Non-Binary Therapists in Austin, TX
I believe the transforming power of psychotherapy begins with a connection between you and I. Our conversations create a safe space for you to explore your life and grow in the confidence of your worth, your aspirations, and your life circumstances. From this awareness comes a deeper knowing of yourself and a more effective "hands on" capacity for dealing thoughtfully and constructively with the challenges of life. Together, we define your goals for therapy, and together we create the path to make these goals your reality.
I believe the transforming power of psychotherapy begins with a connection between you and I. Our conversations create a safe space for you to explore your life and grow in the confidence of your worth, your aspirations, and your life circumstances. From this awareness comes a deeper knowing of yourself and a more effective "hands on" capacity for dealing thoughtfully and constructively with the challenges of life. Together, we define your goals for therapy, and together we create the path to make these goals your reality.
Hi! I'm Kelly. My approach to therapy blends warmth, creativity, curiosity, and humor. I'm passionate about creating space to hold and navigate the heavy and difficult parts of life. My expertise lies in grief counseling, and I work with all different kinds of loss. I currently work in private practice, and I see both individuals and couples. I enjoy working with teens (ages 13+) and young adults, queer and trans folx, and neurodivergent clients struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and past trauma.
Hi! I'm Kelly. My approach to therapy blends warmth, creativity, curiosity, and humor. I'm passionate about creating space to hold and navigate the heavy and difficult parts of life. My expertise lies in grief counseling, and I work with all different kinds of loss. I currently work in private practice, and I see both individuals and couples. I enjoy working with teens (ages 13+) and young adults, queer and trans folx, and neurodivergent clients struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and past trauma.
You’re a thoughtful, curious person navigating life’s challenges as a gifted, autistic, AuDHD, or twice-exceptional teen or adult. You might feel stuck in patterns of overthinking, perfectionism, or self-doubt. Perhaps you struggle to reconcile your complexity with self-compassion. You’re seeking a therapist who understands neurodivergence and complex trauma and can help you explore your experiences with curiosity and care.
You’re a thoughtful, curious person navigating life’s challenges as a gifted, autistic, AuDHD, or twice-exceptional teen or adult. You might feel stuck in patterns of overthinking, perfectionism, or self-doubt. Perhaps you struggle to reconcile your complexity with self-compassion. You’re seeking a therapist who understands neurodivergence and complex trauma and can help you explore your experiences with curiosity and care.
Does anxiety make your daily life feel overwhelming? Do you feel yourself spiraling from negative thoughts? You're not alone, you don't have to work through it by yourself. Let's figure out ways to bring peace back to your life.
Does anxiety make your daily life feel overwhelming? Do you feel yourself spiraling from negative thoughts? You're not alone, you don't have to work through it by yourself. Let's figure out ways to bring peace back to your life.
You’re the one everyone relies on—steady, capable, and always holding it together. But inside, you’re exhausted. The stress never really shuts off, and even rest feels like another task. You second-guess yourself, avoid conflict, and pour energy into others while neglecting your own needs. Relationships feel uneven, and no matter how much you achieve, peace still feels out of reach. You want relief from the constant pressure—to feel calm, grounded, and finally at home in your own life. You’re ready to stop living in survival mode and start feeling like yourself again. You just need a space where it’s safe to exhale.
You’re the one everyone relies on—steady, capable, and always holding it together. But inside, you’re exhausted. The stress never really shuts off, and even rest feels like another task. You second-guess yourself, avoid conflict, and pour energy into others while neglecting your own needs. Relationships feel uneven, and no matter how much you achieve, peace still feels out of reach. You want relief from the constant pressure—to feel calm, grounded, and finally at home in your own life. You’re ready to stop living in survival mode and start feeling like yourself again. You just need a space where it’s safe to exhale.
I specialize in providing support and treatment to clients with intersectional identities, including those who identify as LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and BIPOC. As a social worker and psychotherapist, I am committed to assisting individuals on their path to mental wellness. In my practice, I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process that encourages clients to take an active role in their treatment decisions. Your goals are my priority, and together we will work to enhance your overall well-being in addition to achieving your specific goals.
I specialize in providing support and treatment to clients with intersectional identities, including those who identify as LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and BIPOC. As a social worker and psychotherapist, I am committed to assisting individuals on their path to mental wellness. In my practice, I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process that encourages clients to take an active role in their treatment decisions. Your goals are my priority, and together we will work to enhance your overall well-being in addition to achieving your specific goals.
