Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapists in Austin, TX

Welcome! My name is Danielle McGowan and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 18 years of clinical experience working with young adults, individuals, and families in their crisis, trauma, or desire for change. I specialize in adjustment, trauma, grief, anxiety, and understanding behavior patterns that are set from childhood and family systems. My most common practices include cognitive behavioral therapy, emotional-focused therapy, solution-focused, motivational interviewing, and grief work. I believe that the most memorable therapy connections are with the most hesitant or unsure individuals.

Being a teenager can be challenging, especially during a pandemic. Being isolated from friends, spending more time at home and going back to school are just a few stressors. I have learned through my own personal experiences, what it looks like to listen to a persons issues, needs and goals. I have experience both in my professional career as well as through my own mental health journey what it means to be a person who actively listens. I understand there are times when insight is needed but there is also value in having someone simply listen.

Seeking out therapy can be both a difficult and rewarding choice. Often clients come in with problems that are incredibly painful, stressful, and frightening. After working through their issues, clients are often surprised to find they have gained deep insight, compassion, joy, and wisdom for themselves and others. They often look back at their suffering and can view it as the "best problem of their life." I find turning difficult life circumstances into this best problem focus is the goal of therapy for many of my clients.

Is your child intense? Is your child highly emotional, willful, and gifted? Do you need some new ideas to connect with your child? Within each of us lies greatness: within your child, within you as a person, and as a parent. I can help you and your child access that greatness and nurture it. I work well with intense children who are struggling with behavioral and attention issues. I provide a safe and caring environment, often taking the therapy session outdoors for experiential activities.

My name is Irwin Tang, LPC, and I will help you change your life by changing your habits. I seek substantial results within the first weeks of counseling. I base my methods on proven cognitive-behavioral theory, but also less intuitive concepts like the pleasure principle. I am of course also happy to listen to you vent, complain, cry, and laugh.

Are you struggling to feel like you are just surviving? As a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, I am passionate about empowering individuals and walking together towards healing. With diverse experience and training to meet your needs, I would be honored to explore if I am the right fit for you!

Dr. El-Behadli is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based, family-centered care. She works with children, adolescents, and young adults struggling with anxiety, OCD, depression, suicidality, self-harm, and chronic illness or pain. She also works directly with parents in support of their children with these conditions. Dr. El-Behadli is experienced in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and family- and parent-based treatments, such as Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE).

Are you struggling with feelings of anxiety, depression, or overwhelming stress? Do you feel like you've lost your sense of purpose and direction in life? Alicia believes that everyone has the potential for growth, healing, and positive change. As a licensed master social worker, Alicia provides a safe, non-judgmental space for you to explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and work towards a more fulfilling and meaningful life. With over 10 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families, Alicia has a proven track record of helping clients overcome a wide range of mental health and life challenges.

We try to live lives that make sense and matter to us, but life changes can make you question who you are, what your life is about, your expectations for the future, and your relationships. I provide individual and couples therapy focusing on grief, illness, trauma, employment change, becoming a parent, relationship struggles, and other challenging life events and transitions. I will work with you to support your well-being as we find meaningful ways to move through these struggles. You can expect our work together to be active and reflective.

I am passionate about empowering my clients in a warm, non-judgmental, safe space so that they can feel comfortable on their journey to achieve their goals and challenge negative thoughts along the way. I am an empathetic and supportive clinician, believing that everyone has the strength within them to tackle obstacles that present themselves.

My goal is to help others build fulfilling and happy lives, even through unanticipated challenges and concerns, over a lifetime of development. Listening with curiosity and a thoughtful lens, I hope to team with each person as we creatively approach and work through the issues at hand, inviting and amplifying native strengths and potentials. At times dynamic, at times simply being together with certain truths, incorporating when appropriate the healing potential of working outdoors ... walking, talking, navigating terrain and thoughts.

I would describe my therapeutic approach as empathetic, compassionate, non-judgmental, collaborative, and action-oriented. I find that the realization of change is important and that this process will include us working together and being invested in the therapeutic process. My extensive experience in the helping profession allows for a diversity of issues to be addressed. I often add, “Nothing is too big or too small, we will address it all.” From depression, anxiety, trauma, adjustment issues, and many others, we will work to together to achieve change and desired outcomes.

I specialize in treating a diverse range of clients, focusing on those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Depression, and those struggling to work through difficult mental health challenges. I also particularly enjoy working with adolescents and members of the LGBTQ+ community. I offer a safe and supportive environment where individuals can explore their experiences, and work towards healing. I am dedicated to fostering resilience and well-being in each person I work with.

I offer individual therapy to adults with treatment specialization in: chronic illness, trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, as well as relational and family issues. I utilize a multidimensional background allowing me to meet the client where they are at emotionally; helping to explore barriers to progress, while also creating a safe place for the client to challenge themselves and begin to release the emotional weight that has been holding them back.

We all begin the therapeutic journey with our own set of strengths and needs. Sometimes our uniqueness promotes creativity, new perspectives, and collaboration. Other times our uniqueness can be terminal; leading to emptiness, feeling disconnected from self and others, and beliefs that mental health treatment may work for other people, but it won’t work for you. Therapy is not about “getting over” events and issues; it’s about understanding your triggers and learning how to manage your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors so that you can move forward and continue to build a fulfilling life.

Erin Schovanec is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and dance/movement therapist who has 16 years of experience as an expressive and creative mental health professional. Erin’s clinical experience has ranged in various treatment settings including outpatient therapy, Treatment Foster Care, and residential treatment. She has served children, adolescents, and adults experiencing symptoms related to attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance abuse.

If you've been struggling emotionally, whether it be depression, anxiety or any other mental health complications, I'm happy to help. Life can be challenging, especially present-day, so seeking therapy can be transformative. I'm here to help-whether it be with setting goals and having accountability, listening and processing different emotions, or providing tools to help manage mood and anxiety, I'm your girl!

I believe in the basic goodness of man kind and the client's right to self-determination. We are all doing the best we can. Sometimes experiences from the past affect our present and we need help in clarifying the differences; accepting our past and our present self. You deserve to live your life fully present.

Welcome! My name is Laura Rushing and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Austin, Texas. If you are searching for a therapist for yourself or preteen/teen you love to help manage anxiety, emotional difficulties or relationship issues, you have come to the right place!