Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in West Lake Hills, TX
It takes courage to seek help and it is important to feel heard, understood and safe in the therapy relationship. I focus on building a strong relationship with the client that allows us to explore areas of concern and start the healing process. My belief in the capacity to change thinking patterns, emotional reactions and behaviors helps clients identify strengths, gain insight and help develop coping strategies. We work with therapeutic resources to help families, couples and individuals accomplish their goals.
It takes courage to seek help and it is important to feel heard, understood and safe in the therapy relationship. I focus on building a strong relationship with the client that allows us to explore areas of concern and start the healing process. My belief in the capacity to change thinking patterns, emotional reactions and behaviors helps clients identify strengths, gain insight and help develop coping strategies. We work with therapeutic resources to help families, couples and individuals accomplish their goals.
I work with adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking, emotionally drained, or weighed down by anxiety and stress. Many are navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, burnout, or feeling disconnected from themselves or others. My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. Together, we'll explore patterns that may be keeping you stuck while building tools to help you feel more grounded, gain clarity, and move through life with greater confidence, balance, and self-understanding.
I work with adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking, emotionally drained, or weighed down by anxiety and stress. Many are navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, burnout, or feeling disconnected from themselves or others. My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. Together, we'll explore patterns that may be keeping you stuck while building tools to help you feel more grounded, gain clarity, and move through life with greater confidence, balance, and self-understanding.
My approach integrates relational psychoanalysis, Internal Family Systems, EMDR & clinical hypnotherapy—with particular attention to how the self is made of many parts/states.
You may be naturally reflective and articulate—and yet something feels distant, muted, or just out of reach. I work with thoughtful, introspective adults navigating dissociation, identity concerns and experiences that resist easy explanation: depersonalization/derealization (DP/DR), spiritual or near-death experiences, and other encounters that changed everything but left few roadmaps. My style is depth-oriented (yet practical & highly intentional), collaborative, and a bit unconventional—I bring in science, metaphor & the occasional film reference to make psychological experiences feel more real and less isolating.
My approach integrates relational psychoanalysis, Internal Family Systems, EMDR & clinical hypnotherapy—with particular attention to how the self is made of many parts/states.
You may be naturally reflective and articulate—and yet something feels distant, muted, or just out of reach. I work with thoughtful, introspective adults navigating dissociation, identity concerns and experiences that resist easy explanation: depersonalization/derealization (DP/DR), spiritual or near-death experiences, and other encounters that changed everything but left few roadmaps. My style is depth-oriented (yet practical & highly intentional), collaborative, and a bit unconventional—I bring in science, metaphor & the occasional film reference to make psychological experiences feel more real and less isolating.
Are you a self-motivated person, finding yourself watching videos on topics such as shame, thought patterns, romantic relationships, and navigating friendships? Do you feel yourself becoming increasingly frustrated or entangled in questions about your self-worth or the state of the world? Do you believe in your capacity and resilience to learn new behaviors and heal, provided you have appropriate guidance and support to organize and make sense of the thoughts and information swirling in your head?
Are you a self-motivated person, finding yourself watching videos on topics such as shame, thought patterns, romantic relationships, and navigating friendships? Do you feel yourself becoming increasingly frustrated or entangled in questions about your self-worth or the state of the world? Do you believe in your capacity and resilience to learn new behaviors and heal, provided you have appropriate guidance and support to organize and make sense of the thoughts and information swirling in your head?
I often use NARM, SE, Coherence Therapy, Existential therapy, and parts work ( IFS)
I specialize in supporting people whom others rely on: leaders, medical professionals, caregivers; those suffering from the impacts of complex trauma and PTSD; & those integrating a late-life, non-stereotypical autism diagnosis.
You’ve spent a lifetime being dependable for others, but now you feel like you’re running on empty. Trauma isn’t always one event—it can be years of carrying responsibility, loss, or stress without relief. You may look steady while inside you feel anxious, exhausted, or disconnected. Together we will untangle survival patterns, reconnect with the body, and find new ways of living that feel authentic.
