Sacred Journeys

A Texas Mental Health Blog

from the desk of a licensed therapist
A Texas mental health blog of insights, perspective, and tools to support your mental health evolution, written by a licensed Black female therapist in Garland, TX.
why we write

A Texas Mental Health BlogWritten With You In Mind

Welcome to the Sacred Journeys Blog, a Texas mental health blog for adults ready to learn, grow, and evolve. Written by a licensed Black female marriage and family therapist in Garland, TX, this blog covers topics that matter to the communities we serve.

Whether you're exploring options for couples therapy in Texas, healing from racial trauma, exploring deconstruction, or recovering from religious trauma, processing your experience with no contact with family or estrangement from a loved one, or if you're simply looking for culturally affirming mental health perspectives, you're in the right place.

We believe that access to quality mental health information like our Texas mental health blog, is a right and we view it as a form of social justice. Not everyone is ready to start therapy, and that's okay. Our Texas mental health blog is here to meet you where you are, provide insight, reduce stigma, and offer tools that you can begin using right now.

As a Black-owned therapy practice in Garland, TX, serving adults virtually across Texas, we write about the topics that affect our community most,  from the Black experience in therapy to co-parenting after divorce, to the hidden signs of racial trauma or religious trauma, and the healing power of group therapy for Black women.

Browse our latest articles below and explore by category to find content that speaks directly to your journey.
latest posts

Recent Articles

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Browse By Category

Trauma & Healing

Explore blog articles about how trauma shows up in everyday life. Blog topics cover impacts of experiences ranging from racial and religious wounds to generational patterns and what it looks like to begin healing in ways that feel safe, embodied, and sustainable.

Relationships & Boundaries

Blog articles that support navigating complex relationships, including family dynamics, emotional distance, and the process of setting boundaries that honor your well-being without losing yourself.

Faith, Identity & Deconstruction

Topics of these blogs offer readers a space for unpacking religious trauma, navigating deconstruction of faith based belief systems, and supporting readers who are redefining their identity in ways that feel authentic, grounded, and truly their own.

Therapy & Healing Modalities

Explore and gather insights in these blog articles about ways to learn what different therapy approaches look like, how they can support healing and what actually happens as well as how to find support that aligns with your needs, values, and lived experiences.

Mindfulness, Nervous System & Wellness

These blog articles offer practical insights into regulating your nervous system, reconnecting with your body, and building everyday practices that support calm, clarity, and emotional balance.

Couples, Intimacy & Infidelity

Guidance and insight through these blog articles offer insight for exploring ways couples can deepen their emotional connection, navigate conflict, and understand relational patterns so that they can build partnerships rooted in safety, honesty, and mutual care.
about the author

From The Desk of Candace Cody-Jones, LMFT-A

Hello Beautiful Soul! I'm Candace, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Evolutions Mental Health and Wellness. I created this Texas mental health blog to give our community access to culturally affirming, trauma-informed mental health information.

As a Black female therapist in Garland, TX,  I write with honesty, warmth and clinical expertise about the topics that matter most to the adults, couples and families I serve, 

I hope something here meets you wherever you are today and if you're looking for therapy services in Texas,  you're welcome to come sit on my couch!
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