Cathy Armstrong MS, LPC-S, RN in person and virtually-

Specialty in women’s integrative mental health, whole-person wellness nurse coaching for women 

Specialized Training in Women’s Health & Women’s Mental Health

Dual certification in Women’s Health & Wellness and Mental Health, Cathy provides an integrated understanding of the connection between the body, brain, emotions, and overall well-being.

Clinical care for women who want their mental health, their body, and their day-to-day life treated as one connected system — grounded in licensed therapy, informed by nursing, and shaped by advanced training in women's mental health and integrative medicine.

• Professional Mental Health Counseling, Assessment, Diagnostics, Holistic Counseling, Individuals and Couples 

• RN Nurse Lifestyle Medicine Coaching, Stress and Worry Release, Hypnobirthing Classes, Plant Based Nutrition, Retreats

• Integrative counseling

• Women’s mental health

• Stress reduction and nervous system regulation

• Clinical hypnosis

• Lifestyle medicine

• Whole-food, plant-based nutrition

• Behavior change

• Prevention and wellness

Areas We Serve Virtually Across Texas 

Garland | Lubbock | Plano | Corpus Christi | Arlington| El Paso | Fort Worth | Dallas | San Antonio | Houston

Who I Work With 

Your mind, your body, and your daily life were never meant to be treated separately.

Whether it's a hormonal transition, a chronic diagnosis, or a nervous system stuck in overdrive, most women are handed fragmented care — a prescription here, a referral there. This practice treats the whole picture as one conversation.

Whole-Person Wellness

Emotional Wellness

Cathy Armstrong MS, LPC-S, RN -specialist in women's mental health, and whole-person wellness coaching Corpus Christi and across Texas on telehealth.

Trauma-focused, body-based therapy that integrates somatic methods, expressive arts, movement, sound, CBT, mindfulness, and Jungian depth-oriented psychotherapy.

I offer holistic Body-based, integrative therapy for people who have been holding it all together for a long time—and are ready to feel different, not just think differently.

You may be used to being the steady one, the one who shows up, holds it together, and keeps going even when something in you feels frayed or far away from yourself. From the outside, life looks fine. Inside, your system is tired of carrying it all alone.

This is where our work begins: at the level of your body, your nervous system, and the parts of you that talking has not been able to reach.

About Cathy

I'm Cathy Armstrong, I work at the intersection of nervous system science, trauma healing, and integrative care, drawing on my background as a therapist, Lifestyle and Wellness Coach and registered nurse to support people whose bodies have been carrying more than their minds can name.

Together we work at the level of the nervous system and the soul, integrating interpersonal neurobiology, somatic movement and breath, Brainspotting, energy psychology, and spiritually grounded care so your mind, body, and spirit are finally on the same team.

• Anxiety, panic, chronic worry, or feeling “always on”, OCD

• Depression, numbness, emptiness, or loss of joy and meaning

• High‑functioning burnout, imposter's syndrome, overgiving, and carrying the mental load for everyone else

• Trauma, C‑PTSD, childhood emotional neglect, and relational betrayal (including narcissistic abuse)

• Perfectionism, self‑criticism, and never feeling “enough” no matter how much you do

• Body image, emotional eating, and healing from diet culture and disordered eating

• Fertility decisions, pregnancy loss, postpartum anxiety/depression, and reproductive grief

• Menopause, hormonal shifts, and identity changes in midlife and beyond

• Grief after death, divorce, health changes, or kids leaving home

• Faith shifts, spiritual crisis, and wanting spirituality without shame or fear

A Holistic Sanctuary for Inner Healing & Personal Growth located in Corpus Christi at 6901 Holly Road 78414

Quick and easy can start a process. It rarely finishes one. The pattern — the trauma, the perfectionism, the inner critic, the old coping skill — is where the deeper sanctuary work lives.

Additional Certifications (2026)

Cathy holds advanced certifications in three specialized areas that deepen her work with couples and holistic mental health:

• Holistic Mental Health Certification — An integrative approach to mental wellness encompassing mind, body, and spirit, grounding her clinical work in whole-person healing.

• Relationship Neurobiology & Couples Counseling Certification — Specialized training in the neuroscience of relationships, supporting couples in understanding how the brain and nervous system shape connection, conflict, and repair.

• Couples, Attachment Theory & Trauma Certification — Advanced training in attachment-informed couples work, with a focus on how early relational trauma impacts adult partnerships and pathways to healing.

A specialized path for gentle clinical hypnosis, intuitive inner work, shame release, somatic awareness, and subconscious obstacle removal, heal and reconnect with your authentic self and your soul.

www.sacredselfhypnosis.com