I often use NARM, SE, Coherence Therapy, Existential therapy, and parts work ( IFS)
I specialize in supporting people whom others rely on: leaders, medical professionals, caregivers; those suffering from the impacts of complex trauma and PTSD; & those integrating a late-life, non-stereotypical autism diagnosis.
You’ve spent a lifetime being dependable for others, but now you feel like you’re running on empty. Trauma isn’t always one event—it can be years of carrying responsibility, loss, or stress without relief. You may look steady while inside you feel anxious, exhausted, or disconnected. Together we will untangle survival patterns, reconnect with the body, and find new ways of living that feel authentic.
I am dedicated to helping individuals of all ages and abilities navigate life's challenges with compassion. Empowering clients to set meaningful goals and achieve personal growth regardless of barriers and circumstance is my passion. My approach to therapy is grounded in the belief that mental health is deeply connected to the wellbeing of our bodies, homes, relationships and society. Whether you're facing transitions, coping with ongoing stressors, or struggling to find a sense of purpose, I offer gentle support and specific strategies to enhance your quality of life.
I am dedicated to helping individuals of all ages and abilities navigate life's challenges with compassion. Empowering clients to set meaningful goals and achieve personal growth regardless of barriers and circumstance is my passion. My approach to therapy is grounded in the belief that mental health is deeply connected to the wellbeing of our bodies, homes, relationships and society. Whether you're facing transitions, coping with ongoing stressors, or struggling to find a sense of purpose, I offer gentle support and specific strategies to enhance your quality of life.
Hi, I’m Brooke! I am passionate about educating clients to understand their thoughts and behavioral patterns better and learn healthy boundary setting with self and others to build resiliency. As a person-centered therapist, I believe that therapy is a collaborative journey with my clients. On that journey I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Interpersonal Neurobiology as framework and tools to support understanding, learning, and internal shifts that result in sustainable relational and behavioral changes. I offer an honest, directive, and authentic approach, and my goal is to provide a warm and engaging environment.
Hi, I’m Brooke! I am passionate about educating clients to understand their thoughts and behavioral patterns better and learn healthy boundary setting with self and others to build resiliency. As a person-centered therapist, I believe that therapy is a collaborative journey with my clients. On that journey I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Interpersonal Neurobiology as framework and tools to support understanding, learning, and internal shifts that result in sustainable relational and behavioral changes. I offer an honest, directive, and authentic approach, and my goal is to provide a warm and engaging environment.
It is my goal to foster a welcoming, nurturing, and trusting space in which you feel safe and supported in exploring your true, authentic self. It is my intention to be a point of support, a guide, and an advocate. My approach in working with clients is relational and can be described as person-centered, meaning you are the sole expert on your own life and experiences.
The majority of my professional therapeutic experience is within the long term inpatient psychiatric setting. In this space, I spent time with adults experiencing a wide range of debilitating psychiatric symptoms, including delusional thoughts, psychosis, and mania.
It is my goal to foster a welcoming, nurturing, and trusting space in which you feel safe and supported in exploring your true, authentic self. It is my intention to be a point of support, a guide, and an advocate. My approach in working with clients is relational and can be described as person-centered, meaning you are the sole expert on your own life and experiences.
The majority of my professional therapeutic experience is within the long term inpatient psychiatric setting. In this space, I spent time with adults experiencing a wide range of debilitating psychiatric symptoms, including delusional thoughts, psychosis, and mania.
As a family therapist specializing in Internal Family Systems, or IFS, I seek to help individuals, couples, and families to explore, hear, and heal all the important, and often unrecognized, parts of themselves which influence every reaction and every choice.
I founded Westlake Family Counseling as a supportive space for expert therapy care designed to meet you where you are, with room for creativity and personal expression. All beliefs and ways of life are honored, and individualized treatment options, such as art and sand tray therapy, are available to help you tap into your own deep well of understanding.
