Addiction Therapists in Bastrop, TX
Addiction recovery isn’t just about ending or controlling harmful behaviors - it’s planting and nurturing a new life; worth staying sober for.
Combining mindfulness-based therapies, self-awareness, and strengths-focused coaching with a deep respect for your unique story, I integrate holistic wellness, neuroscience, and personalized tools - ranging from nervous system regulation to self-compassion and positive psychology - to help you regain agency and feel at home in your own life.
Addiction recovery isn’t just about ending or controlling harmful behaviors - it’s planting and nurturing a new life; worth staying sober for.
Combining mindfulness-based therapies, self-awareness, and strengths-focused coaching with a deep respect for your unique story, I integrate holistic wellness, neuroscience, and personalized tools - ranging from nervous system regulation to self-compassion and positive psychology - to help you regain agency and feel at home in your own life.
I help individuals and families affected by addiction heal, reconnect, and move forward together.
In my confidential private practice counseling, I focus on solution based modules in hopes that you will become emotionally connected to yourself. I understand what anxiety and depression is. I offer a place of safety, absolute respect, and no judgement. In this safe, relaxed space you can let go of fears, resistance, become motivated and hopeful about your life & future with yourself and those that you love. The possibilities are endless and true happiness can happen when you are able to live at peace with yourself. My hope is to always hear someone smile.
I help individuals and families affected by addiction heal, reconnect, and move forward together.
In my confidential private practice counseling, I focus on solution based modules in hopes that you will become emotionally connected to yourself. I understand what anxiety and depression is. I offer a place of safety, absolute respect, and no judgement. In this safe, relaxed space you can let go of fears, resistance, become motivated and hopeful about your life & future with yourself and those that you love. The possibilities are endless and true happiness can happen when you are able to live at peace with yourself. My hope is to always hear someone smile.
In the midst of life's varied challenges – whether it be your mental health, the dynamics of relationships, the difficulty of addiction, to the echoes of trauma and past wounds – I am here to offer a sanctuary.
With a therapeutic approach that is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and places the individual at the forefront, I adapt my methods to resonate with each client's unique needs. Always, our collaboration will have your goals at its heart. My diverse experience encompasses aiding those with anxiety, depression, trauma, and those grappling with substance use.
In the midst of life's varied challenges – whether it be your mental health, the dynamics of relationships, the difficulty of addiction, to the echoes of trauma and past wounds – I am here to offer a sanctuary.
With a therapeutic approach that is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and places the individual at the forefront, I adapt my methods to resonate with each client's unique needs. Always, our collaboration will have your goals at its heart. My diverse experience encompasses aiding those with anxiety, depression, trauma, and those grappling with substance use.
Kelly Manuel Bastrop Counseling, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCDC
2 Endorsed
Bastrop, TX 78602
If you are struggling with life transitions and stress, hopelessness, confusion, sadness, or depression, anxiety, social functioning, behavioral changes, low self-worth, lack of confidence, trauma, grief and loss, if you or a loved one struggles with addiction, these are a few of the circumstances of which I have worked alongside.
I have been doing therapeutic work with all individuals, families and groups for over 8 years. My approach is relational. I have worked equally with populations throughout the lifespan, including children, teens, young adults, mid- life and older adults. I have training in trauma therapy, changing the way we think and behave, and on becoming more mindful.
If you are struggling with life transitions and stress, hopelessness, confusion, sadness, or depression, anxiety, social functioning, behavioral changes, low self-worth, lack of confidence, trauma, grief and loss, if you or a loved one struggles with addiction, these are a few of the circumstances of which I have worked alongside.
I have been doing therapeutic work with all individuals, families and groups for over 8 years. My approach is relational. I have worked equally with populations throughout the lifespan, including children, teens, young adults, mid- life and older adults. I have training in trauma therapy, changing the way we think and behave, and on becoming more mindful.
Chris Gongaware
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate , MA, NCC, LPC-A, LMFT-A
Bastrop, TX 78602
You're probably at a loss and don't know what to do next. Whether it's from loss, a hurt, or confusion, let's get you the help you need.
Too many men are struggling. Most of my clients have problems with a lack of purpose and meaning. Many others come to me with relationship problems, not knowing how to date or be in a relationship. Many also come because they are struggling with the demands of life.
