About Ernestine
Ernestine Tennefos is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico who helps people cope with anxiety, stress, trauma and parenting challenges. She approaches sessions with calm and direct attention. She aims to make the first step feel manageable for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Ernestine creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can name what feels hard. She listens closely and encourages practical steps that fit day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and focused on what the client needs right now. Her work draws on methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, strengthen emotional connection, and build mindful awareness. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to shift thought patterns.
She also applies client-centered ways of listening so the client leads the pace. Ernestine has about 15 years of professional experience in behavioral health settings. That background includes supporting people after trauma and assisting parents who are feeling overwhelmed.
She combines real-world skills with steady presence in session. Sessions emphasize skills you can try between meetings. Ernestine supports people as they practice new ways of coping with anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and changes in life.
She works with each person to set goals and track small, practical progress.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the client. The therapist reflects your concerns and helps you set the pace so you feel understood and in control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers practical tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep anxiety and stress active. It often involves homework and skill practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ernestine will help you choose or blend approaches based on your goals, needs, and personal preferences. That collaboration makes it easier to try new coping skills and adjust the plan if something is not working.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you keep face-to-face contact while staying where it’s convenient. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in. Chat and text let you send updates or work through a quick concern between meetings. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles, so therapy can fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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