Hope Guides Us, Healing Drives Us

Racheal joined the River City Advocacy and Counseling Center team in April 2023. She has spent over 25 years working in the nonprofit world, working as a consultant for affordable housing development, and providing guidance and service coordination for persons with disabilities, substance abuse, mental health needs, and those who have experienced homelessness. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership.

Sean is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Clinical Fellow in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor Candidate. Sean is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a trauma-focused therapy process that has applications for anxiety, self-esteem, grief and other clinical concerns. Sean is Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed, sensitive to culture and context, and well-versed in systemic family therapies. Sean has experience working with individuals, couples and families facing varied challenges. In pursuit of a second career, Sean completed a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio in 2014. He enthusiastically chose this field as he found the work important and the study of it fascinating. In 1999, he completed a Master of Arts in Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, which led to his first career in the technology industry working with computer chips. Sean worked at River City Advocacy from 2013 to 2018, co-creating the counseling program at River City Advocacy from the ground up. In 2018, Sean decided to take the role of stay-at-home dad with his newborn son, a deeply enriching experience. In 2020, Sean went back to work as the executive director at another non-profit mental health facility. By 2021, Sean could not wait to come back to River City Advocacy and continue to grow with the organization.