You may be someone who appears to have it together on the outside, yet privately feels anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted by the same painful patterns showing up again and again. Perhaps you find yourself taking care of everyone else’s needs while struggling to recognize your own. Maybe relationships feel harder than they should, self-doubt follows you even when you’re successful, or you carry a persistent sense that something is wrong with you despite all the evidence to the contrary. You may understand where these patterns come from and still find yourself unable to change them. Our struggles don’t happen in a vacuum. The ways we relate to ourselves and others are shaped by our earliest experiences, relationships, and adaptations. Many of the strategies that once helped you survive may now be limiting your ability to feel connected, authentic, and fully alive. My role is not to tell you what to do or offer quick fixes. Instead, I help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself with curiosity, compassion, and honesty. Together, we’ll explore the underlying patterns, emotions, and relational experiences that continue to influence your life today. My approach is grounded in attachment theory, psychodynamic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), AEDP, and trauma-informed care. I pay close attention to the therapeutic relationship itself because lasting change often happens through experiencing a different kind of relationship—one where you don’t have to hide parts of yourself, earn your worth, or navigate things alone. Therapy can help you move beyond simply managing symptoms. It can become a place to heal old wounds, develop greater self-compassion, build more fulfilling relationships, and create a life that feels more aligned with who you truly are.

When you meet with my team for your first session, you start a collaboration. We want to help reveal a version of you that you are comfortable with. The work starts with you and we help you start. Through multiple therapy disciplines, we embrace a comprehensive approach that can really affect the change you want. From there, we navigate decisions and people in your life from the past, present, and future. We merge all of our work together and help to give you the tools to move forward in your life. We match your needs and we can adapt to any style. Ultimately, we want you to be comfortable and get the most out of your life.

As a therapist with over 17 years of experience helping people who are struggling with a wide range of issues, I work to create an accepting and supportive environment where clients can feel comfortable sharing their personal concerns and struggles. Kasie "Fallon" Beasley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with over 6 years of experience working with adults and seniors in Houston, Texas, who are dealing with concerns related to stress, anxiety, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), life adjustment issues, boundaries, grief, and depression.

As an immigrant woman, I understand the many obstacles people can face when seeking mental health support. I aim to create a safe, nurturing space where clients of all backgrounds can thrive while receiving thoughtful support and care. Catherine Atkinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who is passionate about helping people become the best versions of themselves. She supports adolescents, adults, and families as they work through their unique challenges and build more fulfilling lives. Catherine focuses on anxiety, relationship concerns, family dynamics, and major life transitions.

I help people who are anxious, withdrawn, and or stuck to feel relief, connection, and motivation by using research-proven psychotherapy techniques that are acknowledged by mental & physical health organizations in the US and around the world. If you have found difficulty talking about your concerns, don't worry because there is a different way to work through your problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method that I use that allows the processing of events that are too complex to put into words or too emotionally intense to confront. Imagine being able to contain a problem in a secure container and having control over when to look at it and when to put it away. Progressively working on the issue will decrease your pain and set you free from negative thoughts, emotions, and physical distress that you may have associated with the problem.

Do you find yourself constantly taking care of everyone else’s needs while losing touch with your own? Do you worry more about how others feel than how you feel? Do you find yourself repeating relationship patterns you understand intellectually, but still struggle to change? Many of the people I work with have spent years adapting to the needs, emotions, or expectations of others. They may be the person who holds everything together, avoids conflict, works hard to keep relationships stable, or questions whether their own needs are valid. Over time, this can lead to feeling exhausted, disconnected, anxious, or unsure of who they are outside of the roles they have carried. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas, and I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating relational trauma, betrayal, family conflict, estrangement, emotionally difficult relationships, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life transitions. Some clients are healing after betrayal or rebuilding trust in a relationship. Others are working through the impact of emotionally immature family dynamics, childhood emotional neglect, or patterns that continue to affect their relationships today. My approach is trauma-informed, attachment-based, and relational. I believe that many of the struggles people experience today are connected to patterns that developed for a reason. The ways you respond, protect yourself, or relate to others often made sense based on what you experienced, even if those patterns are no longer helping you create the life and relationships you want. Together, we explore the patterns beneath the problem rather than focusing only on symptoms. We look at how your experiences have shaped your relationship with yourself and others, how you respond to conflict and closeness, and what gets in the way of feeling secure, connected, and fully yourself. I draw from evidence-based approaches, including attachment-focused therapy, Gottman Method couples therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and other trauma-focused approaches. Therapy is tailored to your individual experiences, goals, and needs, combining research-supported methods with a deeper understanding of your story. Therapy with me is a place where your experiences get to be understood, often in a way they may not have been before. You do not have to justify your needs, minimize your pain, or carry everything alone. Together, we can work toward understanding yourself more deeply, creating healthier patterns, and building relationships that feel more mutual, secure, and aligned with who you want to become.

