Schizophrenia Therapists in Maryvale, AZ

If you're living with schizophrenia, I can help provide you with structured, supportive care. In our sessions, we'll focus on holistic and functional approaches to help you achieve stability. We'll also build routines, engage in thoughtful medication management and psychotherapy, and work toward improving emotional wellbeing. We'll also include your family if it's appropriate in order to create a strong support network.

Having a background in substance use disorders and working at the VA means I have a great deal of experience working with individuals psychotic disorders. If you have schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder I will work with you to challenge and manage delusional thoughts and hallucinations to improve your ability to function in daily life. We will work together to find ways to manage hallucinations and delusions without letting these experiences dominate your life.

With over a decade of specialized experience, I have worked more with individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective than any other disorder. Together, we can create and learn to maintain a meaningful purpose and existence. You can have the life you imagine! I also provide support to loved ones who are of support to someone with a psychotic disorder.

Living with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder is much easier when treatment is steady, respectful, and practical. I provide ongoing assessment, medication management, and supportive therapy to help you reduce symptoms, recognize relapse signs early, and keep your daily life stable. We’ll also look at trauma, substance use, and family stressors that can worsen symptoms, and we’ll build a plan that protects your independence.

I provide long-term, compassionate support for individuals living with schizophrenia. My focus is on stability, connection, and dignity—helping you navigate voices, visions, or paranoia without shame. We’ll build coping strategies, medication support (with your provider), and daily routines while honoring your cultural and spiritual framework for understanding your experiences.

Maryvale is a west Phoenix urban village, a post-war planned suburb that is now one of the city's most heavily Latino communities, with young families, deep community networks, and long-standing underinvestment in health services. Mental health needs center on economic stress, immigration-related anxiety, youth and family concerns, and a persistent shortage of Spanish-speaking practitioners on the city's west side. Community health centers and Phoenix's broader provider market, plus telehealth, are the main routes to care.

Gender ID

	53%	Male
	40%	Female
	7%	Gender Fluid

Session Type

	67%	In Person and Online
	33%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

67%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
50%	Psychodynamic Therapy
42%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
42%	Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
33%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
25%	Behavioral Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
67%	Young Adult
58%	Senior
33%	Teen
17%	Children

Client Focus

50%	Men
42%	LGBTQ+
33%	Christian
33%	Military / Veterans
33%	Persons with Disabilities

Schizophrenia therapists in Maryvale, AZ

Dr. Janelle Louis

Jacqueline Elster

Dr. Dana C. Avey

Carter Doyle

XaHara A. MeGod