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Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
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Whitney McCray

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

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Houston, TX 77007
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From NICU to Hospice, clients need validation, understanding, and permission to reconnect with their super-powers: strengths and talents which may be buried under unexpected stressors. By reviewing where you are, and where you want to be, we can chip away at these stressors together. By listening to, gently challenging, and empowering clients to review what skills, strengths, and new goals they seek, processing leads to the client's independent success, calm, and joy. I follow the client, not the other way around. By hearing and understanding goals, I align treatment options to empower clients through processing and new goals.
I am a clinician with 20 years empowering individuals to attain and sustain wellness. By identifying your existing strengths, we partner to add coping skills and tools to improve happiness, wellness, communication, and quality of life. I am also an experienced career counselor, able to review career goals, resume, cover letter development, and networking.
You deserve wellness and quality of life, regardless of challenges and stressors. You have the right to feel good about yourself. Take the opportunity to drop the heaviness that unnecessarily burdens you. So many of us learned to place others first. I hope to remind you that there is no greater priority than your own health and self-care.
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My Practice at a Glance

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Texas Houston Austin DFW

Houston, TX 77007

Austin, TX 78701

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I offer virtual telehealth sessions via video. I am available in the evenings Mon-Thurs. Private pay LA/FL and some Texas insurance accepted
I specialize in Anxiety, Caregivers and Career Counseling 
$125 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals and couples  
Connect with Whitney McCray
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

My Practice at a Glance

Waitlist. Contact to join the list for online therapy.

Texas Houston Austin DFW

Houston, TX 77007

Austin, TX 78701

My website
I offer virtual telehealth sessions via video. I am available in the evenings Mon-Thurs. Private pay LA/FL and some Texas insurance accepted
I specialize in Anxiety, Caregivers and Career Counseling 
$125 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals and couples  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $125
  • Couple Sessions $150

Payment Methods

Paypal, Venmo

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • Cigna and Evernorth
  • Optum
  • Oxford
  • Quest Behavioral Health
  • United Medical Resources (UMR)
  • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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I accept private pay in FL, LA. Private pay and in-network for some insurance TX with prescreening via Headway.
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Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.
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I accept private pay in FL, LA. Private pay and in-network for some insurance TX with prescreening via Headway.
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Texas / 40955 Whitney Ann McCRAY

    • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 22 years
  • Attended Tulane School of Social Work, Masters of Social Work, Graduated 2004

    • Additional Credentials

  • License: FLORIDA 24788 / 2025
  • License: LOUISIANA 14486 / 2016
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I have over 20 years of clinical experience helping adults in various life stages with mental illness, depression, anxiety, grief, and stressors. I have academic appointments for training students in clinical settings. Also licensed in AZ, FL, LA, MS private pay.
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Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.
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I have over 20 years of clinical experience helping adults in various life stages with mental illness, depression, anxiety, grief, and stressors. I have academic appointments for training students in clinical settings. Also licensed in AZ, FL, LA, MS private pay.
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Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Anxiety
  • Caregivers
  • Career Counseling

Expertise

  • Chronic Illness
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Geriatric and Seniors
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Stress
  • Veterans
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I work with clients who are seeking to overcome stressors which have distracted or shifted them away from better quality of life. During our sessions we will explore barriers to achieving best outcomes, and ways to alter these barriers. In a few sessions most clients can identify what they can fix, and how to achieve sustained wellness. Uncovering clients' strengths leads to overcoming roadblocks.
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.
"
I work with clients who are seeking to overcome stressors which have distracted or shifted them away from better quality of life. During our sessions we will explore barriers to achieving best outcomes, and ways to alter these barriers. In a few sessions most clients can identify what they can fix, and how to achieve sustained wellness. Uncovering clients' strengths leads to overcoming roadblocks.
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.

Endorsement

Tracy Elam
Tracy Elam
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
A deeply empathetic, skilled LCSW who brings both warmth and strong clinical knowledge to their work. Her expertise truly shines.

Client Focus

Age

Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples

Age

Adults , 
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals , 
Couples

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Family Systems
  • Humanistic
  • Interpersonal
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Music Therapy
  • Person-Centered
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Strength-Based
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Treatment is tailored to your needs. I typically use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, both seek to identify how thoughts may affect your emotions, often revealing thought distortions we learn growing up, or from unhealthy patterns. By listening and gently challenging or identifying these patterns, we can decide the best ways to help you make gradual changes and progress.
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.
"
Treatment is tailored to your needs. I typically use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, both seek to identify how thoughts may affect your emotions, often revealing thought distortions we learn growing up, or from unhealthy patterns. By listening and gently challenging or identifying these patterns, we can decide the best ways to help you make gradual changes and progress.
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
with questions.

Location

Primary Location

Texas Houston Austin DFW

Houston, TX 77007

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Additional Location

Austin, TX 78701

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I offer virtual telehealth sessions via video. I am available in the evenings Mon-Thurs. Private pay LA/FL and some Texas insurance accepted
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
"
I offer virtual telehealth sessions via video. I am available in the evenings Mon-Thurs. Private pay LA/FL and some Texas insurance accepted
Photo of Whitney McCray, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Whitney McCray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S