Therapists in 78703

No matter the stories you bring in or the identities that you hold, my aim is to create a safe space for you to find healing. I have experience with clients of all ages, from littles to the more-seasoned. I have worked with interpersonal violence survivors, borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, LGBTQ+ populations, empty-nesters, neurodivergent folk, and those experiencing faith deconstruction or spiritual abuse. I am now taking virtual clients from all over Texas!

We often put significant effort into changing our lives all on our own before reaching out for support. It's not easy to ask for help, so I want to thank you for entrusting me to walk alongside you in this journey. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe to be yourself as we work together to navigate your path towards healing. It's important for me that you know that you're not alone.

I help people free themselves from the wrath of a harsh inner critic, get unstuck from unhealthy situations, and start living instead of just surviving. If you are living with anxiety, depression, unproductive anger, the impact of trauma, or relationship struggles--including parenting neurodiverse or gender-questioning children, I welcome you. I provide a safe, compassionate, emotionally attuned space so you can feel supported as we explore what brings you into therapy. Whatever your struggle, I believe it is possible to navigate pain, gain strength, and experience greater fulfillment through the therapeutic relationship we create.

Are you yet to find a therapist you feel comfortable with and can relate to? Has previous therapy “only scratched the surface” of the real reasons you are seeking help? You’re not alone. My clients often need a deep sense of connection in order to feel safe in their most vulnerable moments. Most of my clients are looking for a highly-trained psychologist who is not afraid to show her humanity nor bear witness to theirs. I aim to make you feel seen, understood, and safe as you work through difficult emotions and/or painful past experiences.

I have knowledge and practice of many prominent counseling theories and will adapt my counseling approach to your needs and goals. I tend to implement a solution-focused approach in order to not only focus in on what your goals are, but also to get you to those goals as quickly as possible. While we develop solutions for your goals, I tend to think outside of the box and try to find unique solutions that are catered to you individually.

The ideal therapy client would present with a range of issues that you are willing to explore and work on. These could include challenges such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, self-esteem issues, unresolved trauma, personal growth barriers, career issues, or coping with life transitions. You recognize that therapy is a valuable resource for gaining insight, acquiring new tools, and making lasting positive changes. You seek personal understanding, transformation, and improved overall well-being. Life's journey can often lead us through challenging terrains, but you don't have to navigate them alone.

You are making the choice to embrace a new empowered you! Realizing that there is strength in finding support, this choice can lead you to a positive path of growth and well-being. Applying integrative therapeutic techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling life. If you're looking for support and guidance through challenging situations or you're ready to move in another direction, I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals. In a creative atmosphere I can help you uncover your true potential and a life worth celebrating!

As a psychodynamic and attachment-oriented psychotherapist, I seek to help my patients better understand themselves. I know this journey isn't easy and I am here to walk with you down the path to knowing, understanding, and growing. I do this by meeting my patients where they are and mutually agreeing upon goals and what you want the therapeutic process to look like for you. Whether you are looking for help for a specific issue such as depression, anxiety, loss, or seek to explore yourself; I will join with you and help alleviate your pain in order to help you become more aware, integrated, and live a more content life.

Are you seeking inner peace and looking to make the first step towards feeling better? I work with teens and adults of all backgrounds and seek to create a warm, safe, and nonjudgmental space for each client. Together, we will work to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors that hinder you from creating a fulfilling and satisfying life. I meet you where you are and help you build the necessary skills to enhance your emotional health and improve your interpersonal relationships.

If you're looking for lasting change, more fulfilling relationships, and meaningful connection, then let's begin. Whatever brings you to therapy, there is hope. Together we will observe how the events in your life have formed deep rooted beliefs about how the world will respond to you. I believe that change happens in the context of relationships. Our therapeutic relationship will work to ease your distress and equip you towards transformation. We haven't been promised not to experience pain in this life, but I believe we are not meant to experience it alone.

I look forward to helping you understand and confront anxiety, revel in the freedom to choose, and find insight and enthusiasm. Let's explore the possibility for relationships that are richer, more tolerant, more honest, more loving, and have deeper communication. We will work to resolve ambivalence by exploring the discrepancy between your deeply-held values, day-to-day behavior, and how you want your life to be. Services include interventions for depression, anxiety, grief, adjustment/life transitions, and challenges related to gender, sexual identity, and racial and systemic oppression.

I specialize in working with individuals who struggle with overwhelming feelings, rigid and or perfectionist control strategies, anxiety, relationship challenges, low self-esteem and a confused sense of self-identity. I focus on healing the impact of childhood and family relational trauma so that individuals can lead an authentic, connected and fulfilling life. I also work with couples who experience difficult transitions, communication breakdowns, trust and intimacy issues or feelings of isolation. I will help you learn to identify where you get stuck the most as a couple and replace the patterns and habits reinforcing the dynamic.

Sometimes our lives get to a point where we're just surviving, rather than thriving. In survival mode, we cope the best we can - this may mean using disordered eating behaviors, self-harm, substance use, self-criticizing inner talk, or self-destruction. I'm here to help guide you out of survival mode and into your best life. In therapy, we'll explore how you're surviving and how you can thrive. We'll identify changes you want and I will offer suggestions to help you create these changes. We will balance this change with lots of self-compassion.

Sometimes we don’t understand the feelings coming up in us. The world can be unjust and hard, and things happen that make it tough to trust ourselves or others, don’t they? Sometimes we wonder if we'll always feel lonely. We might ask why our relationships turn out the way they do, or why we try the same things over and over. When we’re waiting for the other shoe to drop or when life feels muddled or grey, we can wonder if this is all there is.

I specialize in working with teens struggling with big emotions and/or challenging behaviors, parents facing the challenges of navigating their teens emotions and behaviors and neurodivergent folk in a neurotypical world. I provide individual therapy, parent coaching and family therapy both in-person and virtual. My client's and I often focus on the impact of 1) our own individual experiences/relationships and 2) the impact of our culture, societal norms and family origins to learn more about ourselves and care for ourselves and our hearts.

Change can occur at any time, it is never "too late.” I will offer an integrated approach that allows the blending of therapeutic tools from a variety of disciplines. Providing you an inviting and non-judgmental environment, using evidence-based treatment methods, while ensuring a holistic approach where all bases are covered including physical fitness and nutrition. Recognizing each client's uniqueness, a customized tailored approach will ensure your specific needs are met. My promise to you is a space where you can feel safe and at ease, in a charming and comfortable office setting in West Lake Hills (telehealth available).

My name is Debra Stonewall. I am a licensed Professional Counselor along with a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. I take a Person-Centered approach to therapy. I pride myself on helping my clients feel connected instead of evaluated. My specialties are anxiety, depression, mood disorders, personality disorders, marriage, and trauma. I also have extensive knowledge and understanding of the military community because my husband served 30 years in the military. I have been exposed to and lived through some of the unique problems military families and soldiers experience.

Westlakehills My approach to therapy is to work on the present to build the future. We can't change difficult situations of the past that control us, but we can work together to better understand and resolve them.

My approach to therapy is person-centered and humanistic, focused on the unique human experience of each individual. I deeply value authenticity and prioritize cultivating genuine relationships with my clients. I work with adults who want to live more freely and fully, whether you are experiencing a diagnosable mental health condition such as anxiety, depression, or PTSD, or are simply ready to incite positive change or become unstuck from hard-wired, unconscious patterns in your life.