Attachment-based Therapists in Austin, TX
Are you seeking greater purpose, deeper meaning, and improved relationships? Feeling stuck or misaligned with your goals? I’m here to support teens, families, adults, and couples through challenges like anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, life transitions, and relationship struggles. Together, we can navigate these obstacles and create a more fulfilling life. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space for healing, growth, and self-discovery. My approach is warm, collaborative, and focused on helping you move forward with confidence and clarity.
Are you seeking greater purpose, deeper meaning, and improved relationships? Feeling stuck or misaligned with your goals? I’m here to support teens, families, adults, and couples through challenges like anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, life transitions, and relationship struggles. Together, we can navigate these obstacles and create a more fulfilling life. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space for healing, growth, and self-discovery. My approach is warm, collaborative, and focused on helping you move forward with confidence and clarity.
Perhaps you’ve done extensive talk therapy before. You can identify your patterns, explain your attachment style, trace your coping to childhood experiences, but still struggle to make real behavioral change. The part of the brain that holds these patterns isn’t just reached through insight, but through experience and emotion.
I work with individuals and couples who are ready to do deep inner work. My approach combines somatic awareness, parts work, and attachment-focused depth therapy to help you access and shift unconscious patterns—not just talk about them.
Perhaps you’ve done extensive talk therapy before. You can identify your patterns, explain your attachment style, trace your coping to childhood experiences, but still struggle to make real behavioral change. The part of the brain that holds these patterns isn’t just reached through insight, but through experience and emotion.
I work with individuals and couples who are ready to do deep inner work. My approach combines somatic awareness, parts work, and attachment-focused depth therapy to help you access and shift unconscious patterns—not just talk about them.
Seeing BCBS & UHC 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.
Seeing BCBS & UHC 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.
I enjoy working with people who want change, but don't know where to start. I specialize in helping people who grew up in difficult family situations and now struggle with relationships and/or depression and anxiety. We can call it trauma, complex trauma, borderline personality disorder or just being a person in this world. I work with people by thinking about relationships and attachment, and I also use evidence based practices including EMDR for trauma, DBT for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and CBT for help understanding the inner workings of our minds and making changes to how we go through life.
I enjoy working with people who want change, but don't know where to start. I specialize in helping people who grew up in difficult family situations and now struggle with relationships and/or depression and anxiety. We can call it trauma, complex trauma, borderline personality disorder or just being a person in this world. I work with people by thinking about relationships and attachment, and I also use evidence based practices including EMDR for trauma, DBT for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and CBT for help understanding the inner workings of our minds and making changes to how we go through life.
Attachment-based, experiential, fully relational.
I specialize in attachment-based, depth-oriented therapy for neurodivergent adults carrying complex relational trauma. Together we'll work with the parts of you that have been protecting you for years – honoring what they did while gently making room for what's underneath. The goal isn't just coping better. It's becoming more fully yourself.
Attachment-based, experiential, fully relational.
I specialize in attachment-based, depth-oriented therapy for neurodivergent adults carrying complex relational trauma. Together we'll work with the parts of you that have been protecting you for years – honoring what they did while gently making room for what's underneath. The goal isn't just coping better. It's becoming more fully yourself.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when so much is beyond our control. I know how hard it can be to find a nonjudgmental therapist you truly connect with. My goal is to create a safe space where you feel empowered to express yourself, connect deeply, and live the life you want.
I take a compassionate, person-centered approach to counseling, grounded in respect and collaboration. You are never “too much,” and there are no expectations for you to be anyone but yourself. My work is informed by narrative therapy, attachment theory, and other evidence-based approaches, but the heart of therapy is our relationship.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when so much is beyond our control. I know how hard it can be to find a nonjudgmental therapist you truly connect with. My goal is to create a safe space where you feel empowered to express yourself, connect deeply, and live the life you want.
I take a compassionate, person-centered approach to counseling, grounded in respect and collaboration. You are never “too much,” and there are no expectations for you to be anyone but yourself. My work is informed by narrative therapy, attachment theory, and other evidence-based approaches, but the heart of therapy is our relationship.
Mia Pastel
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78751
Waitlist for new clients
I offer support through the combination of evidence-based practices and warm, authentic connection. I use a collaborative and holistic approach to tailor the therapeutic process to your specific needs. Is a recent or past trauma is manifesting in ways that interfere with your ability to live a life of wellness? Are you acting or reacting in ways that are incongruent with your authentic self? Are you having trouble connecting to yourself or others, or struggling to maintain sustainable relationships? Do you simply want a mental health professional to walk with you through life’s many challenges and complexities?
