Trauma Team

Jeanna Gomez is the owner of Gomez Counseling and Consulting Services (GCCS), and Trauma Healing and Recovery Center in Houston, Texas. She comes with 25+ years in clinical and trauma recovery experience. Jeanna is a Complex Trauma Specialist and Relational therapist who utilizes Somatic Experiencing including SE Touch work, Integral Somatic Psychology, Brain Spotting, EMDR, Experiential Boundary and Movement work and Pia Mellody’s attachment/developmental trauma PIT model in her work with clients. GCCS offers private counseling to individuals, couples, and groups.

She is devoted to providing healing from trauma and has found these models to be most effective in the resolution of accumulated stress, trauma and nervous system dysregulation. Jeanna also conducts her own intensive workshops and groups entitled “Boundaries Saying Yes to your No, A Somatic Healing Workshop”; “Ignite! Your True Self: Reclaim your Warrior Goddess A Women’s Empowerment Circle”; “Living Life Claiming Your Voice” Family of Origin Intensive; and the “Somatic Side of Shame” to name a few.

Jeanna spearheaded bringing the Somatic Experiencing Professional Trainings to Houston in 2017. In her journey with Somatic Experiencing, she became the first Latina SE Practitioner in Houston, was the Lead Training Assistant for the Houston & St Louis trainings and now she is the first Latina Faculty member for Somatic Experiencing International (SEI) in North America. She is now the faculty trainer for Houston and Austin Texas trainings and looks forward to establishing more in the U.S and abroad. For SE students: she offers Individual Case Consultations as well as Group Case Consultations at all levels. For SEP’s: She offers coaching and mentoring sessions for those wanting to enhance their skills.

My name is Ramona Cortez. I have a Masters in Education. I am not a Mental Health licensed clinician. I am a Certified Professional Coach and Somatic Experience Practitioner and excited to bring this practice to GCCS. I am also a Practitioner of Reiki and Healing Touch Energy work. Being a Reiki Practitioner has helped me tune into clients which also helps to understand the body’s energy. My SE training has guided me in assisting clients to become aware of what their body needs in order to return to the its natural ability to heal.My medical background as a former EMT -B and EMT -A, has helped me become familiar with how the body physiology reacts to physical injury and accumulated stress. I feel very strongly about the work that first responders do and want to send a message that we are here to assist you so you can go on with your work of saving lives.I look to forward to working with you where you are and help you in reaching your goals. Movement is progress so let’s move together!

I’m Derek Hess and I am GCCS’s Intake Specialist and a current Masters in Education in Clinical Counseling candidate at the University of Houston. I am trained in Somatic Experiencing Beginning level and ready to bring this model to clients. I’m a Houston native. I got my Bachelors of Science in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2017 and decided to leave the engineering sector behind to dive into the mental health industry in 2022. This led me to volunteer at Springbox Farms in Weatherford, TX to aid traumatized and mentally sensitive children nurture a sense of wellness through creative play, nature guided therapy, and other practices rooted in living in the present. I then volunteered at Camphill School Aberdeen, Scotland where I provided full support and care to residential students with significant additional needs such as Level 3 autism, fetal alcohol syndrome, and reactive attachment disorder. I’m interested in working with young adults and empowering men to live their full potential.

Words cannot express how appreciative I am to be on the Trauma Healing Team here at GCCS as an Intake Specialist to start my career within the mental health industry!

If you have questions about the practice please “Get in Touch” with me.