In-person therapy in San Antonio, Texas • Virtual therapy across Texas
THERAPY FOR WOMEN WHO HOLD IT TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE ALL DAY BUT STAY UP TOO LATE JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO "JUST BE".
In a world of instant answers, viral-level advice and automated robotic voices, real human connection still matters. You can work with an engaged therapist who will work with you to identify the root of patterns that no longer serve you today.
On the outside, every box is checked.
Failure doesn't feel like an option and disappointing others feels just as wrong...but at what cost?
What no one sees is how exhausting it is to always be the one everyone depends on.
I’m Marcella Hayes, LPC-S, a Certified Trauma Therapist and EMDR-trained clinician with over 13 years of clinical experience. I also bring four decades of lived experience navigating family trauma, military life, toxic relationships and work environments, grief, financial anxiety, and the hard work of learning to trust myself again.
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Burnout & Work Stress
Anxiety Therapy
Midlife Transitions for Women
Narcissistic Abuse and Toxic Relationship Recovery
Relationship, Dating and Attachment Therapy
Childhood Trauma & Trauma Recovery
How This Works
Therapy with a real plan, built around you.
From the first session, you’ll understand what we’re working on and why. We’ll agree on a clear treatment plan together, and you’ll have an active voice in your care.
At each session, I’ll briefly recap where we left off. Then we’ll decide whether to continue or focus on what needs your attention now.
This approach is especially effective for:
You’re healing from childhood or relationship trauma, anxiety, burnout, grief, or a major life transition. You may also be ready to change patterns such as people pleasing, perfectionism, emotional shutdown, and self-doubt by addressing what is driving them, not just managing the symptoms.
Why I Use More Than One Therapy Approach
Trauma can affect your memories, beliefs, protective patterns, relationships, and nervous system. I integrate EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, CBT, and somatic therapy to help you process unresolved experiences, change what keeps you stuck, regulate your nervous system, and build self-trust for lasting change.
Why Human Connection Still Matters
AI can give you information. It cannot see your face when you’re about to say the hard thing, and know that’s exactly the moment to step in.
Apps, self-help tools, and other resources can support your work between sessions. But they cannot replace a therapist who notices the pause before you say something you’ve never said out loud.
AI cannot:
Read the facial expression or notice the shift in your body.
Share its own lived experience so you feel less alone in yours.
Sit with you in the silence that sometimes says more than words ever could because that's when healing often begins.
I'm Marcella Hayes, a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, EMDR-trained clinician, and Certified Trauma Therapist with more than 13 years of experience helping adults heal from anxiety, unresolved trauma, burnout, and toxic relationships.
My background includes trauma-focused treatment, clinical supervision, and executive leadership. But what clients often tell me is, "You actually get it."
That's because my understanding comes from more than my training. I've lived through toxic relationships, unhealthy work environments, single motherhood, financial stress, grief, and the hard work of healing the patterns that once kept me in survival mode.
That combination of clinical expertise, lived experience, and a clear path forward allows me to help clients move beyond surviving and start creating a life that truly feels like their own.
I know what it feels like to...
Stay too long.
Second guess yourself.
Carry shame that was never yours.
Wonder if you'll ever feel like yourself again.
About Marcella
I’m not just trained in trauma. I’ve healed from it too.
I also know what's possible on the other side...
No longer abandoning yourself to survive.
Trusting yourself and your intuition again.
Making choices that reflect who you are today.
Leave situations that no longer serve my truth
My lived experience shapes how I support my clients every day
What you can expect from me
Honest, compassionate, and direct guidance.
Trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment tailored to your needs.
A collaborative treatment plan, so you always understand what we're working on and why.
Practical tools to help you regulate your nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and create lasting change.
Space for the emotional, relational, and, if it's meaningful to you, spiritual aspects of healing.
Ready to reCenter yourself and reclaim your next season? Take that first step today, together, we'll move you out of survival mode and into a life you choose, with real balance in your emotional and physical well-being.
Your journey begins with a single conversation.
Schedule now and take the first step.
Office Hours
Monday – Thursday 10:00 am– 7:00 pm
Limited Friday and Evening Appointments
Please be advised that Resilient Hearts Counseling and Consulting is not a crisis service, if you’re in crisis and need immediate assistance please call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.
Resilient Hearts Counseling and Consulting
Offering In person and Telehealth services to Texas Residents
RHCC is a safe and affirming space for everyone!
Marcella Hayes, LPC-S
marcella@resilientheartscc.com
8918 Tesoro Drive, Suite 203
San Antonio, TX 78217
210-549-8475
Marcella Hayes, MA, LPC-S
Resilient Hearts Counseling and Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor • EMDR-Trained Clinician • Certified Trauma Therapist (TF-CBT) • M.A. in Counseling, University of Texas at San Antonio
Over 13 years of experience in trauma treatment, community mental health, and clinical supervision. I work with adults healing from toxic relationships, anxiety, burnout, grief, and unresolved trauma — combining EMDR, IFS (parts work), CBT, and somatic nervous system regulation with lived experience. In-person therapy in San Antonio, Texas, and virtual therapy across Texas.
Please be advised that Resilient Hearts Counseling and Consulting is not a crisis service. If you’re in crisis and need immediate assistance, please call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.
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