Sex-Positive, Kink Allied Therapists in Austin, TX
Dual licensed in Texas and New York. Want to ease the weight of worry? Feeling overwhelmed by the challenges and/or relationships in your life? If you are depleted by stress, anxiety, or troubled relationships in your life, Spyglass Counseling is here to help. I offer presence and purpose in my work with clients. We will come together to learn more about who you are and what you need to restore balance and peace. With this insight, we will identify meaningful steps to take to create change. You will always be met with compassion and understanding in our therapy space, regardless of what brings you in.
Dual licensed in Texas and New York. Want to ease the weight of worry? Feeling overwhelmed by the challenges and/or relationships in your life? If you are depleted by stress, anxiety, or troubled relationships in your life, Spyglass Counseling is here to help. I offer presence and purpose in my work with clients. We will come together to learn more about who you are and what you need to restore balance and peace. With this insight, we will identify meaningful steps to take to create change. You will always be met with compassion and understanding in our therapy space, regardless of what brings you in.
My desire is to work with anyone who is ready to heal from the hurts of their past. I want to help you discover and appreciate the inner strength and resilience that has brought you this far, and release the defensive and coping mechanisms that are no longer working for you.
My desire is to work with anyone who is ready to heal from the hurts of their past. I want to help you discover and appreciate the inner strength and resilience that has brought you this far, and release the defensive and coping mechanisms that are no longer working for you.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. So who do you ultimately want to be? What is going on in your life to cause stress or strife? What can we change or take out to improve things? Are you communicating effectively with your adolescent or loved ones? Life can throw many different obstacles that cause stress, anxiety, depression, and a breakdown of relationships. One of the hardest relationships for parents or caregivers can be the one with their teenager. As a marriage and family therapist I take a look at your entire life and not just the person itself to facilitate change.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. So who do you ultimately want to be? What is going on in your life to cause stress or strife? What can we change or take out to improve things? Are you communicating effectively with your adolescent or loved ones? Life can throw many different obstacles that cause stress, anxiety, depression, and a breakdown of relationships. One of the hardest relationships for parents or caregivers can be the one with their teenager. As a marriage and family therapist I take a look at your entire life and not just the person itself to facilitate change.
Jenny Goldstein
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78704 (Online Only)
Over the course of my career, I have worked with various populations of child, teen, and adult clients in the mental health field. I can honestly say that I love what I do and have always found a unique way to connect with each client. I believe it is important to view each person who I meet with an intersectional and unbiased lens and to construct a treatment plan and therapy style for each client that is in line with not just their specific mental health needs, but their personality, sense of humor, and personal values.
Over the course of my career, I have worked with various populations of child, teen, and adult clients in the mental health field. I can honestly say that I love what I do and have always found a unique way to connect with each client. I believe it is important to view each person who I meet with an intersectional and unbiased lens and to construct a treatment plan and therapy style for each client that is in line with not just their specific mental health needs, but their personality, sense of humor, and personal values.
**Now supporting clients in Texas and Minnesota** I believe walking into therapy is one of the bravest gifts you can give yourself. I try to create a calm, safe environment for clients. My style is relational, warm, kind, and encouraging which makes it easy for my clients to relax. I have a genuine, down-to-earth personality and I speak to clients in much the same way that I would talk to a friend or any other person in my life. I am not just a “smile and nod” therapist nor am I just going to stare at you until you start talking. I much prefer to roll up my sleeves and “sit in the suck” with you to make real progress.
**Now supporting clients in Texas and Minnesota** I believe walking into therapy is one of the bravest gifts you can give yourself. I try to create a calm, safe environment for clients. My style is relational, warm, kind, and encouraging which makes it easy for my clients to relax. I have a genuine, down-to-earth personality and I speak to clients in much the same way that I would talk to a friend or any other person in my life. I am not just a “smile and nod” therapist nor am I just going to stare at you until you start talking. I much prefer to roll up my sleeves and “sit in the suck” with you to make real progress.
Vicki Rene Padilla
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78745 (Online Only)
I am licensed in Texas and Florida. Virtual Only. Seeking a therapist can stir up all sorts of questions. "Will this person understand what I have going on in my life?" "Will I connect and trust this person with the events of my life?" "Will I feel safe to reveal some of the emotions that I am feeling?" "Is this person a good fit for me?" Therapy provides a space for you to connect and trust yourself to get to those answers. Let's build awareness to be able to recognize your values, needs and strengths in your personal and professional relationships.
I am licensed in Texas and Florida. Virtual Only. Seeking a therapist can stir up all sorts of questions. "Will this person understand what I have going on in my life?" "Will I connect and trust this person with the events of my life?" "Will I feel safe to reveal some of the emotions that I am feeling?" "Is this person a good fit for me?" Therapy provides a space for you to connect and trust yourself to get to those answers. Let's build awareness to be able to recognize your values, needs and strengths in your personal and professional relationships.