I offer support through the combination of evidence-based practices and warm, authentic connection. I use a collaborative and holistic approach to tailor the therapeutic process to your specific needs. Is a recent or past trauma is manifesting in ways that interfere with your ability to live a life of wellness? Are you acting or reacting in ways that are incongruent with your authentic self? Are you having trouble connecting to yourself or others, or struggling to maintain sustainable relationships? Do you simply want a mental health professional to walk with you through life’s many challenges and complexities?
You are important, you matter, and you are allowed to take up space. So many of us struggle to believe this. Therapy offers a space for you to not face the challenges of life alone. The heart of my work lies in helping you harness your natural capacity for growth and healing, enabling you to establish a more meaningful and joyful connection with life.
You are important, you matter, and you are allowed to take up space. So many of us struggle to believe this. Therapy offers a space for you to not face the challenges of life alone. The heart of my work lies in helping you harness your natural capacity for growth and healing, enabling you to establish a more meaningful and joyful connection with life.
Children and best served in the relationships that surround them. I believe that when you are helping children grow into best version of themselves you include their caregivers, school and community.
Children and best served in the relationships that surround them. I believe that when you are helping children grow into best version of themselves you include their caregivers, school and community.
I have a warm and nonjudgmental demeanor, and approach with curiosity and playfulness. I am collaborative with my patients. I like to get to know my patient's hobbies and interest to generate treatment plans that play a patient's strengths for them to have prolonged success. Patients have felt really seen and understood by me. They get better at recognizing and sitting with difficult feelings that can cause discomfort. They gain the ability to talk kinder to themselves with self compassion.
I have a warm and nonjudgmental demeanor, and approach with curiosity and playfulness. I am collaborative with my patients. I like to get to know my patient's hobbies and interest to generate treatment plans that play a patient's strengths for them to have prolonged success. Patients have felt really seen and understood by me. They get better at recognizing and sitting with difficult feelings that can cause discomfort. They gain the ability to talk kinder to themselves with self compassion.
Many of my clients who find me are people who feel stuck—whether they’re overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling to feel confident in who they are, navigating difficult relationships, or managing the weight of everyday stress. Many come to me having tried to push through on their own, only to find that the same patterns keep showing up.
Many of my clients who find me are people who feel stuck—whether they’re overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling to feel confident in who they are, navigating difficult relationships, or managing the weight of everyday stress. Many come to me having tried to push through on their own, only to find that the same patterns keep showing up.
I am trained to provide psychotherapy from an approach rooted in a psychodynamic, humanistic, and a multicultural framework. I integrate other disciplines, such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) when needed.
I am trained to provide psychotherapy from an approach rooted in a psychodynamic, humanistic, and a multicultural framework. I integrate other disciplines, such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) when needed.
Many of my first sessions start as “So I saw this TikTok and I think I have...”, and that's ok! The courage it took you to start seeking a therapist is real. It's hard to reach out and trust someone when you’ve been burned so many times. The struggles you’re fighting inside yourself, can’t help but show up in your relationships. As you go through life you collect experiences that shape you, however some of those shapes just don’t fit like they used to. That’s when you know it’s time to change. Distancing yourself from the people you love most when you are hurting or falling into new situations that make you feel worse, isn’t working
Many of my first sessions start as “So I saw this TikTok and I think I have...”, and that's ok! The courage it took you to start seeking a therapist is real. It's hard to reach out and trust someone when you’ve been burned so many times. The struggles you’re fighting inside yourself, can’t help but show up in your relationships. As you go through life you collect experiences that shape you, however some of those shapes just don’t fit like they used to. That’s when you know it’s time to change. Distancing yourself from the people you love most when you are hurting or falling into new situations that make you feel worse, isn’t working
I am an advanced clinician in Imago Therapy. When relationships aren't working very well or are on the brink of ending, it really feels bad; like the rug is being pulled out from under you. Often there are solvable reasons for why these things happen. I am motivated by those methods such as Imago therapy and EFT which have worked so well for so many in the past to help couples develop a high degree of safe attachment in their relationships. Something, that once they have learned how to do it, they can take with them because it is portable.
I am an advanced clinician in Imago Therapy. When relationships aren't working very well or are on the brink of ending, it really feels bad; like the rug is being pulled out from under you. Often there are solvable reasons for why these things happen. I am motivated by those methods such as Imago therapy and EFT which have worked so well for so many in the past to help couples develop a high degree of safe attachment in their relationships. Something, that once they have learned how to do it, they can take with them because it is portable.
She tailors her approach to your needs using a relational approach, EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and an attachment-based perspective.
Hi, I'm Anna.