Welcome! I respect and acknowledge all relationship styles & sexual identities. My goal is to hold space. I believe that people can learn to accept, love, and claim authenticity by moving away from patterns that are no longer serving the individual, by actively exploring their unique interests & evolving needs. I believe that every thought, emotion, and behavior that a person entertains is actively shaping their current reality. You & I will define your intentions for therapy and create active goals to shift patterns. I view our therapeutic relationship as a active supportive partnership.
Welcome! I respect and acknowledge all relationship styles & sexual identities. My goal is to hold space. I believe that people can learn to accept, love, and claim authenticity by moving away from patterns that are no longer serving the individual, by actively exploring their unique interests & evolving needs. I believe that every thought, emotion, and behavior that a person entertains is actively shaping their current reality. You & I will define your intentions for therapy and create active goals to shift patterns. I view our therapeutic relationship as a active supportive partnership.
Alicia Cornwell
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, BFA, MA, LPC-A, NCC
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78731
Tired of therapy that never quite fits? Been told you’re too much—or left feeling like no one really gets you? Maybe you want things to change, but actually making it happen feels impossible.
You're in the right place.
I support teens and adults exploring gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, and the impact of trauma. My work centers on helping you put the pieces together, reconnect with yourself, and move through the world with more clarity and self-trust. Special focus on LGBTQIA+ clients and queer folks in eating disorder recovery and folx with multiple diagnoses.
Tired of therapy that never quite fits? Been told you’re too much—or left feeling like no one really gets you? Maybe you want things to change, but actually making it happen feels impossible.
You're in the right place.
I support teens and adults exploring gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, and the impact of trauma. My work centers on helping you put the pieces together, reconnect with yourself, and move through the world with more clarity and self-trust. Special focus on LGBTQIA+ clients and queer folks in eating disorder recovery and folx with multiple diagnoses.
Welcome! I believe that creating change must involve shifts at multiple levels- our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and embodied experiences. In my practice, I help clients integrate their experiences at all of these levels in order to heal from trauma and painful experiences and recover a sense of aliveness and connectedness. I listen to your thoughts and feelings without judgment and work to understand your perspective and experiences with empathy and compassion. I am especially passionate about helping people navigate gender and sexuality concerns, trauma, dissociation, Bipolar disorder, psychosis, and spiritual experiences.
Welcome! I believe that creating change must involve shifts at multiple levels- our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and embodied experiences. In my practice, I help clients integrate their experiences at all of these levels in order to heal from trauma and painful experiences and recover a sense of aliveness and connectedness. I listen to your thoughts and feelings without judgment and work to understand your perspective and experiences with empathy and compassion. I am especially passionate about helping people navigate gender and sexuality concerns, trauma, dissociation, Bipolar disorder, psychosis, and spiritual experiences.
I am a somatic, mindfulness, and expressive arts-oriented trauma therapist. I specialize in working with men, creatives, artists, dancers, highly sensitive and neurodiverse people, couples, and members of the Jewish community who struggle with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addiction, life changes, and unwanted patterns. I believe these challenges often stem from unprocessed stress or unresolved trauma, sometimes passed down through families or repeated in relationships. My approach is evidence-supported, body-based, and relational, moving at your pace to help you feel safe and reconnect with yourself.
I am a somatic, mindfulness, and expressive arts-oriented trauma therapist. I specialize in working with men, creatives, artists, dancers, highly sensitive and neurodiverse people, couples, and members of the Jewish community who struggle with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addiction, life changes, and unwanted patterns. I believe these challenges often stem from unprocessed stress or unresolved trauma, sometimes passed down through families or repeated in relationships. My approach is evidence-supported, body-based, and relational, moving at your pace to help you feel safe and reconnect with yourself.
I believe in creating a unique and supportive environment where no topic is off limits. My approach in therapy is centered around each person’s individual needs. I focus energy in sessions on empowering clients through their process of self-transformation. You can rely on my authentic, interactive, and curious self to be with you as you navigate your own path of healing. I am here to talk with you, explore with you, feel with you, and at times, challenge you.
I believe in creating a unique and supportive environment where no topic is off limits. My approach in therapy is centered around each person’s individual needs. I focus energy in sessions on empowering clients through their process of self-transformation. You can rely on my authentic, interactive, and curious self to be with you as you navigate your own path of healing. I am here to talk with you, explore with you, feel with you, and at times, challenge you.
I work primarily with queer and trans folks, sex workers, people who use drugs, and others often misunderstood by traditional mental health systems. My approach is grounded in harm reduction, bodily autonomy, and the belief that what got you here deserves to be honored, not pathologized. Therapy with me might mean unpacking stigma, navigating relationships, or simply having a space where you don’t have to defend your experiences.