As a family therapist specializing in Internal Family Systems, or IFS, I seek to help individuals, couples, and families to explore, hear, and heal all the important, and often unrecognized, parts of themselves which influence every reaction and every choice.
I founded Westlake Family Counseling as a supportive space for expert therapy care designed to meet you where you are, with room for creativity and personal expression. All beliefs and ways of life are honored, and individualized treatment options, such as art and sand tray therapy, are available to help you tap into your own deep well of understanding.
A particular passion of mine, present throughout my life, has been fostering healthy relationships. I have served in multiple roles within mental health, including crisis management, inpatient psychiatry, and therapy. In every context, one thing continues to ring true- your relationship to yourself is the foundation to your relationship with others.
A particular passion of mine, present throughout my life, has been fostering healthy relationships. I have served in multiple roles within mental health, including crisis management, inpatient psychiatry, and therapy. In every context, one thing continues to ring true- your relationship to yourself is the foundation to your relationship with others.
I often use DBT, IFS, mindfulness, and relational and trauma-informed approaches in my work.
Do you often feel overwhelmed, scattered, or like you’re constantly fighting an uphill battle to keep up with daily life? Maybe you’ve struggled to set and achieve goals, manage your time, or stay organized, and you’re tired of hearing that you’re just “lazy” or “unmotivated.” Living with ADHD can feel isolating and frustrating, but it doesn’t have to define your story. In my practice, we focus on more than just the challenges of ADHD. Together, we’ll identify your strengths, break down barriers, and help you build the life you want. Through education and support, you can move from feeling powerless to feeling empowered and capable.
I often use DBT, IFS, mindfulness, and relational and trauma-informed approaches in my work.
Do you often feel overwhelmed, scattered, or like you’re constantly fighting an uphill battle to keep up with daily life? Maybe you’ve struggled to set and achieve goals, manage your time, or stay organized, and you’re tired of hearing that you’re just “lazy” or “unmotivated.” Living with ADHD can feel isolating and frustrating, but it doesn’t have to define your story. In my practice, we focus on more than just the challenges of ADHD. Together, we’ll identify your strengths, break down barriers, and help you build the life you want. Through education and support, you can move from feeling powerless to feeling empowered and capable.
I offer online EMDR therapy, online IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy, somatic therapy, and ketamine-assisted therapy and integration.
I work with high-functioning women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and couples struggling with anxiety, codependency, trauma bonds, attachment trauma, self-abandonment, and exhausting relationship patterns. Clients often feel stuck in unhealthy relationship cycles and nervous system dysregulation. This therapy is for people who are ready to stop people-pleasing, set healthier boundaries, and create more balanced relationships where their needs matter too. Clients often report improved boundaries, reduced anxiety, healthier relationships, increased self-trust, and lasting shifts in long-standing emotional patterns.
I offer online EMDR therapy, online IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy, somatic therapy, and ketamine-assisted therapy and integration.
I work with high-functioning women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and couples struggling with anxiety, codependency, trauma bonds, attachment trauma, self-abandonment, and exhausting relationship patterns. Clients often feel stuck in unhealthy relationship cycles and nervous system dysregulation. This therapy is for people who are ready to stop people-pleasing, set healthier boundaries, and create more balanced relationships where their needs matter too. Clients often report improved boundaries, reduced anxiety, healthier relationships, increased self-trust, and lasting shifts in long-standing emotional patterns.
Are relationship dynamics, family tension, or the patterns you keep repeating leaving you feeling stuck and disconnected from who you truly are? Whether the struggle is personal, between partners, or felt across the whole family, it rarely exists in isolation — and neither should the solution. You don't have to untangle it alone, and you don't have to choose between getting help as an individual or getting help together. In addition to individual therapy, I specialize in couples and family therapy, helping you gain deeper insight into your patterns and become more of who you truly are.