Whether it's because of a past injury that hasn't healed, or not knowing what do moving forward, I promise we can find a solution for you together. I've helped countless men through tough circumstances. Let's find a way forward for you.
You're probably at a loss and don't know what to do next. Whether it's from loss, a hurt, or confusion, let's get you the help you need.
Too many men are struggling. Most of my clients have problems with a lack of purpose and meaning. Many others come to me with relationship problems, not knowing how to date or be in a relationship. Many also come because they are struggling with the demands of life.
Whether it's because of a past injury that hasn't healed, or not knowing what do moving forward, I promise we can find a solution for you together. I've helped countless men through tough circumstances. Let's find a way forward for you.
I will put you, the client, your life goals first and help you reach them. We will work together as a team, identifying your goals and using the modalities that I have trained in. I will help you learn tools relevant to your grow. These tools have helped me on my own growth journey as well as the clients that I have worked with. I believe in the value of connecting to the body as a way of healing developmental trauma. This trauma could be manifesting in different ways, physically, mentally, emotionally or a combination of all. My work is grounded in psychological theory, evidence-based practices and incorporates mindfulness.
I will put you, the client, your life goals first and help you reach them. We will work together as a team, identifying your goals and using the modalities that I have trained in. I will help you learn tools relevant to your grow. These tools have helped me on my own growth journey as well as the clients that I have worked with. I believe in the value of connecting to the body as a way of healing developmental trauma. This trauma could be manifesting in different ways, physically, mentally, emotionally or a combination of all. My work is grounded in psychological theory, evidence-based practices and incorporates mindfulness.
I specialize in attachment and self-esteem, substance misuse, parenting conflicts/difficulties, and situational adjustments.
I try to co-create an environment of safety and post-crisis growth for my clients. I believe strongly that there are no malfunctioning or dysfunctional people or families; that we are all doing the best we can with what life has dealt us.
I specialize in attachment and self-esteem, substance misuse, parenting conflicts/difficulties, and situational adjustments.
I try to co-create an environment of safety and post-crisis growth for my clients. I believe strongly that there are no malfunctioning or dysfunctional people or families; that we are all doing the best we can with what life has dealt us.
If you are seeking support in any of the following areas, I can help: anxiety • depression • loneliness • grief • trauma • relational challenges • ocd • adhd • career challenges • substance use • family issues • technology dependence • work-life balance • processing difficult moods & emotions • resilience • communication • acceptance (of self & others) • healthy boundaries.
I am a therapist who has been licensed for 17 years and has been a Certified Addictions-Informed Professional (CAIMHP), Certified Complex PTSD & Trauma Professional (CCTP-II) & a Certified Arts & Healing Practitioner (UCLA) & former ADHD Professional, & Certified DBT Provider. I utilize: ACT, CBT, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, IFS, & Narrative Therapy.
If you are seeking support in any of the following areas, I can help: anxiety • depression • loneliness • grief • trauma • relational challenges • ocd • adhd • career challenges • substance use • family issues • technology dependence • work-life balance • processing difficult moods & emotions • resilience • communication • acceptance (of self & others) • healthy boundaries.
I am a therapist who has been licensed for 17 years and has been a Certified Addictions-Informed Professional (CAIMHP), Certified Complex PTSD & Trauma Professional (CCTP-II) & a Certified Arts & Healing Practitioner (UCLA) & former ADHD Professional, & Certified DBT Provider. I utilize: ACT, CBT, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, IFS, & Narrative Therapy.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
I bring ten-plus years of recovery and experience in addiction and trauma work.
I believe healing begins when we honestly face our dependencies and make space for our real feelings. My work centers on trauma-informed care and compassionate, focused counseling that helps resolve the wounds that keep people stuck. Through this process, clients are supported in moving through trauma and toward greater freedom, connection, and growth.
I bring ten-plus years of recovery and experience in addiction and trauma work.
I believe healing begins when we honestly face our dependencies and make space for our real feelings. My work centers on trauma-informed care and compassionate, focused counseling that helps resolve the wounds that keep people stuck. Through this process, clients are supported in moving through trauma and toward greater freedom, connection, and growth.
