Finding the right therapist can be like choosing among healthcare plans or tax preparation options...a tedious necessity in trying to meet your particular needs. 17 years of professional and clinical experience has helped me refine service to men, women and couples addressing life's most complicating issues (infidelity, sexual compulsivity, PTSD, communication problems...). Based on your assessed needs, our work together will be sensible, practical and results-oriented. I believe you and your relationships can find relief, recover and even thrive in the midst of debilitating challenges.

One of the deepest forms of suffering we create for ourselves is believing, “Something is wrong with me.” Chronic self-judgment, depression, anxiety, and shame can make it challenging to live with balance and purpose. Suffering is often worsened by isolation and disconnection from our emotional pain. Feelings of inadequacy make it difficult to be at home in our own body, heart, and mind, and keep us from living and loving life fully. Often, the first step toward healing is a trusting, respectful, non-judgmental, and caring therapy relationship.

Life can be hard and full of challenges. I believe every person deserves the revelatory experience of therapy to make the journey a little easier. My passion is helping clients strengthen and nurture their most important relationship - the one with themselves. I want you to know and like yourself so that you may foster deeper and more meaningful relationships with those who are important to you and, ultimately, lead a more fulfilling life. During our time together, you will feel understood, cared for and respectfully challenged. My native Austin roots come through in my style: chill, authentic and occasionally funny (hopefully).

Getting to know and understand yourself is an important part of learning how to navigate through life with others. My hope is to assist those on their journeys to find meaning and hope in the pursuit of getting to know themselves and others. I believe that self-acceptance is a key part of meaningful change. I work with individuals who struggle with depression, anxiety, self-respect and confidence issues. I also work with couples who are struggling with life transition, sexual, and communication issues. If your goal is to work through some of the hard and ugly things life has dealt you, I am here to help.

Are you tired of staying small and playing it safe? Do you find yourself spending all of this anxious energy trying not to be so sensitive because you learned early on your feelings are a bad thing? Are you wanting to show up in a way that feels more authentic to you, but you can’t seem to figure out how? Imagine what it would be like to feel good being yourself. There wouldn’t be so much of a need for things to appear picture perfect on the outside. You could actually honor your feelings and needs. You could take up space. You could move through the messier parts of your life with more confidence and compassion for yourself.

Christy (he/him) offers sex-positive, trauma informed therapy. He’s a counselor and activist with a focus on religious trauma and romantic and sexual relationships of all sorts and sizes, helping to explore questions of gender and orientation, kink and polyamory, out of control sexual behavior, and healing from religious shame. Counseling is available only online to any Texas resident.

I believe the counseling process needs to be tailored to the needs of each individual and the client-counselor relationship is very important in effectively addressing life situations and emotional pain. My education and experience has prepared me to counsel individuals, couples, and families. I have spent several years gaining expertise providing mindfulness based counseling (Hakomi) to clients interested in this person-centered approach. EMDR and PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy - Stan Tatkin's work) trained. Certified mediator.

Whether life has thrown you a curve, or you find yourself on a “hamster wheel” repeating unhealthy patterns, therapy provides an avenue to increase your self-awareness, identify patterns that no longer serve you, and develop resiliency when faced with challenges, all of which will serve to improve your relationship with others and even with yourself. I offer you a safe place to tell your story in an atmosphere of acceptance. Therapy is a lot of work, but it is worthwhile work. When you are ready to understand what happened, when you're ready to stop having the same relationship over and over, I'm here and ready to help.

All of us seek out therapy for different reasons. Some of us have survived painful life experiences that we can't seem to get past. Others feel stuck in the cycle of anxiety or depression and have not found resolution. Some of us want to stop coping skills that we may have needed as a child but are still stuck. My job is to help resolve what is beneath the issues we struggle with. I want to help my clients find resolution, not relief. Clients describe me as down to earth, honest and non-judgmental.

Needing support is not only normal — it's absolutely necessary. Humans are born with a social brain that is hardwired for connection, and we need this now more than ever. I help individuals and couples experience more connection, clarity, satisfaction, meaning, and fun in the relationships they have with themselves, and with each other. People who work with me often say that they feel lighter, and experience greater confidence, ease, and authenticity in their lives.

Therapy is collaborative. As a therapist, I am a partner in my clients' self-explorations and a witness to their accomplishments. I provide a serene place where clients can rediscover or develop authentic selves, deepen emotional connections with self and others, recognize how thoughts, beliefs and values affect relationships, consider new ways of being in the world, develop healthier adaptive strategies when facing problems, and work through past and present past trauma, grief, and losses. You have the strengths you need to meet your full potential and achieve a satisfying life. I can help.

Dealing with life can be overwhelming when things don’t work out the way you want. Struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse or relationship issues can make you feel isolated. But you don’t have to be alone trying to figure out how make things better.

Are you feeling stuck? hopeless? In these uncertain times I believe we all need help finding light at the end of the tunnel. On top of all that it isn't easy to find a therapist you resonate with. That is why I offer a complimentary 30 minute consultation to see if we would be a good fit. I believe when people can feel heard without judgement there springs hope for healing. I can help by dialing down stress and anxiety while building a foundation of growth and resilience. Would you like to discover more clarity in your life? Hope in the midst of uncertainty? I believe we all have the capacity to find inner peace in a chaotic world

Being a mom is hard and you don’t have to do it alone! The journey of pregnancy through motherhood can be joyous, overwhelming, fun and draining; it is emotionally and physically exhausting and everyone needs help or support at times. Are you experiencing infertility, pregnancy loss, a stressful pregnancy, a NICU stay, postpartum depression, or another complication related to pregnancy or parenting? Focusing on your own needs and healing for a short time each week can help improve your ability to care for yourself, your children and family.

Having concerns about your body or your relationship with food can be difficult to live with. Messages we hear from our families, communities, and media can make us feel disconnected from our physical experience. You might be hoping to improve your relationship with food, or to heal from the societal messages you've learned, or to understand yourself better. You may wish to bridge the gap between your mind, your body, and your soul.

Do you see 2021 as an opportunity to reset? Now may be a good time to recognize how adaptable you really are, given the uncertainty we've all experienced this past year, and mobilize towards clearing what no longer serves you. Using specialized integrative tools, I will support you in exploring what happens when you drop into your heart and intuitively let your body express a deeper truth that will guide you to your true nature and unique purpose for being here at this time. This can be the perfect time to pause, go within, and look at what life wants to show you. Contact me, if you are ready to play an active role in your healing.

I was born and raised in Austin by hard working parents. My mother was a social worker which activated my desire to pursue a career in mental health.

I am currently taking new clients in Austin, Tx and through teletherapy. I have over 14 years experience working with clients who are overloaded from the stress of daily life, school, work and family obligations. When life seems to be weighing you down and you can't come up for air, then I am here to help bring clarity and peace. My goal is to provide a calm and creative setting that nurtures the resilience everyone has inside them. We all have strength and the ability to cope, I am here to help you see that in yourself. I believe that humor, when appropriate, and warmth go a long way in building relationships with clients.

Are you engaging in life the way you had hoped? Do you desire more from your relationships? Are attempts at communicating what you need ineffective? Do you find yourself in constant overwhelm, fighting with your partner, or feeling alone and confused? Whether it's every day stress, a traumatic experience, or feeling disconnected; I'm here to tell you there's hope. In therapy I aim to address the underlying issues related to current life difficulties, rather than just treating the symptoms.