Motivational Interviewing (MI) Therapists in Las Cruces, NM

Amber provides therapy with a holistic and eclectic approach that is individualized, taking into account that the client is the expert of what they need and how they best retain information. The therapeutic process can incorporate interventions related, but not limited to, Eye Movement desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), internal family systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Sex Therapy, Hypnosis, CBT-E, EFT, Bowen, Gottman and more.

We support clients throughout the collaborative therapeutic process, helping individuals discover their voice and experience greater freedom on the journey toward healing, wholeness, and wellness. The goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where individuals feel free to process emotions, be vulnerable and show up authentically. Through empowerment, self-awareness, and accountability, we strive to help clients release unhelpful behaviors, patterns, thought processes, and relationships that will no longer serve the healed and evolved version of themselves.

When relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, or major life transitions begin to affect your daily well-being, life can feel overwhelming. Whether you are navigating a new life transition, trying to find balance, feeling disconnected from others, or struggling with self-confidence, you don't have to face these obstacles alone. My therapy approach is collaborative and strengths-based, focusing on highlighting and building on the capabilities that you already have. I believe in an integrative approach to mental health and finding connection between the mind and body. Together, we can explore how factors such as nutrition, exercise, stress management and other lifestyle factors can impact your well-being. In addition, together, we can identify behavioral changes that can lead to wellness goals.

Wellness is not about one single element. It is about ALL of our elements: mental, physical, spiritual & emotional. All parts of you are welcome here.

As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, I help individuals and couples talk honestly about sexual concerns, relationship pain, shame, anxiety, and the parts of life that can feel too private or complicated to bring anywhere else. You do not need the perfect words before reaching out. My practice offers a thoughtful, confidential, and nonjudgmental space to begin.

Las Cruces is New Mexico's second-largest city and home to New Mexico State University, sitting in the Mesilla Valley near the US-Mexico border, with a population that is roughly 60% Hispanic or Latino and a mental health landscape shaped by border region experience—immigration stress and family separation, the cross-border family ties that define daily life in the borderlands, and the specific challenges of communities living at the intersection of two countries, cultures, and legal systems. NMSU's counseling center serves its student population, and Mesilla Valley Hospital provides inpatient behavioral health services; a private therapy sector serves the professional community. Common therapy concerns include immigration-related stress and family separation trauma, border identity and bicultural experience, student mental health, economic anxiety in a region with significant poverty, and the mental health dimensions of living in a community where the US-Mexico border is a daily reality rather than a political abstraction.

Gender ID

	56%	Female
	25%	Male
	13%	Gender Fluid
	6%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	75%	Online Only
	25%	In Person and Online

Top Specialties

75%	Anxiety or Fears
67%	Depression
67%	Self Esteem
50%	LGBTQ+ Issues
50%	Loss or Grief
50%	Stress
42%	ADHD

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Young Adult
50%	Teen
42%	Children
42%	Senior

Client Focus

67%	LGBTQ+
58%	Black / African American
58%	Women
50%	Christian
50%	Men

Motivational Interviewing (MI) therapists in Las Cruces, NM

Amber McKinney-Morgan

Jasmine Turner

Marisa Folsom

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