Feminist Therapists in 77042
Elnaz Afousi
LPC Associate, MS, LPC-A
Verified Verified
Houston, TX 77042 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I aim to guide clients toward self-awareness and emotional intelligence, empowering them to build self-trust and achieve personal growth through mindset mastery and the power of choice and action. With extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges, I specialize in ADHD treatment and management, along with expertise in anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, parenting, and relational issues. I am committed to personalized care, ensuring each client receives a customized therapeutic plan tailored to their unique needs and goals. Let’s work together to craft a path to wellness and growth!
I aim to guide clients toward self-awareness and emotional intelligence, empowering them to build self-trust and achieve personal growth through mindset mastery and the power of choice and action. With extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges, I specialize in ADHD treatment and management, along with expertise in anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, parenting, and relational issues. I am committed to personalized care, ensuring each client receives a customized therapeutic plan tailored to their unique needs and goals. Let’s work together to craft a path to wellness and growth!
Janel C Wheeler
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, CEAP
Verified Verified
Houston, TX 77042 (Online Only)
Are you a high functioning adult struggling with the stressors of everyday life? Those stressors may be due to issues at work, with friends or other relationships. Or, have you felt like "something is missing" in life, and you are looking to find your purpose? I can help. My ideal client is an adult who may be struggling with managing life transitions, such as the ending of a relationship or contemplating a career change. If you are interested in life coaching I can help you as well! Let's schedule a time to meet to discuss your goals and to figure out the best approach. Pre-surgical Bariatric Evaluations are also available.
Are you a high functioning adult struggling with the stressors of everyday life? Those stressors may be due to issues at work, with friends or other relationships. Or, have you felt like "something is missing" in life, and you are looking to find your purpose? I can help. My ideal client is an adult who may be struggling with managing life transitions, such as the ending of a relationship or contemplating a career change. If you are interested in life coaching I can help you as well! Let's schedule a time to meet to discuss your goals and to figure out the best approach. Pre-surgical Bariatric Evaluations are also available.
I'm here to help you as you work through your stress, anxiety, depression, past trauma and build resilience. We can need help in our personal life, family life and our professional life. I am in my second career as a therapist. I started out as an attorney and realized that I needed to make a big change in my life. Making that change took some hard work, but it was well worth it. I now get the privilege of seeing people make beautiful changes in their own lives and journey with them as they find their own voice and claim their own story. What an amazing thing to witness!
I'm here to help you as you work through your stress, anxiety, depression, past trauma and build resilience. We can need help in our personal life, family life and our professional life. I am in my second career as a therapist. I started out as an attorney and realized that I needed to make a big change in my life. Making that change took some hard work, but it was well worth it. I now get the privilege of seeing people make beautiful changes in their own lives and journey with them as they find their own voice and claim their own story. What an amazing thing to witness!
Brian is passionate about helping clients build insight into their emotions, behaviors, and relationships outside of therapy in order to better achieve their goals. He has a relational approach to psychotherapy, in which he works to build a strong rapport with his clients through which he can help them feel heard, understood, validated, and supported in their efforts to make changes in their lives. Brian currently works with clients ages 13+.
Brian is passionate about helping clients build insight into their emotions, behaviors, and relationships outside of therapy in order to better achieve their goals. He has a relational approach to psychotherapy, in which he works to build a strong rapport with his clients through which he can help them feel heard, understood, validated, and supported in their efforts to make changes in their lives. Brian currently works with clients ages 13+.
Sable McElveen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DHA, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
Houston, TX 77042
Waitlist for new clients
Do you feel overwhelmed by what life has thrown your way? Getting out of our own heads and speaking out loud are the first steps to making progress toward being our most authentic selves. As a therapist, my role is to ask you introspective questions and provide alternative ideas to navigate your circumstances, but YOU will guide the discussion, sharing what is most important for me to know to help you meet your goals. Taking an affirming, DEI, and culturally humble approach to therapy, I honor how our unique perspectives, experiences, strengths, and identities have shaped us in many ways and provide a map for who we want to be.
Do you feel overwhelmed by what life has thrown your way? Getting out of our own heads and speaking out loud are the first steps to making progress toward being our most authentic selves. As a therapist, my role is to ask you introspective questions and provide alternative ideas to navigate your circumstances, but YOU will guide the discussion, sharing what is most important for me to know to help you meet your goals. Taking an affirming, DEI, and culturally humble approach to therapy, I honor how our unique perspectives, experiences, strengths, and identities have shaped us in many ways and provide a map for who we want to be.
Cassie Manley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77042 (Online Only)
Who are you, really? People trust you with a lot—at work, at home, in your relationships—and you deliver. You’ve always had it together. But at what cost? Are you tired of feeling on edge, exhausted, or insecure? Maybe it’s hard to say exactly what’s wrong, but something’s not right. You know life could be better. Let’s figure it out together. In our sessions, we’ll get to know the real you. Bring your joy, rage, and tears—it’s all welcome here! Together, we’ll build a trusting relationship so you can comfortably unpack all the complexities of life. I’ll help you stop performing and bring your best self forward.
Who are you, really? People trust you with a lot—at work, at home, in your relationships—and you deliver. You’ve always had it together. But at what cost? Are you tired of feeling on edge, exhausted, or insecure? Maybe it’s hard to say exactly what’s wrong, but something’s not right. You know life could be better. Let’s figure it out together. In our sessions, we’ll get to know the real you. Bring your joy, rage, and tears—it’s all welcome here! Together, we’ll build a trusting relationship so you can comfortably unpack all the complexities of life. I’ll help you stop performing and bring your best self forward.
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Feminist Therapists
How does feminist therapy work?
Feminist therapy sessions are not only personal but often cultural or political in nature, as the approach is based on the belief that people are affected by, and often struggle with, cultural and societal norms and biases, and need to move beyond those external pressures or stressors to tap their own confidence and engage more fully in their own identity. Sessions may therefore include discussions of sexism, diversity, and gender issues and talk of steps toward greater empowerment for patients who believe they have been silenced and seek to raise their voices.
What are examples of feminist therapy techniques?
Along with traditional talk therapy and analysis, a feminist therapist may employ techniques such as role-playing and assertiveness training to help clients build their self-esteem so that they feel they can act freely, and not based on cultural expectations or gender roles dictated by others. A feminist therapist may also engage in bibliotherapy, offering suggested readings on gender identity or social power inequities as they work toward viewing mental-health concerns through a broad cultural lens before focusing on how they affect the individual. Somatic therapy techniques, with an emphasis on body awareness, self-compassion, and mindfulness practices are also often part of feminist therapist practice.
How long does feminist therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for feminist therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. It may take some time to become comfortable discussing personal issues, but once a client feels they can do so, they could expect therapy to last for a number of months, typically including at least 12 sessions.
Does feminist therapy work?
As a relatively recent therapeutic technique, there is not yet a body of evidence proving the efficacy of feminist therapy. However, the approach is based on proven core principles of talk therapy, with a particular emphasis on developing a therapeutic relationship based on equality and authentic connection between therapist and client and discovering and building on clients’ personal strengths to help them gain a greater sense of personal power and agency.