Change is challenging, and even looking inward takes strength. Counselor Joe offers counseling and EMDR for veterans and adults in Mount Pleasant, Texas — and will walk alongside you on the journey.
If you are struggling with PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, or major life stress, you are not alone. Counseling offers a confidential space to begin sorting through it.
Combat and non-combat trauma, intrusive memories, and unresolved emotional pain.
Chronic worry, panic, and the physical toll of living on high alert.
Low mood, emotional withdrawal, and loss of motivation or meaning.
Irritability and reactivity, with practical tools for emotional control.
Bereavement, divorce, and the adjustment that follows a major change.
Mid-life change, identity, reintegration, and ongoing life stress.
A confidential, supportive space to talk through anxiety, depression, anger, relationship stress, and life transitions at your own pace.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — a structured, widely recognized therapy approach used with PTSD, combat trauma, MST, and complex trauma.
Care focused on service-related trauma, reintegration stress, and emotional regulation — delivered to VA clinical and ethical standards.
Secure online counseling anywhere in Texas and Louisiana, plus clinically guided hypnotherapy for smoking cessation and weight-management support.
EMDR is a structured approach many people use to work through painful experiences at a pace that feels manageable. It isn't a quick fix, and everyone's process is their own.
Two short, plain-language videos about anxiety, PTSD, and depression — and the support that's available.
Counselor Joe has provided professional counseling in Mount Pleasant since 1998. His approach is calm, structured, and client-centered — walking alongside people through some of the more difficult seasons of life.
He co-authored an anger-management textbook adopted for use at Texas A&M University, and his clinical observations on litigation-related stress have been published and distributed through major media platforms.
Counselor Joe accepts VA Community Care referrals for outpatient mental health services, including service-connected PTSD, combat trauma, reintegration challenges, anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Contact your VA provider and request a Community Care referral for outpatient mental health services with Joseph Hayes Counseling. In-person care is available in Mount Pleasant; telehealth may be available for eligible Texas and Louisiana residents.
Call to start a referralCounselor Joseph Hayes is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Use the form for scheduling requests and general questions. Calling is the quickest way to reach the office.
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Whether you are a veteran adjusting after service or an adult facing a difficult season, you don't have to navigate it alone. Reach out when you're ready.
Call (903) 285-5121