Therapists in West Lake Hills, TX

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 as an individual, parent, child, sibling, and partner.

Life transitions can be difficult to navigate with their anxiety and confusion. I believe this is where creativity and an open mind can be used in problem-solving for the unknown. As a therapist, I use a direct and authentic approach to help my clients gain the tools they are needing. Most of my clients experience anxiety, adjustment disorder, relationship issues, or are processing post COVID difficulties. I define my theoretical orientation as: Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy.

Accepting new clients 10/2023. As a holistic, trauma-informed clinician, I value my role as an opportunity to help people recognize their strengths, allow themselves to safely be vulnerable & feel hopeful for the future. The therapeutic process can be intimidating, so my approach is to make it collaborative and inviting. I have worked with children, teens and adults in both in-patient and outpatient settings. I've read many books and participated in several trainings, but you are the expert of your own life. If you'd like to see if we would be a good fit, send me a message. I offer evening hours both in-person and virtual sessions.

Therapy is a special relationship that fosters behavioral and thought changes while increasing personal growth through the creation of a secure environment. Through effective communication, therapeutic techniques, and positive support together we can work on the difficulties and struggles in your and your family's lives. I enjoy working with individuals and families struggling with a variety of issues. I specialize in anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, self-esteem and trauma. I have been working with children, adolescents and adults for the past 10 years in a variety of therapeutic settings.

Clients describe my therapeutic style as interactive, warm, and reassuring. It isn't easy to disclose personal challenges, but my clients have responded pretty quickly to my efforts to build rapport, explore issues, and experiment with solutions. Sometimes this work has been about learning new coping skills, and sometimes the work has been about digging deeply into the past to uproot old patterns that dampen the spirit. In my work with clients--whether individual or couples--I include a focus on integrating body awareness into the work of the heart and mind, so that more profound healing may take place.

If you’re sinking beneath the pressures of childcare, elder care, your career, or other personal pressures, I can help. If you've experienced a major loss or face a life-altering disease, I understand the anxiety and sadness. Let’s talk about how these challenges and work together to resolve your feelings of inadequacy, hopelessness and overwhelm. I would like you to help you overcome depression and anxiety, heal old hurts and foster new hopes and dreams. Don't settle for an unlived life.

Thank you for stopping by. For more info about my services, please visit www.MyAustinTherapist.com. As a psychologist, my goal is to help bring positive change to all aspects of your life and your future. It may be through helping you feel good again, improving your self-esteem, developing better relationships, leading a more rewarding life, or achieving your goals; to be empowered, cope with stress or help with identity development.

Counseling is a trusting relationship where someone is actively seeking help from a professional who is willing to help. My goal is to explore my client's needs for therapy. From there, I will try to find out what they might expect from therapy such as developing the mental/emotional strength necessary to relate well with others, making decisions about relationship or career issues, reducing anxiety, improving self-esteem, or decreasing depressive symptoms that make their day difficult. I will be honest and understanding. It is my hope that each and everyone finds happiness, peace, and hope.

Seeking support after the death of a loved one, or preparing for the death of a loved one, can be overwhelming. The focus of my work is to support individuals, families, couples, and children/teenagers when they are dealing with the challenges of loss due to an illness or other issues related to loss. I strive to help my clients cope with the difficult prospects of loss such as death, suicide, divorce, marital discord, terminal illness, chronic illness, job loss, and the challenges it brings to the client, and their family.

Trouble turning your brain off? Is your life not where you thought it would be by now? Does anxiety get in the way of truly connecting with others? I get it. I can help. I can give you the tools you need to finally take control of your life.

Are you overwhelmed? Anxious? Lonely? In emotional or even physical pain? Working hard to care for everyone else and coming up empty within yourself? Feeling isolated in the close relationship you care about most? Therapy offers a safe and confidential place to get some help to develop or perhaps rekindle a lively connection to yourself and your own dreams. If your relationship is suffering, it can help you regain the closeness and intimacy you once had and if you are parents help you nurture your own marriage while raising secure children.

I am a licensed psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with clients. My work is based upon my belief that human beings are inherently good and yet all too often adopt limiting belief systems and habitual behavioral patterns which keep us from realizing our true nature. I work with clients who wish to regain their balance and integrity and assist them in learning how to live the lives they intuitively know they are meant to live. Clients often present with depression, anxiety and/or relationship difficulties and seek to feel better and sustain more on-going joy, love, and harmony in their lives.

My goal is to support people in becoming their most authentic & loving selves. I have a particular interest in working with the LGBTQ+ community, and with transitions throughout adulthood. My philosophy is to offer "respectful psychotherapy - the freedom to express and explore your self".

Seeking support can be a challenging first step. My goal is to help ease you into experiencing the benefits of counseling; whether this is your first time ever attempting counseling or you find yourself in a time where a little helpful support could be just what you need. I provide a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where anyone can come and discover that relief is not far away. Counseling is instrumental in helping someone realize that they are not alone in their challenges. Together, I hope you will find that you do not have to carry your burdens alone.

If you or you adolescent child are struggling with the effects of life changing stressful and traumatic events, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, the death of a loved one, the breakup of a long term marriage or a once loving relationship and are seeking help to make your way through the chaos---consider archetypal psychotherapy to make meaning from the way we engage these traumatic difficulties and learn skills for transforming your approach to life. I provide Jungian Psychotherapy services for couples, adults and adolescents suffering, Trauma, Anxiety, PTSD, depression, grief, anger and loss of meaning in life.

Parenting consultations about adolescents and public talks to parent and other groups. Since January 2009, my weekly blog for Psychology Today: SURVIVING (YOUR CHILD'S) ADOLESCENCE, has received over 5 million reads. I have written 15 parenting books. The most recent are: SURVIVING YOUR CHILD'S ADOLESCENCE (Wiley, 2013), BOOMERANG KIDS (Sourcebooks, 2011), WHY GOOD KIDS ACT CRUEL (Sourcebooks, 2010), KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL STEPFATHERING (Barron's Educational series, 2010, second edition), STOP THE SCREAMING (Palgrave Macmillan,2009), THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), THE CONNECTED FATHER (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.) A complete list of my books: see my website: www.carlpickhardt.com

The need to feel less alone and to talk about your emotional reactions is even more important for enduring this time. Talking is one of the most underrated and most powerful coping skill we have. The act of talking in therapy helps people have more stamina to juggle all that is being demanded of people right now. I am taking every precaution to ensure my clients' safety and to provide quality therapy. All my sessions and my group are conducted by phone or Zoom. I am carefully monitoring the situation and will continue to practice in this manner until it is safe to return to office sessions.

New process group now forming. Tuesdays at 3pm starting in January. Please check in with me if you have questions. Relationships are powerful. They have the power to inspire us, help us grow, or they can smother and even damage us. We spend much of our time and energy engaged in relationships, tolerating, fixing, and avoiding relationships. I believe that relationships are powerful vehicles for change. As a psychotherapist, I offer a relationship that is warm, challenging, accepting, and personal where you can feel a full range of emotions, learn, grow, and attain your goals.

I help individuals and women persevere in times of stress. We look at your strengths and your life story and together we find a way to get you to a place of peace. I help individuals struggling with depression and anxiety. I also work with women who are experiencing postpartum depression, and anxiety. I strive to help individuals find healing, clarity, and direction during and after life transitions. Together we will help you find your life purpose and direction.