Are relationship dynamics, family tension, or the patterns you keep repeating leaving you feeling stuck and disconnected from who you truly are? Whether the struggle is personal, between partners, or felt across the whole family, it rarely exists in isolation — and neither should the solution. You don't have to untangle it alone, and you don't have to choose between getting help as an individual or getting help together. In addition to individual therapy, I specialize in couples and family therapy, helping you gain deeper insight into your patterns and become more of who you truly are.
Arielle Sokoll-Ward
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, CCTP-II
8 Endorsed
West Lake Hills, TX 78746
I create a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where you can safely explore hard emotions, build deeper self-understanding, and move toward greater resilience and authenticity. Using a grief-informed and trauma-informed approach, my goal is for you to leave each session feeling more grounded, supported, and empowered.
I specialize in grief, loss, and bereavement, as well as trauma and PTSD. I also have extensive experience supporting clients navigating eating disorders, chronic illness, the LGBTQIA+ community, sexual violence, anxiety and depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
I create a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where you can safely explore hard emotions, build deeper self-understanding, and move toward greater resilience and authenticity. Using a grief-informed and trauma-informed approach, my goal is for you to leave each session feeling more grounded, supported, and empowered.
I specialize in grief, loss, and bereavement, as well as trauma and PTSD. I also have extensive experience supporting clients navigating eating disorders, chronic illness, the LGBTQIA+ community, sexual violence, anxiety and depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
Kelly Conaway, LCSW @ Evolve Psychiatry
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
West Lake Hills, TX 78746
Do you handle everything on the outside but quietly wonder why it still doesn't feel like enough? Whether you're facing anxiety, depression, a major life transition, or relationship tension that keeps resurfacing, you don't need to be in crisis to deserve support. You just need to be curious about yourself and willing to show up honestly — I'll meet you there.
Do you handle everything on the outside but quietly wonder why it still doesn't feel like enough? Whether you're facing anxiety, depression, a major life transition, or relationship tension that keeps resurfacing, you don't need to be in crisis to deserve support. You just need to be curious about yourself and willing to show up honestly — I'll meet you there.
My name is Bruno Lepore, MA, LPCS. I am a psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Mediator, and a Certified Critical Incident Debriefing facilitator. I am trained to use a variety of compassionate and empirically validated interventions, including EMDR, Internal Family System, hypnosis, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and acceptance commitment therapy. These modalities are proven to help patients cope with a variety of problems and crises. My approach to treatment is collaborative, solution-oriented, and interactive.
My name is Bruno Lepore, MA, LPCS. I am a psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Mediator, and a Certified Critical Incident Debriefing facilitator. I am trained to use a variety of compassionate and empirically validated interventions, including EMDR, Internal Family System, hypnosis, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and acceptance commitment therapy. These modalities are proven to help patients cope with a variety of problems and crises. My approach to treatment is collaborative, solution-oriented, and interactive.
At Austin Bilingual Therapy, you will find a safe and trusting place to explore your concerns. Through nurturing, curiosity and playfulness, you will become aware of what keeps you from believing, feeling or doing what you want to reach in life. I see myself as a companion to you or to your family and children in this journey that is life. I feel honored that you are choosing me to be a witness to your growth.
My work experience has prepared me to work with a wide range of issues including but not limited to shock and developmental trauma, parenting issues, domestic violence and sexual abuse and career exploration.
At Austin Bilingual Therapy, you will find a safe and trusting place to explore your concerns. Through nurturing, curiosity and playfulness, you will become aware of what keeps you from believing, feeling or doing what you want to reach in life. I see myself as a companion to you or to your family and children in this journey that is life. I feel honored that you are choosing me to be a witness to your growth.
My work experience has prepared me to work with a wide range of issues including but not limited to shock and developmental trauma, parenting issues, domestic violence and sexual abuse and career exploration.
