Marriage Counseling Therapists in Austin, TX

Today we have 6 generations of people looking for Love and Emotional Connection. I love working with couples. With 12 years experience at Psychiatric hospitals and 20 yrs in private practice, I am excited to teach couples creative skills and resources to change and grow healthy relationships. We take inventory of relationship needs, learn and practice effective communication skills to manage stress with intimacy, family, career and parenting. I Teach the Tools to forgive resentments and negotiate effectively. I use Research based tx modalities, Gottman, Genogram, Imago Tx, Mindfulness, Meditation, CBT and DBT. Spanish Speaking.

Due to your demanding lifestyle and taking care of others, you have inadvertently forgotten to take care of yourself and the people whom you value the most. I believe attending therapy will help you refocus and prioritize what will be most fulfilling – in your day-to-day life. Whether individual therapy or couples or family counseling, I would like the opportunity to work with you and discern what changes you want to make moving forward and generate an action plan to live out those goals. Let's get started!

Over the years I have come to enjoy working with a variety of clients. I work with children ages 2 through adolescence utilizing play therapy as one of my modalities. I also see adults for individual issues including anxiety, depression, parenting, and relationship issues. My practice includes working with couples assisting them in recognizing the problem cycles that get created and hopefully learning to build intimacy and connection. Since I work with children, families are a part of my practice as well-I see each individual as an integral part of the whole.

MARRIAGE AND COUPLES COUNSELING IS MY SPECIALTY. I work with couples of all ages to help you improve communication, regulate conflict, find the "spark" that may have dimmed, and heal after the trauma and pain of infidelity. I help couples stay on firm footing while navigating transitions in their relationship, such as becoming parents, parenting older children, caring for elderly parents, illness, and other issues impacting relationships.

All relationships are hard, whether it is with a friend of 20 years, the family you grew up with, a marriage just starting off, or a recent breakup. Sometimes we can't find exactly the right words, or know how to bring up a difficult topic. And sometimes we just want everyone to be ok, even if we're not together. Navigating our relationships, romantic or otherwise can seem like a lot in light of all of our daily responsibilities. Whether you are looking to build connections, have better, more meaningful sex, or explore new paths for your relationship like polyamory, let's explore this together.

If you or you adolescent child are struggling with the effects of life changing stressful and traumatic events, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, the death of a loved one, the breakup of a long term marriage or a once loving relationship and are seeking help to make your way through the chaos---consider archetypal psychotherapy to make meaning from the way we engage these traumatic difficulties and learn skills for transforming your approach to life. I provide Jungian Psychotherapy services for couples, adults and adolescents suffering, Trauma, Anxiety, PTSD, depression, grief, anger and loss of meaning in life.

My goal is to help clients achieve peace and contentment by increasing self-awareness and recognizing behaviors that no longer serve them. I make it my aim to partner with clients on their journey, identify their strengths, help distinguish areas for growth, and provide clients with non-judgmental support along the way. I believe that strong and fulfilling relationships with other individuals can help people maintain emotional well-being. I have 20+ years of experience in mental health, including individual, marriage , group counseling, crisis intervention, and substance abuse assessments.

I work successfully with youth struggling in their everyday lives. Examples include anxiety over internal conflicts, grades, peers, & parents. I enjoy working with adults as they navigate new transitions i.e. marriage , parenthood or experience the challenges of parenthood. I'm interested in helping individuals & families deal with end of life planning trying to answer the awkward question, "So, what do you want to do?" What life saving measures should be taken if you become ill? What relationships need to be repaired? I want to help facilitate this difficult topic with elderly parents or terminally ill youth.

I welcome both individual adults and couples who are seeking to create change in their lives. My clients often come with emotional pain, whether the symptoms of anxiety and depression are causing daily distress, self-criticism and burnout are impacting performance at work, or relationships feel unmanageable and disconnected. I support clients to overcome painful past experiences and unhelpful patterns, in order to reconnect with their loved ones, career, and themselves in more meaningful ways.

I have developed expertise in working with a vast array of problems. Resulting from many years of experience in workplace, academic, healthcare and private practice settings I am focusing on contemporary issues such as: Marital /Relationship Problems; Computer/Internet Problem Behaviors; Stepfamilies; & Parents of Adult Children Who Won't Grow Up. I prefer to do a thorough assessment and make recommendations for the best help and resources available. I believe that my clients are quite resiliant and I enjoy helping them graduate from therapy. Although, it has been my experience that my clients return from time to time.

Life and relationship challenges usually need more than talk to get through successfully. This is why I specialize in approaches where mind and body work together. Providing healing experiences in therapy, I work collaboratively with you to find ways to change and grow that work for your unique situation. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, which means I've had the master's level training of individual counselors, in addition to training focused on the 'systems' of relationships. I am also PACT and EMDR trained therapist; I have additional training in sexual issues, chronic illness and infertility.

Therapy is a place for you to feel known and understood. It is also a place for you to overcome painful experiences. Together, we can work to gain a better understanding of YOURSELF and your relationships. We build on your strengths so you can apply them toward healing, growth, and change. If you are motivated to learn about yourself and discover new behaviors and new thought patterns, we will work well together. We each deserve to know what it feels like to be supported and that is what I am offering you. Please visit my website for more details about my practice. I AM NOW ALSO OFFERING TELE-THERAPY if that is more convenient.

Life might have thrown you a new curveball that has gotten you off balance. OR nothing big has happened, but feelings of being stuck have emerged from somewhere. Psychotherapy offers you a safe place to make changes to old patterns that hold you back. I can help you navigate the uncharted path & assist in developing the insights & skills you need to thrive in life. Therapy works best when we collaborate toward created goals in a respectful & affirming setting. Our work involves identifying & working through unhealthy relationship patterns, helping to change the way you think to improve the way you feel, in order to live your life.

Therapy shouldn't have to be complicated - it's really about sitting down and talking with another person. What is most crucial - perhaps even more important than credentials and education - is that you feel comfortable with your therapist; otherwise, the therapy won't work. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (in Texas and California) as well as a certified alcohol and drug counselor. I have been in practice since 1994 and work with individuals, couples, families, and adolescents.

I'm a Kink Aware Professional and believe that relationships and sex are building blocks to our lives no matter in what form they come. I have experience working with a variety of sexual and relational issues and have worked with people from varying backgrounds, from BDSM to open marriage .