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COMPLEMENTARY
HEALTH

Art
Heals

at the
Ecumenical
Center

By Edmond Ortiz

The Ecumenical Center is a renowned provider of faith-based counseling and education that
helps with healing, growth and wellness. The Center offers counseling services for adults, chil-
dren, teenagers and couples through psychotherapy and marriage preparation services. There
are play and art therapy services for children and neurofeedback to assist with ADD/ADHD,
autism, depression and anxiety in people of all ages. Recently, EMDR (Eye Movement Desen-
sitization and Reprocessing) has been added to assist veterans and others with PTSD (Post Trau-
matic Stress Disorder). The testing and assessment program can assist those who need testing
for gifted and talented, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, autism, depression and anxiety and
many others. The Center also offers CPRT (Child Parent Relationship Training) for parents
who would like to use the techniques that the play therapist uses with their children.

Besides counseling, the Center offers The Ethics in Business San Antonio program working
in collaboration with local universities to promote awareness and educate university business
students in ethical business practices. The center is the home to the noted bereavement program,
Life After Loss, and other support and recovery groups. And it hosts the Pastoral Advisory
Council which holds events on current issues facing the local clergy.

Mary Beth Fisk, CEO and executive director of the center, said they have a variety of unique
technologies and experts trained in many different therapeutic modalities that can assist the
San Antonio community to heal and be educated on mental health issues.

But did you know that for the past three years, healing through the expressive arts has become
an important addition to the therapeutic process at the Center? Beginning on Sept. 11 and
continuing through Jan. 4, the center comes alive with a celebration of the healing that can

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