Hi and Welcome! I'm grateful you're taking the time to explore what connecting with me may be like. I was twenty-something when life taught me strong relationships are the key to health and well-being. Neuroscience has proven this true and we now know that we are inherently wired for connection on a neurobiological level. Connection isn’t a luxury, it’s essential to our survival. Ironically, it’s connection that can also be the source of our most profound pain and suffering. No matter how deep the hurt or how great the loss, things can shift when we feel seen, heard, and understood by another. We heal in connection with others.
Hi and Welcome! I'm grateful you're taking the time to explore what connecting with me may be like. I was twenty-something when life taught me strong relationships are the key to health and well-being. Neuroscience has proven this true and we now know that we are inherently wired for connection on a neurobiological level. Connection isn’t a luxury, it’s essential to our survival. Ironically, it’s connection that can also be the source of our most profound pain and suffering. No matter how deep the hurt or how great the loss, things can shift when we feel seen, heard, and understood by another. We heal in connection with others.
I have worked in private practice as a psychologist for over thirty years. Most of my clients find my “explore-in-the-moment” approach refreshing and transformational. By distinguishing old coping patterns from new experience and encouraging clients to explore rather than explain themselves, personal development naturally unfolds. This approach offers clients the opportunity to explore at the edge of the unknown and beyond the world they know. The unknown is the source of all change and the known is the past.
I have worked in private practice as a psychologist for over thirty years. Most of my clients find my “explore-in-the-moment” approach refreshing and transformational. By distinguishing old coping patterns from new experience and encouraging clients to explore rather than explain themselves, personal development naturally unfolds. This approach offers clients the opportunity to explore at the edge of the unknown and beyond the world they know. The unknown is the source of all change and the known is the past.
My primary therapies of choice are IFS and ACT.
Often, when we experience abuse, trauma, or hardship we learn the best way to protect ourselves is to put on a mask, hide, pretend or please others. We find safety in these coping mechanisms and after a while we lose sight of who we really are. But that real person is still there waiting for the day you're ready to do more than survive. This is where I come in. My calling is to aid those who are scared to be seen find the freedom to fully know, understand and reclaim who they truly are, as well as, build fully authentic and connected relationships with others.
My primary therapies of choice are IFS and ACT.
Often, when we experience abuse, trauma, or hardship we learn the best way to protect ourselves is to put on a mask, hide, pretend or please others. We find safety in these coping mechanisms and after a while we lose sight of who we really are. But that real person is still there waiting for the day you're ready to do more than survive. This is where I come in. My calling is to aid those who are scared to be seen find the freedom to fully know, understand and reclaim who they truly are, as well as, build fully authentic and connected relationships with others.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists
What is Internal Family Systems therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of talk therapy that focuses on sub-personalities, or “families,” within a person, which may be made up of wounded parts and unpleasant emotions like anger and shame. These sub-personalities can come into conflict with each other and with an individual’s core Self, leaving the person feeling detached from positive traits such as the “8 C’s” of confidence, calmness, creativity, clarity, curiosity, courage, compassion, and connectedness. By healing a patient’s wounded parts, a therapist aims to restore balance and bring on positive change.
How does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
An IFS therapist will work with a patient to identify their particular sub-personalities, recognize the emotions powering them, and release them. By doing so, the patient should become more able to address any underlying problems their sub-personalities may have been trying to protect them from. Ultimately, a patient discovers ways to manage internal and external conflicts on their own, through techniques such as relaxation exercises, journaling, and making charts depicting the relationships between their core Self and their distinct parts.
Does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
IFS therapy has been shown to help people address conditions such as depression, anxiety, panic, fears and phobias, trauma, and substance use disorders. Some research has also found that it can help individuals deal with symptoms of physical health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, such as pain, everyday functioning, depressive feelings, and low self-compassion. There are some conditions for which IFS treatment, specifically discussions of one’s “parts,” may be less appropriate, such as schizophrenia or other states that involve psychosis or paranoia.
How long does Internal Family Systems therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for IFS therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core concepts of IFS, some patients quickly make progress. While experiences vary, most will find that it is a relatively longer-term therapy, involving months and sometimes years of sessions.