Dr. Victoria Shackelford

Is a Jungian Psychotherapist providing counseling services for adults, children and adolescents experiencing unhealthy relationships at home, work or play. In addition, couple and partner therapy includes, sexuality, gender diversity, anger symptoms, depression, self-esteem, anger transformation, trauma, PTSD, anxiety and stress.

Dr. Shackelford received her PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California, in Depth Psychotherapy, a Jungian and Analytical Psychology program with a focus on clinical case presentation and advanced supervision for licensed Psychotherapists.

She also holds a MA from St. Mary’s University where she graduated as a Distinguished Graduate in Community Counseling and holds a MFA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Licensing & Certification

• Licensed Professional Counselor, the State of Texas #62052
• Texas Mediator Certification
• National Certified Counselor
• National Online Sexual Assault Hot Line Counselor for
RAINN Certification
• Certified Anger Resolution Therapist

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Victoria Shackelford MFA. MA. LPC. Austin and San Antonio Texas. Currently in Private Practice, specializing in family counseling, children and teens, couple counseling with a special certification in family trauma and anger management.

2019-2021 SAFE Alliance Cares Division Supervised interns for the Counseling Dept. for Cares, a program for minors who were sex-trafficked. Focus on sexual trauma.

2007-2012 Psychology Counseling Associates, San Antonio, Texas Independent practice

2010 San Antonio Rape Crisis Center Sand Tray for Adults - CEU training for professional counselors and social workers.

2009 Alpha Home, San Antonio, Texas Internship: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center for Women.

2005-2009 Rape Crisis Center, San Antonio Texas Provided counseling services to survivors & secondary victims/family members for trauma and PTSD as a result of sexual assault and rape - adolescents, children, families, men and women.

2005-2007 Americorps Rape Crisis Center, San Antonio, Texas

Member of Americorps Provided counseling for sexual assault trauma and outreach education for healthy relationships.

2006 Hill Country Crisis Center, Kerrville, Texas Provided counseling services as director of counseling to women and children who experience domestic violence.

2005 Diversity Center, San Antonio, Texas, A nonprofit counseling center for the Gay and Lesbian community Counseled adults and couples.

Teaching Experience

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas

University of Oklahoma, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Bacon College, Muskogee, OK

University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Personal Art Exhibits

1998-2006

Both solo and group shows including photography, watercolors, oils, egg tempera, drawing, book arts, artist quilts, and clothing textiles. Exhibit spaces include local museums from the San Antonio Art League Museum to Blue Star Arts Space.

National and Texas Exhibitions include:
Texas A&M University
Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
State Capital Rotunda Gallery
Oklahoma City Panhandle Plains Historic Museum
Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas