Women's Issues Therapists in Buda, TX
Healing the whole person — mind, body, and soul, guided by faith.
I’m a Catholic-Christian therapist who offers faith-integrated, holistic counseling for individuals and couples seeking emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. My approach combines evidence-based therapy with the wisdom of Christian tradition, helping clients find healing that honors the mind, body, and soul.
I believe we’re created as whole persons — body and spirit — and that lasting growth involves nurturing both.
Healing the whole person — mind, body, and soul, guided by faith.
I’m a Catholic-Christian therapist who offers faith-integrated, holistic counseling for individuals and couples seeking emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. My approach combines evidence-based therapy with the wisdom of Christian tradition, helping clients find healing that honors the mind, body, and soul.
I believe we’re created as whole persons — body and spirit — and that lasting growth involves nurturing both.
Hi! I have been practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas for almost 17 years. I received my Masters degree in counseling from St. Edwards University. I am eager to provide a safe space for you to process life's daily struggles and help you achieve your goals. Seeking help through therapy is the first step in improving your life!
Hi! I have been practicing as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas for almost 17 years. I received my Masters degree in counseling from St. Edwards University. I am eager to provide a safe space for you to process life's daily struggles and help you achieve your goals. Seeking help through therapy is the first step in improving your life!
After 7 years as a teacher and school counselor, I now serve as a Licensed Professional Counselor. My background is founded on a passion for working with teens, guiding them as they navigate the tumultuous period of adolescence. I offer a safe, non-judgmental place to support personal growth. Older adolescents are offered more privileges in privacy; however, I ensure that parents remain frequently updated and well-informed. Play therapy is also my passion—a research-based modality for working with younger children.
After 7 years as a teacher and school counselor, I now serve as a Licensed Professional Counselor. My background is founded on a passion for working with teens, guiding them as they navigate the tumultuous period of adolescence. I offer a safe, non-judgmental place to support personal growth. Older adolescents are offered more privileges in privacy; however, I ensure that parents remain frequently updated and well-informed. Play therapy is also my passion—a research-based modality for working with younger children.
Let's face it. Life is hard. But, you don't have to deal with it alone!
I’m Kat, a dedicated marriage and family therapist - associate committed to supporting all walks of life on their own journey towards growth and change. My approach is rooted in empathy and collaboration, and I believe that every person has the capacity for change and resilience. The more energy you put into this process, the more you will get out of it. So let's get to work!
Let's face it. Life is hard. But, you don't have to deal with it alone!
I’m Kat, a dedicated marriage and family therapist - associate committed to supporting all walks of life on their own journey towards growth and change. My approach is rooted in empathy and collaboration, and I believe that every person has the capacity for change and resilience. The more energy you put into this process, the more you will get out of it. So let's get to work!
"I believe in people and their desire to be in balance. My best clients are the ones who are ready to make the decision to experience therapy as a tool in their self-discovery and healing process. I want to help them believe that change is possible no matter how their lives have been affected by emotional & mental problems, trauma, and multiple painful experiences. I am here to help you learn how to create your own balance and harmony and achieve order out of chaos making your life more meaningful."
"I believe in people and their desire to be in balance. My best clients are the ones who are ready to make the decision to experience therapy as a tool in their self-discovery and healing process. I want to help them believe that change is possible no matter how their lives have been affected by emotional & mental problems, trauma, and multiple painful experiences. I am here to help you learn how to create your own balance and harmony and achieve order out of chaos making your life more meaningful."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." I believe we are all at the forefront of our own inner battles. Maybe you're struggling in relationships or with anxiety and you want deeper, healthier and more authentic life experiences. Or maybe you're on the healing path from past abusive relationships, trauma, and/or sexual assault/abuse and you want to feel confidence and empowerment.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." I believe we are all at the forefront of our own inner battles. Maybe you're struggling in relationships or with anxiety and you want deeper, healthier and more authentic life experiences. Or maybe you're on the healing path from past abusive relationships, trauma, and/or sexual assault/abuse and you want to feel confidence and empowerment.
Welcome! I offer a supportive space where you can explore life’s challenges, deepen self-understanding, and move toward greater wholeness. I support individuals navigating trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and a variety of life transitions. With a background in postpartum doula work, I’m especially interested in working with perinatal and postpartum women and couples, as well as navigating the dynamics of family life.
Welcome! I offer a supportive space where you can explore life’s challenges, deepen self-understanding, and move toward greater wholeness. I support individuals navigating trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and a variety of life transitions. With a background in postpartum doula work, I’m especially interested in working with perinatal and postpartum women and couples, as well as navigating the dynamics of family life.
I support clients by integrating relational healing, spirituality, and grief work to examine client's lived experience with the goal of overcoming hardships making space for more joy, wellness, and love. I have experience supporting clients with depression and anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions.
I provide culturally responsive and LGBTQ inclusive and affirming services. I recognize that cultural identity and generational history are a source of strength and invite these resources into therapeutic practice.
I support clients by integrating relational healing, spirituality, and grief work to examine client's lived experience with the goal of overcoming hardships making space for more joy, wellness, and love. I have experience supporting clients with depression and anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions.
I provide culturally responsive and LGBTQ inclusive and affirming services. I recognize that cultural identity and generational history are a source of strength and invite these resources into therapeutic practice.
Counseling is a space where you don’t have to pretend everything is okay or hide what you’re going through. You do that enough in other areas of your life. You do not have to repeat those patterns here. Click on my website to book a consultation to get started. My goal is to work together to reclaim your life through talk and connection by affirming your needs, identity and beliefs while supporting you to make informed decisions about therapy.
Counseling is a space where you don’t have to pretend everything is okay or hide what you’re going through. You do that enough in other areas of your life. You do not have to repeat those patterns here. Click on my website to book a consultation to get started. My goal is to work together to reclaim your life through talk and connection by affirming your needs, identity and beliefs while supporting you to make informed decisions about therapy.
Seeking therapy means taking the first step to putting your needs and mental health first. Doing something for you. I help clients who want to invest in themselves by helping them achieve optimal mental health so they can be the best version of themselves and feel more balanced. I hold space for you, and am of support to those navigating mental health symptoms, life changes, and transitions. I use a collaborative and empowering approach to help you get to where you want to be.
Seeking therapy means taking the first step to putting your needs and mental health first. Doing something for you. I help clients who want to invest in themselves by helping them achieve optimal mental health so they can be the best version of themselves and feel more balanced. I hold space for you, and am of support to those navigating mental health symptoms, life changes, and transitions. I use a collaborative and empowering approach to help you get to where you want to be.
Waking up to a new day, but it's like déjà vu all over again. The daily grind feels more like an endless loop of the same old routine, and despite the wins, something's missing. It's like living in Groundhog Day, minus the comedy. Behind the scenes, there's a tug of war happening. Success? Check. Anxiety? Triple check. It's a weird mix of "I'm doing okay" and "What am I doing with my life?" that's hard to ignore. Want to find meaning in the midst of the chaos? Learn to stop avoiding the "boogie monster", stop people pleasing, gain perspective, and set boundaries for yourself. Get in the driver's seat again. I see and hear you!
Waking up to a new day, but it's like déjà vu all over again. The daily grind feels more like an endless loop of the same old routine, and despite the wins, something's missing. It's like living in Groundhog Day, minus the comedy. Behind the scenes, there's a tug of war happening. Success? Check. Anxiety? Triple check. It's a weird mix of "I'm doing okay" and "What am I doing with my life?" that's hard to ignore. Want to find meaning in the midst of the chaos? Learn to stop avoiding the "boogie monster", stop people pleasing, gain perspective, and set boundaries for yourself. Get in the driver's seat again. I see and hear you!
You may be feeling weighed down by anxiety, anger, grief, or a lack of confidence. Life transitions—whether loss, divorce, separation, foster care, or even new beginnings—can leave children, teens, and adults struggling to adjust. Parents often feel lost in navigating school systems, while some adults may be searching for ways to manage stress, strengthen relationships, or find balance in daily life. Deep down, you want clarity, support, and the chance to feel steady and confident again.
You may be feeling weighed down by anxiety, anger, grief, or a lack of confidence. Life transitions—whether loss, divorce, separation, foster care, or even new beginnings—can leave children, teens, and adults struggling to adjust. Parents often feel lost in navigating school systems, while some adults may be searching for ways to manage stress, strengthen relationships, or find balance in daily life. Deep down, you want clarity, support, and the chance to feel steady and confident again.
Women experience many unique stressors. We face outside pressures from society, family, and friends about how we should act, look, or feel. Are you are in a crisis situation, going through a separation/divorce, struggling with the demands of school, peer pressure, parenting and/or step parenting? Do you feel like you don't have the strength to handle it all or that you have lost yourself in the process.
Women experience many unique stressors. We face outside pressures from society, family, and friends about how we should act, look, or feel. Are you are in a crisis situation, going through a separation/divorce, struggling with the demands of school, peer pressure, parenting and/or step parenting? Do you feel like you don't have the strength to handle it all or that you have lost yourself in the process.
You or your child's anxiety and neurodiversity are getting the best of you. Other people don't seem to understand or "get" it. You may have sensory sensitivities, rejection vulnerability, or challenges with executive function. And then if you also have experienced things like trauma or have depression or anxiety, it can feel very overwhelming. I get it, as an AuDHDer (Autism and ADHD) myself, I've dealt with this before, and I'm here to help. I’m Amy, and I’m a counselor in Buda, TX, specializing in kids, teens, and adults with histories of trauma, anxiety, and neurodiversity/ADHD.
You or your child's anxiety and neurodiversity are getting the best of you. Other people don't seem to understand or "get" it. You may have sensory sensitivities, rejection vulnerability, or challenges with executive function. And then if you also have experienced things like trauma or have depression or anxiety, it can feel very overwhelming. I get it, as an AuDHDer (Autism and ADHD) myself, I've dealt with this before, and I'm here to help. I’m Amy, and I’m a counselor in Buda, TX, specializing in kids, teens, and adults with histories of trauma, anxiety, and neurodiversity/ADHD.
