65 Local Experts Helping
San Antonio Prioritize Mental Health
Mental health influences every aspect of our lives — how we think, feel, connect with others and navigate daily challenges. San Antonians are recognizing that mental health is not only vital to our personal wellbeing, but it’s also fundamental to the strength and health of our community as a whole.
We’re highlighting 65 local experts — counselors, psychologists and social workers — looking to walk this path alongside individuals ready for support. These dedicated professionals offer specialized care across a spectrum of needs, ensuring that whatever your situation, there’s someone qualified to help.
Holding space for conversations about mental health is the first step toward healing. By sharing these resources, we hope to create a community where mental health is discussed openly and support is always within reach.
Your Top Mental Health Professionals
Discover the top mental health professionals in San Antonio, recognized for their expertise, compassion and commitment to patient care. Proudly sponsored by San Antonio Magazine.
Kimberly Watts Hoggatt, JD, MA, LPC-S
Divergence Counseling
Kimberly Watts Hoggatt, JD, MA, LPC-S
Kimberly Watts Hoggatt, JD, MA, LPC-S is a Neuro-Spicy, Gifted counselor, serving clients in-person in San Antonio and virtually throughout Texas. She wears many hats as a counselor, educator, supervisor, speaker, entrepreneur, and soon to be author of a Guide for Gifted Gals. She loves working with weary weirdos and anti-heroes a.k.a. high-achieving, nerdy, wonderfully weird folx struggling with burnout, identity, and existential angst. Her practice, Divergence Counseling, is neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ affirming. She challenges clients’ beliefs about themselves, helping them find their own weird way with kindness, compassion, and an irreverent sense of humor.
Crystal O’Neal M.Ed, M.S., LPC
Aloe Vera Counseling
Crystal O’Neal M.Ed, M.S., LPC
Crystal O’Neal, is a licensed professional counselor, her experience is largely in private practice settings working with children, teens, adults, relationships, & families. She is the founder & owner of a small boutique private practice, Aloe Vera Counseling, PLLC located in the Northwest Side of San Antonio near the Medical Center. She is a graduate of Columbia College, the University of Texas at San Antonio, & the University of the Southwest, & currently attends St. Mary’s University, where she is a student in the doctoral program for Counselor Education & Supervision. Through her studies & practice Crystal is working to develop a theoretical approach & technique, which she hopes to present & publish on.
Crystal desires to create a holistic space where her clients can feel safe, secure, heard, & understood. As a person-centered psychotherapist, she is passionate about creating a highly tailored treatment plan utilizing a variety of therapeutic approaches. When appropriate, to best aid her clients, Crystal partners with medication, the school system, & the court systems.
Often, it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees, to see the big picture. This is where therapy can step in, to aid in discovering the source of a situation, help clear the woods to alight pathways & build bridges.
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