I work primarily with queer and trans folks, sex workers, people who use drugs, and others often misunderstood by traditional mental health systems. My approach is grounded in harm reduction, bodily autonomy, and the belief that what got you here deserves to be honored, not pathologized. Therapy with me might mean unpacking stigma, navigating relationships, or simply having a space where you don’t have to defend your experiences.
As a psychotherapist, my role is to help facilitate and support you, the client, in discovering, processing, and most importantly, deciding if changing some strategies you have needed to implement in negotiating your life is a next step in your treatment. It can take time to identify influencing factors in the problems experienced in life. Through the development of a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship, we will identify issues, if not already clear to you, and take action in the therapeutic relationship itself to develop the relational, emotional, and or behavioral skills you determine need to be the focus of your treatment.
As a psychotherapist, my role is to help facilitate and support you, the client, in discovering, processing, and most importantly, deciding if changing some strategies you have needed to implement in negotiating your life is a next step in your treatment. It can take time to identify influencing factors in the problems experienced in life. Through the development of a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship, we will identify issues, if not already clear to you, and take action in the therapeutic relationship itself to develop the relational, emotional, and or behavioral skills you determine need to be the focus of your treatment.
My approach is most effective for individuals who view insight as a key to growth and are curious about how past experiences shape their current behaviors. They tend to prefer open-ended and flexible therapy and enjoy being active participants in their journey. While they may experience symptoms associated with various mood and anxiety disorders, they also value focusing on enriching other parts of their lives essential to well-being, like building their self-esteem and improving their relationships.
My approach is most effective for individuals who view insight as a key to growth and are curious about how past experiences shape their current behaviors. They tend to prefer open-ended and flexible therapy and enjoy being active participants in their journey. While they may experience symptoms associated with various mood and anxiety disorders, they also value focusing on enriching other parts of their lives essential to well-being, like building their self-esteem and improving their relationships.
Stress and overwhelm can be signs of depression or anxiety. If you are grappling with procrastination, chronic lateness, disorganization, emotional outbursts, feelings of overwhelm, and shame, I can help you cultivate greater calm, gain control over your emotions, and improve your relationships.
By applying neurodiversity affirming principles to aspects from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) (and other therapy models) you will gain insights and learn ways to have healthier relationships with time and emotions, reducing chaos and enhancing your relationships.
Stress and overwhelm can be signs of depression or anxiety. If you are grappling with procrastination, chronic lateness, disorganization, emotional outbursts, feelings of overwhelm, and shame, I can help you cultivate greater calm, gain control over your emotions, and improve your relationships.
By applying neurodiversity affirming principles to aspects from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) (and other therapy models) you will gain insights and learn ways to have healthier relationships with time and emotions, reducing chaos and enhancing your relationships.
Life can be challenging, especially when you are perceived as different. The world can be truly rotten to people who are unique and it can lead to feelings of: shame, loneliness, anxiety, fear, and sadness. Please know that you are not alone in this. I offer a safer place where you can allow your authentic self to shine. Through our connection in therapy, we will explore your strengths and challenges. Using our relationship in session as a guide, you will have the opportunity to discover new insights and move towards your goals. My work centers on helping relationships and adults.
Life can be challenging, especially when you are perceived as different. The world can be truly rotten to people who are unique and it can lead to feelings of: shame, loneliness, anxiety, fear, and sadness. Please know that you are not alone in this. I offer a safer place where you can allow your authentic self to shine. Through our connection in therapy, we will explore your strengths and challenges. Using our relationship in session as a guide, you will have the opportunity to discover new insights and move towards your goals. My work centers on helping relationships and adults.
You’re described as “extremely self-aware” and you’ve always been the strong one. Yet, you still struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, overachievement, interpersonal relationships, shame, low self-worth, OCD, and dissociation. At the root of these issues are dysfunctional families, intergenerational trauma, and surviving oppressive systems as a marginalized person.
As a trauma therapist, my approach is direct, client-centered, and warm. I am known to meet clients where they are without judgment. I believe that you already have the innate wisdom you need to heal; I am just here to guide you.
You’re described as “extremely self-aware” and you’ve always been the strong one. Yet, you still struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, overachievement, interpersonal relationships, shame, low self-worth, OCD, and dissociation. At the root of these issues are dysfunctional families, intergenerational trauma, and surviving oppressive systems as a marginalized person.
As a trauma therapist, my approach is direct, client-centered, and warm. I am known to meet clients where they are without judgment. I believe that you already have the innate wisdom you need to heal; I am just here to guide you.
Hi, my name is Priya. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor licensed to work with clients in Texas. I have a M.S. in Counseling from the University of North Texas (2017), and a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Biology and Counseling from the University of North Texas (2010.) I am passionate about working with adults with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, perfectionism and imposter syndrome. It is one of my greatest joys in this line of work to see my clients shed years of feeling restricted, and to discover the joy and freedom they possess-to move into owning their own personal power and creating the life that works for them.