I’m proud of you for looking into taking care of yourself and your mental health through a therapeutic relationship. It can be intimidating to start therapy! Rest assured, you will set the pace in a comfortable, safe place. You can know you’re working with a therapist with 30 years experience working with clients overcoming trauma, including domestic violence & sexual, emotional, & physical abuse, as well as neglect. If you want to explore issues with your grief, your relationship, your polyamory family, your LGBTQIA+ identity & relationships, your first responder career, depression and/or anxiety, let’s chat. You truly deserve it.
I’m proud of you for looking into taking care of yourself and your mental health through a therapeutic relationship. It can be intimidating to start therapy! Rest assured, you will set the pace in a comfortable, safe place. You can know you’re working with a therapist with 30 years experience working with clients overcoming trauma, including domestic violence & sexual, emotional, & physical abuse, as well as neglect. If you want to explore issues with your grief, your relationship, your polyamory family, your LGBTQIA+ identity & relationships, your first responder career, depression and/or anxiety, let’s chat. You truly deserve it.
Specialties include relational issues; men and women suffering with depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive behaviors, sexual dysfunctions, relational problems, sexual abuse, parenting difficulties, PTSD, and co-occurring substance use problems.
If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, confused, powerless, helpless to control life issues, a healthy first step toward realizing positive change in your life, is to invest in therapy. By discovering your strengths, gifts, and unique perception, we can begin utilizing these attributes toward effective thoughtful problem solving and decision making behaviors.
Specialties include relational issues; men and women suffering with depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive behaviors, sexual dysfunctions, relational problems, sexual abuse, parenting difficulties, PTSD, and co-occurring substance use problems.
If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, confused, powerless, helpless to control life issues, a healthy first step toward realizing positive change in your life, is to invest in therapy. By discovering your strengths, gifts, and unique perception, we can begin utilizing these attributes toward effective thoughtful problem solving and decision making behaviors.
Whether you're questioning your relationship with substances, returning to recovery, or simply tired of carrying it alone, we'll move at a pace that feels honest, compassionate, and sustainable.
You don't want to be defined by your worst moments. Maybe you're exhausted from making the same promises to yourself and watching them fall apart. Maybe you're tired of feeling controlled by things that once helped but now leave you feeling stuck, ashamed, or disconnected from the person you want to be. If you're ready for something different, therapy can be a place to stop judging yourself and start understanding what's keeping you there.
Whether you're questioning your relationship with substances, returning to recovery, or simply tired of carrying it alone, we'll move at a pace that feels honest, compassionate, and sustainable.
You don't want to be defined by your worst moments. Maybe you're exhausted from making the same promises to yourself and watching them fall apart. Maybe you're tired of feeling controlled by things that once helped but now leave you feeling stuck, ashamed, or disconnected from the person you want to be. If you're ready for something different, therapy can be a place to stop judging yourself and start understanding what's keeping you there.
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming, and you may find yourself carrying stress, uncertainty, or challenges that are difficult to manage alone. Whether you are navigating life transitions, emotional stress, personal growth, or the pressures that can come with work, family, school, or athletics, you deserve a space where you feel heard and supported. I provide a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where individuals including athletes and high-performing professionals can explore their experiences, build resilience, and develop healthier coping strategies. When you feel ready, I am here to walk alongside you!
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming, and you may find yourself carrying stress, uncertainty, or challenges that are difficult to manage alone. Whether you are navigating life transitions, emotional stress, personal growth, or the pressures that can come with work, family, school, or athletics, you deserve a space where you feel heard and supported. I provide a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where individuals including athletes and high-performing professionals can explore their experiences, build resilience, and develop healthier coping strategies. When you feel ready, I am here to walk alongside you!
You've figured out how to keep going. You show up, meet your responsibilities, and present well — because you do, mostly. But there's something underneath that doesn't match the outside. A low hum of anxiety you can't quite explain. Exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. A coping habit — overworking, numbing, staying constantly busy — built around something you've never fully named. You're not falling apart. You're just tired of managing something alone that you can't seem to think your way out of. That's where this work begins.