I'm so glad you found your way here. I work with folks who are feeling overwhelmed and under-resourced, often frustrated that they can't just "figure it out". There is real pain in that experience. And there is also hope. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or difficulty with life transitions, you deserve time to talk through what you're going through with someone who cares and who can offer an objective perspective. Whether you have already identified your unhelpful patterns or need help uncovering them, my goal is to help you see how capable you truly are.
She tailors her approach to your needs using a relational approach, EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and an attachment-based perspective.
Hi, I'm Anna.
I'm so glad you found your way here. I work with folks who are feeling overwhelmed and under-resourced, often frustrated that they can't just "figure it out". There is real pain in that experience. And there is also hope. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or difficulty with life transitions, you deserve time to talk through what you're going through with someone who cares and who can offer an objective perspective. Whether you have already identified your unhelpful patterns or need help uncovering them, my goal is to help you see how capable you truly are.
You feel confused, disconnected, and don't know what to do or where to go. You feel like life is passing you by. You want to feel that spark and desire again. You want to reconnect with others, and more importantly, yourself. You want to work out the kinks of your past and gain a new perspective that allows for more joy.
You feel confused, disconnected, and don't know what to do or where to go. You feel like life is passing you by. You want to feel that spark and desire again. You want to reconnect with others, and more importantly, yourself. You want to work out the kinks of your past and gain a new perspective that allows for more joy.
Hannah Pate
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCMHSP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
The quality of our relationships deeply impacts the quality of our lives. Yet you may feel anxious, stretched thin, or unsure where you end and others begin. I work with adolescents (13+) and adults who feel overwhelmed in relationships, often overthinking, overextending, or struggling to set boundaries without guilt. Many are thoughtful and self-aware, but feel stuck in patterns shaped by earlier experiences. Together, we explore these patterns and help you build a stronger sense of self so you can relate in more grounded, intentional ways.
The quality of our relationships deeply impacts the quality of our lives. Yet you may feel anxious, stretched thin, or unsure where you end and others begin. I work with adolescents (13+) and adults who feel overwhelmed in relationships, often overthinking, overextending, or struggling to set boundaries without guilt. Many are thoughtful and self-aware, but feel stuck in patterns shaped by earlier experiences. Together, we explore these patterns and help you build a stronger sense of self so you can relate in more grounded, intentional ways.
Do you feel like something in your life just isn’t working anymore? Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what needs to change? Have you noticed a growing sense of disconnection from yourself, your partner, or the life you thought you’d be living? Do you find yourself going through the motions and wondering how you got here? For some, this begins after a loss, breakup, or major life transition. For others, it builds more quietly over time. Anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or chronic stress can feel overwhelming, leaving you unsure what to change. You don’t have to navigate that alone.
Do you feel like something in your life just isn’t working anymore? Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what needs to change? Have you noticed a growing sense of disconnection from yourself, your partner, or the life you thought you’d be living? Do you find yourself going through the motions and wondering how you got here? For some, this begins after a loss, breakup, or major life transition. For others, it builds more quietly over time. Anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or chronic stress can feel overwhelming, leaving you unsure what to change. You don’t have to navigate that alone.
Life doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes illness, loss, or an unexpected transition can leave you feeling like a stranger to yourself. These experiences are more common than they appear, especially when you're someone who looks like they're holding it together on the outside while quietly carrying something heavy within. You don't have to carry it alone.
My approach draws from Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma-informed somatic work, and the neuroscience of grief. I offer in-person therapy in Austin and work remotely with clients across New York and Texas.
Life doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes illness, loss, or an unexpected transition can leave you feeling like a stranger to yourself. These experiences are more common than they appear, especially when you're someone who looks like they're holding it together on the outside while quietly carrying something heavy within. You don't have to carry it alone.
My approach draws from Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma-informed somatic work, and the neuroscience of grief. I offer in-person therapy in Austin and work remotely with clients across New York and Texas.
My hope is to work with clients ready to engage with curiosity & honesty their places of pain or struggle. I believe through a trusting, collaborative therapeutic relationship there can be healing & growth for those ready to open themselves up to the process. I enjoy tailoring the counseling experience to each client by drawing from a variety of counseling modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing, Family Systems, & Psychodynamic theory. I want people to experience wholeness & healing where possible & to feel more in alignment in their lives and relationships.
My hope is to work with clients ready to engage with curiosity & honesty their places of pain or struggle. I believe through a trusting, collaborative therapeutic relationship there can be healing & growth for those ready to open themselves up to the process. I enjoy tailoring the counseling experience to each client by drawing from a variety of counseling modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing, Family Systems, & Psychodynamic theory. I want people to experience wholeness & healing where possible & to feel more in alignment in their lives and relationships.
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