationships and marriage, anxiety, perfectionism, finding purpose and meaning, perinatal mental health, co-dependency, toxic relationships, burn-out, divorce, more.