You've figured out how to keep going. You show up, meet your responsibilities, and present well — because you do, mostly. But there's something underneath that doesn't match the outside. A low hum of anxiety you can't quite explain. Exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. A coping habit — overworking, numbing, staying constantly busy — built around something you've never fully named. You're not falling apart. You're just tired of managing something alone that you can't seem to think your way out of. That's where this work begins.
Addiction recovery isn’t just about ending or controlling harmful behaviors - it’s planting and nurturing a new life; worth staying sober for.
Combining mindfulness-based therapies, self-awareness, and strengths-focused coaching with a deep respect for your unique story, I integrate holistic wellness, neuroscience, and personalized tools - ranging from nervous system regulation to self-compassion and positive psychology - to help you regain agency and feel at home in your own life.
Addiction recovery isn’t just about ending or controlling harmful behaviors - it’s planting and nurturing a new life; worth staying sober for.
Combining mindfulness-based therapies, self-awareness, and strengths-focused coaching with a deep respect for your unique story, I integrate holistic wellness, neuroscience, and personalized tools - ranging from nervous system regulation to self-compassion and positive psychology - to help you regain agency and feel at home in your own life.
Is your nervous system constantly overwhelmed, and do you find yourself emotionally flooded in many situations? Your body stays in survival mode, even after the danger is gone and this can feel like anxiety, shutdown, irritability, numbness, feeling on edge. Your nervous system learns to scan for threat instead of safety. Your healing involves helping the body relearn regulation, safety, and flexibility so it can move out of survival and back into connection and balance. We understand this is not a personal failure—it’s the body doing its best to survive. Our therapists are here to help gently retrain & restore your nervous system.
Is your nervous system constantly overwhelmed, and do you find yourself emotionally flooded in many situations? Your body stays in survival mode, even after the danger is gone and this can feel like anxiety, shutdown, irritability, numbness, feeling on edge. Your nervous system learns to scan for threat instead of safety. Your healing involves helping the body relearn regulation, safety, and flexibility so it can move out of survival and back into connection and balance. We understand this is not a personal failure—it’s the body doing its best to survive. Our therapists are here to help gently retrain & restore your nervous system.
You may look like you have it all together, but inside, you’re overwhelmed by anxiety, OCD, and perfectionism. Intrusive thoughts, constant worry, and the pressure to get everything “just right” can leave you feeling stuck, behind, and disconnected from who you truly are. You’re tired of second-guessing yourself and just getting through the day. It may feel like things will never change—but with the right support, they can. You can manage anxiety, build confidence, and create a "new normal" rooted in calm, clarity, and self-trust.
You may look like you have it all together, but inside, you’re overwhelmed by anxiety, OCD, and perfectionism. Intrusive thoughts, constant worry, and the pressure to get everything “just right” can leave you feeling stuck, behind, and disconnected from who you truly are. You’re tired of second-guessing yourself and just getting through the day. It may feel like things will never change—but with the right support, they can. You can manage anxiety, build confidence, and create a "new normal" rooted in calm, clarity, and self-trust.
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I understand the unique and often complex issues that arise from serving communities and country, including depression, addiction, grief, loss, and trauma.
I offer somatic processing, a unique and gentle approach to processing trauma using a professional massage chair in session when appropriate for the client.
I understand the unique and often complex issues that arise from serving communities and country, including depression, addiction, grief, loss, and trauma.
I offer somatic processing, a unique and gentle approach to processing trauma using a professional massage chair in session when appropriate for the client.
Somewhere along the way we may have sought out external things to achieve this goal: drugs, alcohol, relationships, jobs, social circles, money, status, etc.
I am deeply committed to helping men and women overcome addiction, heal trauma and thrive in the face of mood disorders. I am a Clinical Social Worker who utilizes trauma-informed Psychotherapy and EMDR therapy to help clients experience authentic transformation. I use a compassionate and direct approach with my clients to promote healing and connection.
Somewhere along the way we may have sought out external things to achieve this goal: drugs, alcohol, relationships, jobs, social circles, money, status, etc.
I am deeply committed to helping men and women overcome addiction, heal trauma and thrive in the face of mood disorders. I am a Clinical Social Worker who utilizes trauma-informed Psychotherapy and EMDR therapy to help clients experience authentic transformation. I use a compassionate and direct approach with my clients to promote healing and connection.
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Addiction Therapists
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.