Counselors - Taft, TX

" I was blessed to work Dr. Shake from the age of 18 until the age of 36 (it took 18yrs for me to be broken down so only natural it took 18yrs to repair/find the real me. The second 18 years of my life was truly a time of discovering the authentic me and learning to understand that I was safe to be my authentic self. I came to Dr. Shake with severe C-PTSD that manifested in some extremely dangerous behaviors towards myself and a deeply ingrained negative view of myself. I will never forget my first appointment with Dr. Shake, who at the time was Linda Shake LPC/LMFT. I didn't say much at all, yet her response when I asked what she saw when looking at me, let me know that she truly cared/desired to help me and a willingness to patiently work with myself, a girl who had been through so much I had given up. I had seen so many "professionals" that looked at my symptoms (behaviors) and just gave up on me, so when I could see and feel that she looked at me and not my behavior, I got scared and vowed to make sure I kept her at a distance. I pushed so hard at times in an effort to "protect" myself from being let down again, feeling hurt when Dr. Shake gave up on me the way I expected her to based on my past experiences. I struggled with my desire to become healthy and whole and belief system about myself and incapability to ever achieve that desire. Dr. Shake never gave up/walked away, instead she believed in me, held me accountable, told me the things I didn't want to hear/knew I needed to hear and yet did so in a manner that never left me feeling belittled/degraded. When I had no faith she had enough for both of us. In the 18 years I was a patient I grew in every area of the word. I learned to accept and love myself. I earned my h.s. diploma, my AA and BA in psychology with minors in social work, sociology, and criminal justice. I also began working in this chosen field myself and have had great success as a result of the professional I experienced/witnessed a patient of Ms.Linda Shake. Since "graduating" therapy with Ms. Shake, I have gone on to grad school earning my degree in the same major/minors (major-psyvlchology minors in socialwork, sociology, and criminal justice. I have my LCDC and had the opportunity to be a part of a scholars program that allowed me to conduct research start to finish, and present my findings all over the country. I have been extremely successful with the majority of clients who were ages 13/14-23/25 and believe it is 50% or more because of what she not only taught me but showed me. "

"I don't want to give a bad review, I would like to schedule an appointment, though! Maybe I am doing something wrong(?) but the numbers I can find don't seem to be in service, or go to a walk in clinic."