Choosing Empowerment, LLC

Business Description

Choosing Empowerment was born to inform, educate and enrich the lives of Marginalized and disenfranchised people who face barriers that eliminate or drastically reduce access to Mental Health Services. Choosing Empowerment is a safe space for healing the communities that do not seek help by removing the stigma associated with mental health and providing access by eliminating the barriers that prevent them from seeking help. We do this by establishing relationships with the communities we serve through educational opportunities. We understand our population because we identify with many of them. The barrier of cultural competency is removed by offering services from clinicians who share the same experiences. We remove the financial barrier by accepting as many insurances as we can, offering lower rates to those who need it as well as payment plans. We are virtual and serve Texas and Louisiana to eliminate the barrier of logistics, We are founded on the power of choice and the power of relationship, giving our clients full autonomy to make their own choices to change their lives and offer guidance along the way.

Shawnnell Batiste is the founder and Primary Mental Health Provider of Choosing Empowerment. She is Licensed to offer Counseling services in Texas and Louisiana. She offers Mental Wealth Coaching beyond her licensure states and even serves her clients internationally. Shawnnell is a Barrier Breaking, Master Level, No Bullshitting Therapist providing Mental Health & Wellness services to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Foster/Adoptive Families, and formerly incarcerated individuals, among other marginalized & disenfranchised communities. She offers Psychotherapy virtually to people of all ages. After serving over 20 years in several capacities in Social Service, Shawnnell decided that Choosing Empowerment LLC’s foundation would rest on the POWER of CHOICE and the POWER of HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS as she recognized those components were missing in mental health care. Shawnnell is highly respected as a Mental Health Advocate, Speaker, Author, and Leader in the Community, and has been described as honest, informative, straightforward, compassionate, non-judgmental, and understanding. She believes in accountability and empowers her clients and everyone around her to do the work needed to heal and become their best and highest versions of themselves.