As a therapist, I specialize in working with young adults and couples who are navigating sexual health, life transitions, anxiety, family dynamics, and relationships. I take a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Existential approach, and CBT that also weaves in a focus on client strengths and narratives. I tend to have a more direct approach with my clients, while also adding in humor and a space that allows for support and strength. I am an avid ally of the LGTBQIA+ community and am able to create an environment that empowers and upholds clients as who they are!
As a therapist, I specialize in working with young adults and couples who are navigating sexual health, life transitions, anxiety, family dynamics, and relationships. I take a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Existential approach, and CBT that also weaves in a focus on client strengths and narratives. I tend to have a more direct approach with my clients, while also adding in humor and a space that allows for support and strength. I am an avid ally of the LGTBQIA+ community and am able to create an environment that empowers and upholds clients as who they are!
Susan Gonzales—Neurodivergence•Couples•Stress•Men
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78746
Are you tired, overwhelmed, or stressed? Let’s face it—life is stressful! Your kid is having a tantrum in the middle of the store, your boss is breathing down your neck, and you and your partner keep having the same arguments on repeat. Anxiety sucks up energy, makes us irritable, and weakens our immune systems. All of this leaves you feeling frustrated, hopeless, and exhausted. Therapy can help you gain practical tools for improving communication in your relationship, understanding your emotions, and coping with stress. Couples therapy. Family counseling. Parent coaching. Group therapy for men. Not sure where to turn? Call now.
Are you tired, overwhelmed, or stressed? Let’s face it—life is stressful! Your kid is having a tantrum in the middle of the store, your boss is breathing down your neck, and you and your partner keep having the same arguments on repeat. Anxiety sucks up energy, makes us irritable, and weakens our immune systems. All of this leaves you feeling frustrated, hopeless, and exhausted. Therapy can help you gain practical tools for improving communication in your relationship, understanding your emotions, and coping with stress. Couples therapy. Family counseling. Parent coaching. Group therapy for men. Not sure where to turn? Call now.
Lindsay Schneeberger
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MA, NCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78746
Do you have a really hard time being kind to yourself especially when you mess up or are feeling inadequate? Maybe your anxiety is loud and you find yourself living in your head a lot, future tripping, and missing out on being present and connected to the stuff you care about. Maybe body image issues have been pulling you down since you were a teen. On the outside it looks that you have it all together, but internally, you feel like you're falling short, failing, and not doing enough. Without effective skills, these challenges can take a toll on well-being and can make life smaller and smaller and more and more restrictive.
Do you have a really hard time being kind to yourself especially when you mess up or are feeling inadequate? Maybe your anxiety is loud and you find yourself living in your head a lot, future tripping, and missing out on being present and connected to the stuff you care about. Maybe body image issues have been pulling you down since you were a teen. On the outside it looks that you have it all together, but internally, you feel like you're falling short, failing, and not doing enough. Without effective skills, these challenges can take a toll on well-being and can make life smaller and smaller and more and more restrictive.
Yazmina Lopez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78731 (Online Only)
Are you feeling overwhelmed, juggling multiple roles/responsibilities, facing changes in your life, managing a chronic condition, or experienced traumatic events? Do you want to experience more balance in your life, feel heard and understood, and get relief from physical and emotional pain? I'd be honored to assist you. I specialize in supporting adults/older adults with trauma, grief/loss, chronic illness, life changes, depression, anxiety and navigating intersecting identities, including caregiving, immigrant/multicultural, queer, gender diverse, neurodivergent, and nontraditional experiences.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, juggling multiple roles/responsibilities, facing changes in your life, managing a chronic condition, or experienced traumatic events? Do you want to experience more balance in your life, feel heard and understood, and get relief from physical and emotional pain? I'd be honored to assist you. I specialize in supporting adults/older adults with trauma, grief/loss, chronic illness, life changes, depression, anxiety and navigating intersecting identities, including caregiving, immigrant/multicultural, queer, gender diverse, neurodivergent, and nontraditional experiences.
Josephine Bibby
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78704 (Online Only)
I believe that people change when we feel safe. Through a genuine and trust-centered therapy relationship, my job is to create room for exploration and self-acceptance so that my clients’ lives can improve. Many of my clients have difficult family relationships, struggle with boundaries, and are working on finding love from within, rather than externally. I help them discover how to create a life with more love, patience, and peace.
I believe that people change when we feel safe. Through a genuine and trust-centered therapy relationship, my job is to create room for exploration and self-acceptance so that my clients’ lives can improve. Many of my clients have difficult family relationships, struggle with boundaries, and are working on finding love from within, rather than externally. I help them discover how to create a life with more love, patience, and peace.
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LMFT-S
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78758 (Online Only)
Now Offering ESA Evaluations! See Website for more details! I help individuals struggling to find joy and satisfaction in life who may be lacking support from loved ones, feeling isolated from a community, and pressured to live a standard lifestyle. I do this by exploring your relationship with others and yourself and unpacking societal pressures and internalized barriers holding you back from authenticity and fulfillment. I believe everyone has the right to live a fulfilling and rewarding life. My values are rooted in authenticity, freedom, and respect. These values have driven my practice and work with my clients.
