Imago Therapists in Austin, TX
I specialize in working with adult survivors of narcissistic, borderline, or antisocial (psychopathic) parents. I also work with people struggling with partners who have these disorders. I can help you learn to live without fear, understand your emotions better, and manage your trauma symptoms instead of them managing you. Life is too short to live in fear, to be continually overwhelmed by your emotions, or to be stuck in toxic relationships. I can help you find your way out.
I specialize in working with adult survivors of narcissistic, borderline, or antisocial (psychopathic) parents. I also work with people struggling with partners who have these disorders. I can help you learn to live without fear, understand your emotions better, and manage your trauma symptoms instead of them managing you. Life is too short to live in fear, to be continually overwhelmed by your emotions, or to be stuck in toxic relationships. I can help you find your way out.
A holistic mental health clinician, I am passionate about collaborating with people seeking guidance and methods to assist them through mental health issues and stresses, understanding themselves.
A holistic mental health clinician, I am passionate about collaborating with people seeking guidance and methods to assist them through mental health issues and stresses, understanding themselves.
Sometimes we can feel stress and lost with relationships, our families, and ourselves. We all need help. Someone to listen to up. You might wish you could improve your sex life in your romantic relationships, or change your family and relationships interactions. Maybe you want to live a calm and peaceful life and overcome past traumas that don't let you move on. Replaying your history over and over, wishing things were different. It might be the way you think and treat yourself that brought you here. Maybe you want to discover more about yourself and never knew how.
Sometimes we can feel stress and lost with relationships, our families, and ourselves. We all need help. Someone to listen to up. You might wish you could improve your sex life in your romantic relationships, or change your family and relationships interactions. Maybe you want to live a calm and peaceful life and overcome past traumas that don't let you move on. Replaying your history over and over, wishing things were different. It might be the way you think and treat yourself that brought you here. Maybe you want to discover more about yourself and never knew how.
Remember when it felt like your partner got you better than anyone? It felt so good to be SEEN. Now, small disagreements turn into big arguments. Sometimes you don’t even know what you’re fighting about, but you keep ending up in the same painful patterns. Don’t let your defenses stand between you and your partner. If you would like support getting back on the same page, email me to book a free call.
Remember when it felt like your partner got you better than anyone? It felt so good to be SEEN. Now, small disagreements turn into big arguments. Sometimes you don’t even know what you’re fighting about, but you keep ending up in the same painful patterns. Don’t let your defenses stand between you and your partner. If you would like support getting back on the same page, email me to book a free call.
This is not just talk therapy. You are finally feeling ready to address the deeper patterns that create pain, tension, and discontent in your life. You have tried other things before, and it has not worked, or the change has not lasted. You continue to experience internal conflict to find the motivation and clarity to move towards the life you imagine. Is it really achievable? Is continuing to try even worth it? In spite of the questions, there is a small voice that tells you that life can be more than this. You're ready to find and free your true self from the stories that keep you stuck.
This is not just talk therapy. You are finally feeling ready to address the deeper patterns that create pain, tension, and discontent in your life. You have tried other things before, and it has not worked, or the change has not lasted. You continue to experience internal conflict to find the motivation and clarity to move towards the life you imagine. Is it really achievable? Is continuing to try even worth it? In spite of the questions, there is a small voice that tells you that life can be more than this. You're ready to find and free your true self from the stories that keep you stuck.
I believe that it takes tremendous courage for an individual to reach out for counseling. People often take this step when they are feeling stuck or stagnant, unable to find relief and solutions on their own. I view my work with my clients as a partnership: I bring clinical knowledge and experience to the alliance and my clients bring their strengths, their inner wisdom, and their readiness to explore. While working together I provide a safe, comfortable and informative environment in which the client can find healing, seek solutions and create strategies that will bring about lasting change.
I believe that it takes tremendous courage for an individual to reach out for counseling. People often take this step when they are feeling stuck or stagnant, unable to find relief and solutions on their own. I view my work with my clients as a partnership: I bring clinical knowledge and experience to the alliance and my clients bring their strengths, their inner wisdom, and their readiness to explore. While working together I provide a safe, comfortable and informative environment in which the client can find healing, seek solutions and create strategies that will bring about lasting change.
