Therapists in Austin, TX

Ready to learn skills to manage your anxiety, relationship problems, or a recent life transition? Dr. Andrea Dendrinos (formerly Andrea Potthoff) PhD LP offers therapy for adolescents, adults, and couples. Her approach to therapy tends to be active and directive, utilizing an individualized treatment plan for each client.

I am honored to be a part of your journey towards healing, growth, and empowerment. I strive to provide a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate space for you to feel heard and understood. I specialize in addressing issues related to anxiety, trauma, depression, and life transitions. Our work together is centered on understanding your unique experience and finding effective strategies to help you navigate these challenges. I believe in a collaborative, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approach to therapy.

Jennifer is an evidence based therapist but also takes a person centered approach allowing clients to feel they have autonomy in their treatment. She works to build a friendly, non judgmental, and open space to allow clients to feel comfortable when discussing personal issues. She aims to empower her clients by providing psychoeducation and giving patients the working tools to improve their lives. Jennifer specializes in trauma focused treatment and has worked with the military, veterans, and their families for the last 5 years. She is certified or trained in the following treatments CBT, CPT, and EMDR therapy.

Coping with stress, transitions, and life's challenges can be difficult, but it is not one that you have to face alone. My goal is to provide the support and tools that are needed to manage the emotional distress that come with unsettling times. I work with individuals all along the lifespan using a person-centered and integrative approach to meet a client's needs. While I work with clients of all ages, I also specialize in working in infant/toddler mental health and with those who have experienced trauma and violence.

Listening, empowering & being present with my clients is what I am passionate about. I have about 7 years of counseling & clinical experience.My clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents & individuals all ages including geriatrics. Some of the therapeutic modalities I have used with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, traumas or other mental health issues are Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Strength Based Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Trauma Focused therapy. I don't believe in a "one size fits all" approach. I will help guide you & assist you in coming up with strategies to help conquer your life.

Therapy is a safe place to explore challenges in our lives & find strengths that we never knew we had. It has the potential to lift us out of our rut so that we can finally make the changes we've longed for. Whether you are working to decrease your anxiety, unmasking and living authentically, changing careers, exploring your gender or sexual identity, or trying to change your relationships, therapy can be a great place to get a fresh perspective & face these challenges with a champion by your side. My own identity as a multiracial, queer, gender nonconforming therapist enables me to understand clients who feel like outsiders.

Relationship problems, struggles at work, and life events can challenge our ability to cope and ultimately to thrive in life. Patterns may emerge in your life that are confusing, that make you feel stuck, uncertain, and conflicted. Life transitions can tax our internal resources, and we may find ourselves lacking in fulfillment and happiness. Above all, I strive to support my clients to increase their life satisfaction, reduce their suffering, and strengthen their relationships and capacity for joy.

My clinical and research expertise includes the range of anxiety and stress-related disorders, especially PTSD, OCD, panic, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety. My approach is non-judgmental, compassionate, caring, and fundamentally science-based. I have extensive training and experience working with clients and their families across the lifespan, including children, adolescents, adults, and Veterans. I am also well-versed in delivering several gold-standard CBT and exposure-based treatments. I view meaningful connections and delivering evidence-based treatments as the most important factors that drive therapeutic change.

One of the most common frustrations with therapy is feeling like you gain insight during session, but that doesn’t translate into behavioral change outside of session. As an adherent DBT therapist, I am committed to helping my clients shape the intensity, frequency and duration of emotions and behaviors that are causing fall out and disrupting the quality of their daily lives. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an effective treatment for helping people regulate intense emotions, tolerate distress, improve interpersonal effectiveness and increase mindfulness.

Do people think you got your stuff together? But you feel things are unraveling? Yes, you are managing life, work and family but neglecting yourself. Are you tired, overwhelmed, depressed and not sleeping well? Have you started engaging in unhealthy behaviors or not being yourself? Contact me if you are ready to make a change today. Don't end this year without resolving past issues.

Therapy can transform both our inner and outer worlds by making sense of our stories, releasing what no longer serves us, and living more fully in the present. I do this work best with people who are overly responsible, self-critical, and chronically nervous, tense, or guilty. You might identify as a perfectionist or people-pleaser, and might say you "grew up too fast." Common goals include getting in touch with alienated parts of the self, freedom from self-criticism, healing from emotional abuse and neglect, navigating difficult relationships with family, and relief from symptoms of PTSD, OCD, anxiety disorders, or depression.

Dr. Fay approaches therapy from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy framework to address issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and stress management. Additionally, Dr. Fay can help address adjustment to new health diagnoses or chronic medical conditions, such as: sleep problems, weight concerns, and assistance making difficult behavior and healthy lifestyle changes.

Hello and Welcome! You may have began your search because you are struggling with something in your life or because you want to be proactive in your mental healthcare. People come to therapy for many different reasons. Whatever that reason, I'd like to help you along the way. I provide teletherapy for residents across Texas. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor & Behavior Analyst. I am a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional. I also specialize in OCD and anxiety-related disorders. If you can answer yes to any of the following questions, then I would love to speak with you about your goals and if I can help you reach them!

As a therapist, I enjoy working with a variety of clients. With over 21 years of experience, my expertise to a more eclectic approach, including CBT, attachment based therapy, trauma focused therapy, and emotionally focused therapy. I enjoy working with trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, life transition, attachment, self-esteem, family issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, grief/loss, and autism.

Accepting NEW clients. I feel privileged that you are reading this to potentially help you, a loved one, or someone you know. I would love to join you on your journey of nurturing your emotional health. Are you the one that has been considering counseling, but keep talking yourself out of it because you have lived with many of these symptoms for so long, and think you can just keep going on with them. My philosophy in counseling is to help others be the best version of themselves, promote healing, reach their potential with their goals, guide them on how to get there while overcoming any barriers.

I am Licensed Psychologist providing services to clients in Texas, Iowa, and PSYPACT participating states. I began working with adults, children, adolescents, families, couples, and individuals of diverse backgrounds back in 2012. I am passionate about helping individuals set and accomplish their treatment goals.

Clients frequently come to me suffering from traumatic experiences from their past that they can not seem to move past. You may be experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, despair, low self-esteem, intrusive thoughts or memories and you don’t know how to help yourself. I would like to help you heal from those difficulties in life. I specialize in PTSD and trauma which I describe as “things from your past that still affect your present”, as well as grief, anxiety and phobias. I’ve been helping people heal from trauma for more than 15 years and offer more than one method to address the symptoms of trauma, anxiety and grief.

Your struggles are real. I honor your experience. I see your pain, and I'm here to listen without doubt or blame. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe, seen, understood, and ultimately accepted for everything you are. I will meet you without judgment, preconceptions, or assumptions. We will work together to understand how past traumas impact your daily life, relationships with others, and self identity and develop an individualized treatment. I feel honored to be able to help people achieve the life they deserve rather than just existing. I specialize in complex traumas and CPTSD.

Do you long to be free from the traps of perfectionism, self-criticism, and unhelpful overcontrol? Do your go-to strategies to "get rid" of your emotions feel unsustainable? I will help you clarify your deepest values, even in the midst of challenge and uncertainty. Whether you want to set boundaries, use your voice in relationships, or develop a more flexible and compassionate perspective, you will be empowered to take action, with a sense of purpose and agency. You will learn to view your emotions as wise communication from the body, without letting them overrun your life, and embrace your full, evolving identity.