Dr. Valerie Jo Posas, PhD

Valerie Posas, PsyD, is a highly dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has over 10 years of extensive experience in counseling people from diverse backgrounds, and in various settings. Dr. Posas is a native of Texas, but she spent 13 years in California and in traveling the world to complete various mental health trainings. She worked for the California Department State Hospital, as a Senior Psychologist Specialist, from 2015-2021. While at the State Hospital, Dr. Posas completed various trainings required for the forensic work setting, including extensive trauma-informed care trainings, and she utilized her trainings to train other staff members about the importance of trauma-informed care. Therefore, Dr. Posas has a great passion for trauma work and helping individuals heal their trauma. Her professional background includes education and clinical experiences that have focused on mental health, behavior, and learning. Dr. Posas completed her Bachelor of Science (BS) in …Communication Studies at the University of Texas. She completed both her Master of Arts (MA) in Psychology, with an emphasis in Child and Adolescent Psychology, and her Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Applied Clinical Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Prior to making the decision to enter the field of psychology, Dr. Posas completed the Post Baccalaureate course requirements in Special Education and Bilingual Education at the University of Texas-Austin. Although she was initially looking forward to a career in the field of education, Dr. Posas’s personal and professional experiences, during that time and prior, led to the desire and ultimately the outcome of furthering her education in the field of psychology. Dr. Posas specializes in trauma work and her primary goal is to help people heal their bodies, minds, and souls. She is aware of the importance of knowing what trauma is, knowing how trauma impacts individuals differently, knowing about the biological responses to trauma, and knowing how trauma can lead to various behaviors. With a greater understanding of trauma, Dr. Posas approaches each individual client with compassion and empathy, and she takes on a more eclectic approach to therapy, which allows her to utilize various theoretical orientations and techniques to address each individual client’s needs.

Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Bastrop

1106 College St Suite E3, Suite E5

Bastrop

TX

78602

USA

+18557262714

• Mental Health Counseling
• Clinical Social Work

• Neuroanalysis
• Medication management
• Individual Therapy
• Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Child Therapy

• Tricare East
• Healthcare Highways
• United Healthcare
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• BCBS
• Aetna
• Compsych
• First Health Network
• Cigna

• Grief
• Spirituality
• Anxiety
• Anxiety Phobic Disorders
• Chronic Pain
• Premature Ejaculation
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• LGBT Issues
• Life Transitions
• Chronic Stress
• Pregnancy-related Mood Disorders
• Infertility
• Relationship challenges
• ADD/ADHD
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Eating Disorders
• Autism
• Bereavement and grief
• Psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and postpartum
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Anxiety Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Depression
• Relationship Issues
• Spiritual Issues
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Self Esteem
• Depressive Disorders
• Postpartum Depression
• Chronic Mental Health Issues
• Mental Illness
• Parent-Child Problems