I am a relational therapist who works with children, individuals, couples, and families to address and achieve self-set goals. I offer a safe and inclusive space, perspective, tools and support for those seeking sustainable and stable change. My only personal goal for my clients are to be healthy individuals in healthy relationships.
I also offer supervision to associate level LMFT's who are accruing hours toward full licensure.
I am a relational therapist who works with children, individuals, couples, and families to address and achieve self-set goals. I offer a safe and inclusive space, perspective, tools and support for those seeking sustainable and stable change. My only personal goal for my clients are to be healthy individuals in healthy relationships.
I also offer supervision to associate level LMFT's who are accruing hours toward full licensure.
You may feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking, or unsure how to trust yourself. Maybe ADHD, emotional intensity, executive-function struggles, or family stress are part of the picture. Parents often reach out when their child has big feelings, anxiety, or difficulty adjusting to changes like divorce or loss. Clients want life to feel more manageable, relationships easier to navigate, and to feel calmer, more confident, and more like themselves.
You may feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking, or unsure how to trust yourself. Maybe ADHD, emotional intensity, executive-function struggles, or family stress are part of the picture. Parents often reach out when their child has big feelings, anxiety, or difficulty adjusting to changes like divorce or loss. Clients want life to feel more manageable, relationships easier to navigate, and to feel calmer, more confident, and more like themselves.
You're already feeling overwhelmed and things continue piling up. You question whether your unhappiness is situational or if it has something to do with your past. You want to feel better, but life seems out of balance and you feel hopeless. You need help getting back on track and sorting through what is contributing to your low mood, anxious thoughts, or troubled sleep.
You're already feeling overwhelmed and things continue piling up. You question whether your unhappiness is situational or if it has something to do with your past. You want to feel better, but life seems out of balance and you feel hopeless. You need help getting back on track and sorting through what is contributing to your low mood, anxious thoughts, or troubled sleep.
My approach to therapy is interpersonal and collaborative. I strive to develop a strong therapeutic alliance that will allow us to achieve your treatment goals. I have a strong interest in multicultural issues and working with diverse populations. For me, diversity not only consists of race or ethnicity but also consists of sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, age, and a myriad of other characteristics that make an individual unique. I integrate your personal history (narrative) and solution-focused goals to develop a treatment plan in order to facilitate growth and change you wish to see in your life.
My approach to therapy is interpersonal and collaborative. I strive to develop a strong therapeutic alliance that will allow us to achieve your treatment goals. I have a strong interest in multicultural issues and working with diverse populations. For me, diversity not only consists of race or ethnicity but also consists of sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, age, and a myriad of other characteristics that make an individual unique. I integrate your personal history (narrative) and solution-focused goals to develop a treatment plan in order to facilitate growth and change you wish to see in your life.
Laurie Heatherly-Prater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
1.) Are you feeling stuck? Stressed? Overwhelmed with anxiety? Having difficulty with life transitions? 2.) Do you suffer from insomnia? Are you ready to get back control of your sleep? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the most effective insomnia treatment. Seventy-eight percent of individuals who try CBT-I get significantly better quality of sleep. I can provide you with a structured and short-term plan to help you retrain your sleep schedule and feel like yourself again. My passion is to listen to you, work together to increase self-awareness, establish goals, and assist you in navigating life's challenges.
1.) Are you feeling stuck? Stressed? Overwhelmed with anxiety? Having difficulty with life transitions? 2.) Do you suffer from insomnia? Are you ready to get back control of your sleep? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the most effective insomnia treatment. Seventy-eight percent of individuals who try CBT-I get significantly better quality of sleep. I can provide you with a structured and short-term plan to help you retrain your sleep schedule and feel like yourself again. My passion is to listen to you, work together to increase self-awareness, establish goals, and assist you in navigating life's challenges.
If you're feeling uncertain, noticing a shift in what once brought you happiness, or struggling to balance caring for others with taking care of yourself, you're not alone. These feelings are incredibly common, and it’s okay to feel lost at times. I’m here to support you in navigating these challenges with compassion and understanding.
It can be overwhelming when you’re trying to be everything to everyone, and sometimes it feels like there’s no room left for your own well-being. In therapy, we’ll work together to help you rediscover your sense of self, honor your emotions, and find ways to regain balance in your life.
If you're feeling uncertain, noticing a shift in what once brought you happiness, or struggling to balance caring for others with taking care of yourself, you're not alone. These feelings are incredibly common, and it’s okay to feel lost at times. I’m here to support you in navigating these challenges with compassion and understanding.
It can be overwhelming when you’re trying to be everything to everyone, and sometimes it feels like there’s no room left for your own well-being. In therapy, we’ll work together to help you rediscover your sense of self, honor your emotions, and find ways to regain balance in your life.
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Nearby Women's Issues Therapists Searches for Buda
- Austin
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- Del Valle
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- Kyle
- Lockhart
- Manchaca
- Rollingwood
- San Marcos
- Sunset Valley
- West Lake Hills
- Wimberley
Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.