Depression, anxiety, relationship issues, loss and grief, mid-life crisis, disappointment and stagnation are only a few of the reasons an individual seeks counseling. My therapeutic approach in working with an individual is to explore the meaning of life-altering events and to bring understanding and enduring ways to cope. I focus on strengths in the individual and work in a warm, non-judgmental way that feels safe. My role is to provide empathic listening and support while acting as a guide in removing the barriers and patterns that have developed over a lifetime.
Depression, anxiety, relationship issues, loss and grief, mid-life crisis, disappointment and stagnation are only a few of the reasons an individual seeks counseling. My therapeutic approach in working with an individual is to explore the meaning of life-altering events and to bring understanding and enduring ways to cope. I focus on strengths in the individual and work in a warm, non-judgmental way that feels safe. My role is to provide empathic listening and support while acting as a guide in removing the barriers and patterns that have developed over a lifetime.
Individuals involved in domestic abuse and trauma may experience feelings of sadness, loss, isolation, lacking a support system, or problems with their self-esteem. My goal is to help you work through these personal experiences during therapy and provide you with acceptance, warmth, and empathy to help you heal
Individuals involved in domestic abuse and trauma may experience feelings of sadness, loss, isolation, lacking a support system, or problems with their self-esteem. My goal is to help you work through these personal experiences during therapy and provide you with acceptance, warmth, and empathy to help you heal
My style is interactive in helping to identify and resolve your issues. I feel that everyone has positive and negative ways of reacting to stress. I will work with you on finding healthy, creative outlets for your stress.I will help you to detach from unhealthy patterns in your relationships and your life. I believe in working with people from their strengths and starting where they are. I try to encourage my clients to improve their lives and to be happy with the choices they make.
My style is interactive in helping to identify and resolve your issues. I feel that everyone has positive and negative ways of reacting to stress. I will work with you on finding healthy, creative outlets for your stress.I will help you to detach from unhealthy patterns in your relationships and your life. I believe in working with people from their strengths and starting where they are. I try to encourage my clients to improve their lives and to be happy with the choices they make.
I help high-functioning, emotionally intelligent people break out of toxic patterns, stop living from trauma, and build steady, grounded lives through real emotional tools rooted in ancient wisdom and modern psychology. Bridging the ancient and the modern, gathering, preserving, and sharing the rituals, medicines, and knowledge that have been systematically erased so people can reconnect with their most authentic selves, and live fully expressed, fulfilling lives.
I help high-functioning, emotionally intelligent people break out of toxic patterns, stop living from trauma, and build steady, grounded lives through real emotional tools rooted in ancient wisdom and modern psychology. Bridging the ancient and the modern, gathering, preserving, and sharing the rituals, medicines, and knowledge that have been systematically erased so people can reconnect with their most authentic selves, and live fully expressed, fulfilling lives.
Blending traditional, positive, client-centered psychotherapy with leading-edge neuroscience, I offer a mind-body approach and a wide variety of therapy options. My commitment to being of maximum help to you has led to my licensure and certification in several areas of mental health, including Psychologist, LMFT, LPC-S, Board Certification in Neurofeedback, and Certified EMDR practitioner. Together, we will use a client-centered approach to personalize your professional care while providing you evidence-based services. Please call today for a free phone consultation and visit our website. I look forward to being of service.
Blending traditional, positive, client-centered psychotherapy with leading-edge neuroscience, I offer a mind-body approach and a wide variety of therapy options. My commitment to being of maximum help to you has led to my licensure and certification in several areas of mental health, including Psychologist, LMFT, LPC-S, Board Certification in Neurofeedback, and Certified EMDR practitioner. Together, we will use a client-centered approach to personalize your professional care while providing you evidence-based services. Please call today for a free phone consultation and visit our website. I look forward to being of service.
Since 1990, I've been helping people in Austin become free from problems caused by:
Trauma and Abuse
Anxiety and Depression
Challenging Relationships
Complicated Grief
Addictions
Adult Children Of Alcoholics (ACOA)
Codependency
I provide a safe place for you to express and release emotional pain, fear, sadness, unresolved grief, anger, and negative thoughts.
I offer several powerful, effective therapy methods, including
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Hypnotherapy
Heart Centered Hypnotherapy
Voice Dialogue (Parts Work)
and other techniques
Become free from unwanted:
Thoughts
Emotions
Behaviors
Addictions
Since 1990, I've been helping people in Austin become free from problems caused by:
Trauma and Abuse
Anxiety and Depression
Challenging Relationships
Complicated Grief
Addictions
Adult Children Of Alcoholics (ACOA)
Codependency
I provide a safe place for you to express and release emotional pain, fear, sadness, unresolved grief, anger, and negative thoughts.
