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Belinda Edwards

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Belinda Edwards, LPC

Louisiana

Licensed Professional Counselor - Trauma and Addiction

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Where Belinda stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Louisiana / 4090
NPI
1407033095
Experience
12 years
Languages
English
Location
Louisiana

About

  • CBT
  • EMDR
  • Military service issues

About Belinda

Belinda Edwards is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with 12 years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, anger, career concerns and life changes.

Her background includes work in community programs, correctional settings and with military service members. Early in her career she helped set up a family counseling program in an inpatient substance use facility and later managed an outpatient clinic for mental health and substance use concerns. For the past seven years she has focused on issues related to military service and deployments.

Belinda uses practical, focused methods in session. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses trauma-focused approaches and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address traumatic memories and their ongoing effects.

She brings experience working with grief, compassion fatigue, abandonment and attachment concerns, and with people facing panic, mood disorders and post-traumatic stress. She also supports people coping with substance use, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

Belinda is a Christian counselor and is willing to integrate faith into conversations when clients want that included. Sessions are conducted in English, and she does not accept international clients. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, clients are asked to select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Belinda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety, low mood and stress. CBT breaks problems into steps and focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes that can be tried between sessions.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to work with traumatic memories and the symptoms that follow. EMDR is aimed at reducing the charge of distressing memories so they interfere less with daily life. Motivational Interviewing is another approach she draws on to support people working through addiction or readiness to change by exploring values and personal motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, current problems and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That choice can be revisited as therapy progresses so the plan fits what is actually helping.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises and trauma-focused work to remote sessions, and the therapist will explain how sessions will be structured when you schedule.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDrug and alcohol addictionFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatization

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Listed in

Louisiana

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she work with?

Belinda works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief along with relationship and intimacy-related issues.

What is her therapy style?

She uses practical, goal-focused methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused techniques to address thoughts, behaviors and traumatic memories.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 12 years of clinical experience, including work in community, corrections, and military settings.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Louisiana and practices there.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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