Being truly listened to, attended to and responded to is a first for some folks. You might have been lucky enough to get some of this growing up and yet have become more isolated in recent years. That happens a lot. Or for a variety of reasons you may never have really received such attentive care. Either way, therapy provides a space and a relationship where you can get that kind of attention and some help to figure out when and where you lost track of yourself and your dreams or where your relationship derailed or at least began to lose its juice. Regaining that alive connection both to yourself and your loved ones is a big part of what we do in therapy. So how do we do this? Well, for starters we get curious about all parts of you. My experience is that we humans are beings of mind, body, and spirit (some part of our experience that goes beyond the body and brain). These three experiences of self and others are complex, always evolving, and vitally interconnected. So we welcome and attend to all of these ways of being, both in individual and couples work. What does that actually mean? This...while many therapists focus primarily on the mind and rely on the exchange of words and thoughts to effect change (that is the traditional approach taught in most graduate psychology programs), it is not always enough. It leaves too much of the whole person out of the room. We are embodied beings and feelings and sensations in our bodies are often where symptoms are felt and where lasting changes can occur. We are social beings too embedded in a web of human relationships and life in community. We are also an integral part of the natural world. Sometimes we are aware of being a part of something even larger, more than material. Good therapeutic works weaves in and among these various levels of human experience. Mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual concerns are more and more understood as being intimately related. A shift on one level can bring about profound changes in other areas of our lives. We start with the outer problems and inner signals calling for our attention first and often discover what other parts of ourselves may also need care. For you, this might mean exploring strong emotions that are interfering with your relationships and pursuit of your life goals. Or you may be experiencing a lack of feeling, or just a generalized low (depression) or uncomfortable high (anxiety) that keeps you from being your self at best - able to create a satisfying and meaningful life. Sometimes your body might bear the burden, and unexplainable physical symptoms may show us a way into unresolved inner conflicts, ungrieved losses, or the deep pain of feeling torn between how your life is now and how you want it to be. Other times you might just feel lost and empty even though things should be "ok" and you don't know why. In relationship work too there are common symptoms pointing the way in to our pain. Often we experience either fiery emotional overdrive with high conflict and lots of arguing or cold stony silence with a growing sense of distance between both partners. Sometimes we swing between these two states. Any of these patterns block the possibility of warm and connected interaction, good problem-solving, and satisfying physical and emotional intimacy. We start where you are as an individual or a pair. We aim for healing and growth in all these experiences of being human. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor, I have been practicing psychotherapy in a variety of public and private settings for 35 years. I am married (so I am walking the challenging long-term relationship road) and we have a grown daughter and son. Having lived in Austin since 1982, I know the community well. If I'm not currently a good fit for you, I'll be happy to help find someone who is.

As a queer, neurodivergent man, I understand the unique issues of identity exploration and mental health as they relate to intersectionality. Alec Leerburger-Mahl is a Licensed Marriage and (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)) and social worker with 7 years of experience. He is a supportive therapist who helps individuals struggling with anxiety, overthinking, or self-doubt, especially in the queer community. He offers a safe space to process emotions, tackle challenges, and build confidence. Whether it’s relationships, career stress, or self-advocacy, Alec works with clients to develop strategies for growth and resilience.

I help clients navigate stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship challenges, identity concerns, burnout, grief, and faith-related struggles. I work with teens managing academic and social pressures, adults balancing work and family demands, and individuals seeking clarity, emotional regulation, and healthier coping skills. My approach supports clients in building confidence, improving communication, breaking unhelpful patterns, and developing habits that lead to sustainable emotional and mental wellness. I provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed care that honors lived experiences, faith, and identity. I lead with empathy, authenticity, and respect, creating spaces where clients feel seen, heard, and valued. Therapy is collaborative, strengths-based, and grounded in trust, cultural understanding, and accountability. Clients begin by scheduling a consultation or completing an initial inquiry. This first step allows us to discuss goals, assess fit, and outline a clear path forward. From there, we collaboratively develop a treatment plan and begin sessions focused on growth, healing, and practical change.