I offer several powerful, effective therapy methods, including
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Hypnotherapy
Heart Centered Hypnotherapy
Voice Dialogue (Parts Work)
and other techniques
Become free from unwanted:
Thoughts
Emotions
Behaviors
Addictions
I base my approach to couples in the Imago Relationship Therapy framework, which recognizes that a lot of how we operate as romantic partners can be explained by looking at our earliest relationships.
Our early years have a big impact on how we operate as adults. Our ways of being and personal struggles can often be traced back to our family of origin. How you were parented, the role you played in your family, the defenses you learned to get by or survive – these stay with you and inform how you operate in the world and in your relationships. Whatever your own history may have been, there's a place for what you learned and how you adapted; after all, it’s gotten you this far. But some of those early lessons have outlasted their usefulness and no longer serve you, leading to anxiety, depression, or chronic disconnection.
I base my approach to couples in the Imago Relationship Therapy framework, which recognizes that a lot of how we operate as romantic partners can be explained by looking at our earliest relationships.
Our early years have a big impact on how we operate as adults. Our ways of being and personal struggles can often be traced back to our family of origin. How you were parented, the role you played in your family, the defenses you learned to get by or survive – these stay with you and inform how you operate in the world and in your relationships. Whatever your own history may have been, there's a place for what you learned and how you adapted; after all, it’s gotten you this far. But some of those early lessons have outlasted their usefulness and no longer serve you, leading to anxiety, depression, or chronic disconnection.
In life we can find ourselves feeling, thinking, and acting in ways that don't match how we want to be living. I offer counseling to individuals and couples who are eager to find their way back onto a happier, more fulfilling path. Perhaps it's a common life event- such as relationship issues, managing family stress, or a break-up- that has brought confusion into your world. Maybe you're looking for ways to better cope with addiction or depression. Regardless of what has complicated your life, I am honored to help you sort through it to find a new way of being!
In life we can find ourselves feeling, thinking, and acting in ways that don't match how we want to be living. I offer counseling to individuals and couples who are eager to find their way back onto a happier, more fulfilling path. Perhaps it's a common life event- such as relationship issues, managing family stress, or a break-up- that has brought confusion into your world. Maybe you're looking for ways to better cope with addiction or depression. Regardless of what has complicated your life, I am honored to help you sort through it to find a new way of being!
At Prevail, we believe true healing happens when we care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our practice is rooted in faith while warmly welcoming individuals from all backgrounds and belief systems.
We provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health services for children, adults, couples, and families. Our comprehensive approach includes individual therapy, couples counseling, and family counseling.
At Prevail, we believe true healing happens when we care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our practice is rooted in faith while warmly welcoming individuals from all backgrounds and belief systems.
We provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health services for children, adults, couples, and families. Our comprehensive approach includes individual therapy, couples counseling, and family counseling.
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.
It feels like you're no longer connecting or not connecting in a way that feels fulfilling with yourself or your partner(s). You feel you have said everything you can to help the other person understand your needs and wants with hope that something will change. You don't know how it's gotten so painful. It's starting to feel a little helpless that you'll be able to have the connection you once hoped. You feel you need a safe place to explore current and past struggles to reunite the spark in yourself and/or together. Lets replace the ineffective strategies with new ways of seeing yourself and other important people in your life.
It feels like you're no longer connecting or not connecting in a way that feels fulfilling with yourself or your partner(s). You feel you have said everything you can to help the other person understand your needs and wants with hope that something will change. You don't know how it's gotten so painful. It's starting to feel a little helpless that you'll be able to have the connection you once hoped. You feel you need a safe place to explore current and past struggles to reunite the spark in yourself and/or together. Lets replace the ineffective strategies with new ways of seeing yourself and other important people in your life.
Katy Adams
Licensed Professional Counselor, LMFT-S, LPC, SEP, CCTP, RYT-200
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78746
I have offered somatic psychotherapy (touch and tablework) since 2007 for people who are working on trauma, their window of tolerance, and relationships / attachment issues. This work may also bring up family of origin issues that may also be unresolved. I combine somatic, IFS, and attachment modalities. My somatic training also provides expertise in helping those with chronic illness or pain and how this is related to mental health. Somatic work also is for those with after-effects of surgeries or accidents.