Hi, my name is Priya. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor licensed to work with clients in Texas. I have a M.S. in Counseling from the University of North Texas (2017), and a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Biology and Counseling from the University of North Texas (2010.) I am passionate about working with adults with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, perfectionism and imposter syndrome. It is one of my greatest joys in this line of work to see my clients shed years of feeling restricted, and to discover the joy and freedom they possess-to move into owning their own personal power and creating the life that works for them.
Lucy in the Peanuts cartoon once said, "to be happy you also have to be sad sometimes; then you're really happy." I agree! Life is about engagement with all of your feelings. How do you relate to your life? Are you finding challenges, aliveness, connection to self and others? Do you have a sense of meaning or is life just something to get through? Are you living or just existing? I strive to assist clients in being closer, more alive, connected, and vibrant, embracing the highs and the lows of life with more balance and acceptance.
Lucy in the Peanuts cartoon once said, "to be happy you also have to be sad sometimes; then you're really happy." I agree! Life is about engagement with all of your feelings. How do you relate to your life? Are you finding challenges, aliveness, connection to self and others? Do you have a sense of meaning or is life just something to get through? Are you living or just existing? I strive to assist clients in being closer, more alive, connected, and vibrant, embracing the highs and the lows of life with more balance and acceptance.
Understanding or changing our emotions, behaviors and relationships can be a difficult task to take on. Having the support of an unbiased perspective can help as we grow beyond the things that cause us discomfort. As a systems therapist, I understand the issues brought into the therapy in relation to the systems involved. Yes, that does mean talking about your parents and how the messages you received in your family have shaped you. It also means talking about the ways culture, race, sexuality, work environments and history affect the ways we feel and behave.
Understanding or changing our emotions, behaviors and relationships can be a difficult task to take on. Having the support of an unbiased perspective can help as we grow beyond the things that cause us discomfort. As a systems therapist, I understand the issues brought into the therapy in relation to the systems involved. Yes, that does mean talking about your parents and how the messages you received in your family have shaped you. It also means talking about the ways culture, race, sexuality, work environments and history affect the ways we feel and behave.
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What are the advantages of seeing a non-binary therapist?
Working with a non-binary therapist can offer unique benefits for individuals seeking support around gender identity. Therapists who personally identify as non-binary may bring both professional training and personal insight to their work, creating a therapeutic space that some clients may find more affirming and welcoming. These therapists often have specialized knowledge in areas such as gender-affirming care, gender dysphoria, and navigating family or social acceptance. They may also be particularly skilled in helping clients find additional resources, such as affirming healthcare providers or community-based supports that align with and affirm their identity.
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
The gender of your therapist can matter, depending on your individual comfort preferences and therapeutic goals. While therapy outcomes are often driven by the therapist’s methodology and the strength of the therapeutic relationship, many people feel more at ease working with a therapist who shares or understands their gender identity, which can enhance trust and improve therapy outcomes.
For clients who are non-binary or gender-diverse, working with a therapist of a similar identity may reduce the need to explain or justify their experiences and can increase the sense of being seen and understood. This dynamic may be especially important when addressing topics related to gender, sexuality, trauma, or relationships. Ultimately, what matters most is finding a therapist who is respectful and knowledgeable of your identity—regardless of their own gender.
For clients who are non-binary or gender-diverse, working with a therapist of a similar identity may reduce the need to explain or justify their experiences and can increase the sense of being seen and understood. This dynamic may be especially important when addressing topics related to gender, sexuality, trauma, or relationships. Ultimately, what matters most is finding a therapist who is respectful and knowledgeable of your identity—regardless of their own gender.
How can I find a non-binary therapist?
The Psychology Today online directory is a helpful tool for identifying therapists who identify as non-binary. You can use filters to search by identity markers as well as by clinical specialty, therapeutic approach, insurance accepted, session costs, and languages spoken to help ensure a good fit.
During an initial consultation or early sessions, consider asking about the therapist’s training in gender-affirming care, their experience with LGBTQ+ clients, and their therapeutic approach to identity-related topics. An effective therapist will be open and affirming in their responses. You can also look for credentials or continuing education in areas such as LGBTQ+ mental health, trauma-informed care, and intersectionality.
During an initial consultation or early sessions, consider asking about the therapist’s training in gender-affirming care, their experience with LGBTQ+ clients, and their therapeutic approach to identity-related topics. An effective therapist will be open and affirming in their responses. You can also look for credentials or continuing education in areas such as LGBTQ+ mental health, trauma-informed care, and intersectionality.