Now Offering ESA Evaluations! See Website for more details! I help individuals struggling to find joy and satisfaction in life who may be lacking support from loved ones, feeling isolated from a community, and pressured to live a standard lifestyle. I do this by exploring your relationship with others and yourself and unpacking societal pressures and internalized barriers holding you back from authenticity and fulfillment. I believe everyone has the right to live a fulfilling and rewarding life. My values are rooted in authenticity, freedom, and respect. These values have driven my practice and work with my clients.
Steve Jones
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, LCDC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78748 (Online Only)
My goal is to help individuals and couples 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.
My goal is to help individuals and couples 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 help people who are struggling to develop a strong sense of self worth. I often work with people exploring identity and self acceptance who are experiencing symptoms like high anxiety, depression, difficulty coping with stress, and intrusive negative thoughts. Some therapists focus only on the symptoms which can feel incomplete, but I listen deeply to hear what’s going on underneath to help you process the old stories and beliefs held within that are cutting you off from your true self.
I help people who are struggling to develop a strong sense of self worth. I often work with people exploring identity and self acceptance who are experiencing symptoms like high anxiety, depression, difficulty coping with stress, and intrusive negative thoughts. Some therapists focus only on the symptoms which can feel incomplete, but I listen deeply to hear what’s going on underneath to help you process the old stories and beliefs held within that are cutting you off from your true self.
Claudine Lucena
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78731 (Online Only)
I have a passion for working with multicultural identities and relationships, life transitions, relational stress and communication issues, grief and loss, creatives and artists, clients from immigrant backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ folks, and neurodivergent folks, ranging from adolescents and teens to adults. I work with clients looking to heal interpersonal relationships, break out of harmful relational patterns, explore meaning and purpose, and process difficult transitions.
I have a passion for working with multicultural identities and relationships, life transitions, relational stress and communication issues, grief and loss, creatives and artists, clients from immigrant backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ folks, and neurodivergent folks, ranging from adolescents and teens to adults. I work with clients looking to heal interpersonal relationships, break out of harmful relational patterns, explore meaning and purpose, and process difficult transitions.
Homero Lopez
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78744 (Online Only)
Hi, I’m glad that you made it. My name is Homer and I work with experiences that include anxiety, depression, and personality disorders. This can include Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder and Social Anxiety as well as Major Depressive Disorder. I follow the principle that we are all trying to do the best we can with what we have right now and sometimes we just need some support. To this end I do focus on experiences like borderline personality and trauma and how they impact and are impacted by our relationships.
Hi, I’m glad that you made it. My name is Homer and I work with experiences that include anxiety, depression, and personality disorders. This can include Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder and Social Anxiety as well as Major Depressive Disorder. I follow the principle that we are all trying to do the best we can with what we have right now and sometimes we just need some support. To this end I do focus on experiences like borderline personality and trauma and how they impact and are impacted by our relationships.
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.
Stephanie Páez (Bilingual)
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78701 (Online Only)
Are you currently in a position that feels uncomfortable? Perhaps you don’t know what else to do, you feel stuck, or are confused on what’s next? Life can get challenging at times, but you don’t have to feel that way forever.
Are you currently in a position that feels uncomfortable? Perhaps you don’t know what else to do, you feel stuck, or are confused on what’s next? Life can get challenging at times, but you don’t have to feel that way forever.
It’s my fault. I should have known better. I could have stopped it. If you are here you may have experienced sexual abuse as a child or someone has forced, tricked, or pressured you into something sexual. Your mind screamed no, but your voice remained silent. Fear paralyzed you. Memories are foggy, but haunting. You feel dirty, used and ashamed. You hate your body. Anxiety and sadness consume you. It feels like you have been torn to pieces and your power taken. Every decision and feeling is followed by confusion and doubt. Can I ever trust my instincts again? All you want is to forget it happened and move on with your life.
It’s my fault. I should have known better. I could have stopped it. If you are here you may have experienced sexual abuse as a child or someone has forced, tricked, or pressured you into something sexual. Your mind screamed no, but your voice remained silent. Fear paralyzed you. Memories are foggy, but haunting. You feel dirty, used and ashamed. You hate your body. Anxiety and sadness consume you. It feels like you have been torn to pieces and your power taken. Every decision and feeling is followed by confusion and doubt. Can I ever trust my instincts again? All you want is to forget it happened and move on with your life.
Challenge and change are parts of life, but the stories we tell ourselves about these experiences can create unnecessary pain and self-judgment. My goal is to support you in navigating these moments.
Challenge and change are parts of life, but the stories we tell ourselves about these experiences can create unnecessary pain and self-judgment. My goal is to support you in navigating these moments.
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