I have offered somatic psychotherapy (touch and tablework) since 2007 for people who are working on trauma, their window of tolerance, and relationships / attachment issues. This work may also bring up family of origin issues that may also be unresolved. I combine somatic, IFS, and attachment modalities. My somatic training also provides expertise in helping those with chronic illness or pain and how this is related to mental health. Somatic work also is for those with after-effects of surgeries or accidents.
I am a licensed professional counselor and a Ph.D. candidate with clinical experience starting in 2005. I assist individuals, couples, and families in resolving issues such as ADHD, Anger Management, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Behavioral Issues, Aging, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Career Counseling, Codependency, Depression, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Life Coaching, Family Conflict, Emotional Disturbance, Life Transitions, Job Stress, Grief, and many more. I use a mix of Couples ACT, EFT, EMDR, DBT, CBT, MBCT, and many more. I believe in building on my client's strengths to attain the growth and changes they want to achieve.
I am a licensed professional counselor and a Ph.D. candidate with clinical experience starting in 2005. I assist individuals, couples, and families in resolving issues such as ADHD, Anger Management, Anxiety, Coping Skills, Behavioral Issues, Aging, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Career Counseling, Codependency, Depression, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Life Coaching, Family Conflict, Emotional Disturbance, Life Transitions, Job Stress, Grief, and many more. I use a mix of Couples ACT, EFT, EMDR, DBT, CBT, MBCT, and many more. I believe in building on my client's strengths to attain the growth and changes they want to achieve.
Eva provides holistic therapy services for PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Women's/LGBT (see list). EMDR, meditation, & Telehealth are a few modalities she may use to assist clients. English/Spanish. Humana/Self-Pay Options (Telehealth-Packages). Eva is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master's in Public Health & she has over 14 years of experience providing individuals, families, couples & group counseling services to diverse populations. During this difficult time with a lot of change, it's more important than ever to reach out and get support. Please call or email me if you need support and we can see if we are a match!
Eva provides holistic therapy services for PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Women's/LGBT (see list). EMDR, meditation, & Telehealth are a few modalities she may use to assist clients. English/Spanish. Humana/Self-Pay Options (Telehealth-Packages). Eva is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master's in Public Health & she has over 14 years of experience providing individuals, families, couples & group counseling services to diverse populations. During this difficult time with a lot of change, it's more important than ever to reach out and get support. Please call or email me if you need support and we can see if we are a match!
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Imago Therapists
How does Imago therapy work?
Imago relationship therapy is a form of couples counseling meant to help partners address conflict, communication problems, and related issues. Imago sessions typically involve couples sitting facing each other and participating in guided conversations. Therapy will also involve exercises such as re-imagining one’s partner as a wounded child; re-romanticizing a relationship through appreciation, surprises, and even gift-giving and restructuring frustrations by transforming complaints into requests. The ultimate goal is to re-envision the relationship as a source of safety and happiness.
What is the Imago method?
A core technique of Imago therapy is the Imago dialogue, in which partners learn to avoid hurtful statements and establish ways to interact based on each having equal space and power. In the dialogue, partners take turns as the “sender,” who shares their thoughts, and the “receiver.” The receiver is asked to “mirror,” or paraphrase, what their partner has said, without response or rebuttal, and then validate their statements, acknowledging understanding even if they do not personally agree with it. Finally, the receiver displays empathy by stating what they imagine the other is feeling, and showing appreciation for it.
How long does Imago therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for Imago therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core techniques of Imago coaching, some couples quickly make progress, but most should expect sessions to extend for months, encompassing at least 12 to 20 sessions, along with extensive “homework” from their therapist.
Does Imago therapy work?
There is limited empirical evidence to support the benefits of Imago therapy, but some smaller studies suggest that it does help couples, at least in the short-term. A 2017 study found that marital satisfaction increased significantly after couples completed 12 sessions of Imago therapy, and remained higher for some time after that, but did not always result in “complete recovery.” Other studies found greater empathy and fewer feelings of relationship burnout in couples after therapy. Some research suggests that Imago therapy can aid individuals as well as couples; people with ADHD in particular may benefit from the development of communication, self-control, and listening skills that form the basis of the technique.