Stress Therapists in West Gate, Austin, TX

Life does not come with an instruction manual on how we can best navigate through our journey. Instead, life is a learning process, and if we are lucky it can involve insight, positive change and personal growth. At times we are fully capable to balance ourselves, relationships, responsibilities, and our schedules - yet other times not so much. Unhelpful feelings such as stress, frustration, and discontent can too often resonate with us as we go about our daily routines. These potentially damaging reactions to life's obstacles can lead to making the once ordinary appear to be overwhelming or even unmanageable.

Now seeing BCBS Medicare Advantage! I am here to work with you to develop resilience against anxiety, depression---and any other painful or distressing issue. I am hoping for you to have a happy, creative, and productive life in a world full of challenges. Many patients need to verbalize their fears to be able to look at their situation from multiple perspectives. You can face the irrational aspects of worrisome thoughts. We can consider your prior coping mechanisms, to be replaced by more adaptive coping tools. Let's think of your life today and forward, accepting yourself more, and understanding how to deal with others.

As human beings, we are hard-wired for two things: to survive and to connect. I whole-heartedly believe that in order to survive (and thrive!) in life, we need connection. We all want to feel seen, heard, understood, and accepted; these are the basic ingredients in order for us to feel safe in our relationships, and what I strive to bring to you as your therapist. I am equipped to support adults experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, and stress, and parents facing behavioral and relational challenges with children under the age of 7. I also specialize in perinatal mental health and lactation.

I have experience working with diverse clients with a variety of needs. The bulk of my career has been working with LGBTQ+ teens, adults with chronic illnesses, and people who use drugs in harm reduction outreach settings. A through-line in these experiences is recognizing the impact biology as well as its interactions with our social environment has on mental & physical health. As such, I apply a systems approach to understand the factors impacting a client and then leverage client strengths to achieve their goals. I welcome conversations about how structural factors impact health and how therapy can be one tool toward healing.

I love getting to know people and their history, and tend to pull from past experiences to help make sense of our current thoughts and behaviors. Due to my clinical training and background, I also incorporate the education and implementation of new, tangible skills in my practice when what we’ve been doing isn’t working so that we can increase effectiveness and respond mindfully in life. I’m clinically trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and enjoy working with you on identifying ineffective thoughts and behaviors, and finding more effective ways to cope and navigate life.

I help people struggling with anxiety, trauma, life transitions and stress to heal from the past and experience peace and fulfillment in the present. I enjoy working with folks who feel ready for a change and want to transform their problems at the root level. I have experience working with children, teens and adults from diverse backgrounds, and I enjoy working with LGBTQ+ folks, immigrants, parents, and creatives.

I firmly believe we are created to live life in the present with joy, peace and love. However, we are inundated with media, messages and influences that leave us stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. We strive, push, and repeat unhealthy coping patterns. It is exhausting! Eventually, you find yourself lashing out at your loved ones, becoming judgmental, staying busy and disconnected, blaming others or being mad for reasons you can't remember. The patterns and ways of being can change, but it takes more than talk therapy.

An ideal client is someone who enjoys our therapeutic relationship and feels comfortable exploring themselves. I foster a trusting and supportive environment where clients can feel understood and validated. I am there to offer support and assist clients in exploring feelings, emotions, behaviors, and perspectives on life experiences.

I'm Amanda Frazier, LCSW. My goal is to help people navigate their lives in a meaningful way. We all experience a wide range of thoughts, feelings, emotions and with some more distressing than others, it can certainly help to talk about it. I aim to help clients explore their inner complexities, calm the inner critic, manage behaviors and develop trust in themselves over time. I encourage clients to take small steps towards change and celebrate progress along the way. Together we consider all that is contributing to the distress and establish a plan to improve mental health and wellbeing.

My approach to therapy is interpersonal and relational integrated with helping you acquire tools to help manage difficult emotions, stressful situations and problem solve. I am here to help you process your emotions, learn about yourself but also build resiliency and learn coping skills.

Taking the first step to initiate therapy can be hard as facing our problems may feel scary and challenging. Therefore, I try to create a safe space for clients and make this process as smooth as possible. My approach to therapy is to help individuals build insight and self-understanding into their difficulties and patterns, and help them move from feeling “stuck or lost” to feeling encouraged and empowered to make the changes they want and need to have a fulfilling and satisfying life. In sessions with me, you will find warmth, support, empathy, genuineness and honesty, a splash of humor, as well as some challenging conversations.

Everyone goes through difficult times in their lives where they feel unsettled and unsure of their direction. These moments often come with feelings of anxiety and depression that can weigh you down and make you feel stuck. I want to help you move past these feelings and work toward the life you have always wanted. To do this I work from a person-centered perspective and feel that the relationship between therapist and client is of the utmost importance. I enjoy working with adolescents, adults, and couples dealing with depression, social anxiety, ADHD, life transitions, addiction, and relationship issues, just to name a few.

Being a human is complicated. We all can use someone to help us sift through the noise and connect with our inner truths. Good news: the mind is hardwired to heal itself. Given the right conditions, we are all naturally inclined to integrate the various parts of ourselves and find peace in our wholeness. My role is to foster these conditions. The therapy room is a spacious place, free of judgement and full of care, where any and everything you show up with is welcome. I am genuine and direct with my communication, and also recognize that, ultimately, you are the expert on your own life.

My ideal client is one that feels a mind and body disconnect and is motivated to learn and implement a gentle breathwork and grounding practice as part of their therapy. This along with rational emotive therapy and mindfulness are the primary modalities I utilize.

It is my passion to help YOU evolve! By choice or necessity, we are motivated to seek change and balance. The desire can grow to be so strong that it pains us. It causes us to act against our authentic self. This can be expressed through substance abuse, depression & anxiety or complicated interpersonal relationships. My therapy approach is about resolving problems using a relational and collaborative style.

Hi. Thank you for your interest in my psychotherapy services. I specialize in trauma, PTSD and treating chronic pain utilizing both EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Somatic Psychotherapy. Both of these are evidence based treatment modalities with high efficacy rates. Making the decision to begin therapy is an incredibly brave act of self kindness. You can have peace, joy and happiness in your life. I would be honored to help you begin this courageous journey of transformation.

The ideal client is someone navigating trauma, depression, and anxiety, stemming from past adversities. They seek a safe space for validation, understanding, and support to process their struggles. Their goals include healing from trauma, regaining emotional control, and fostering resilience. They aspire for purpose, and healthier coping mechanisms, aiming to fulfillment despite the challenges. They're committed to growth, and self-discovery. I specialize in offering support and guidance to individuals dealing with mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues.

We travel various paths throughout our lives, weaving experiences together writing the story of who we are. Experiences may cause us to question the path, and suddenly our story no longer reflects the life we intended to live. At these times of questioning, we must explore how to proceed. If you find yourself looking for someone to talk with, to think through where life has led you, allow me to walk with you for a while on your journey. What meridian lines do you need to guide you to your destination? Let’s work together to find how your story shifted from your intended path, and let’s find how your journey continues.

I believe that we all have within us the potential to fully and confidently experience life in all its ups and downs, and to live and love authentically. If you're struggling in relationships, feeling unsatisfied or stuck in life, or feel that you aren't living at your full potential, I would like to help.