Couples Counseling Therapists in Austin, TX
During the second half of her career, Lisa also has treated couples and individuals with a host of other symptom pictures and with those who struggle with gender identity issues.
Lisa Thaler, LCSW moved to Austin in October, 2019 after maintaining a private practice in New York City for the past 28 years. She received her BA from Amherst College and her MSW from New York University. She completed her psychoanalytic training at The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, which is specifically known for its attention to feminism, gender and social justice, as well as contemporary psychoanalytic thinking.
During the second half of her career, Lisa also has treated couples and individuals with a host of other symptom pictures and with those who struggle with gender identity issues.
Lisa Thaler, LCSW moved to Austin in October, 2019 after maintaining a private practice in New York City for the past 28 years. She received her BA from Amherst College and her MSW from New York University. She completed her psychoanalytic training at The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, which is specifically known for its attention to feminism, gender and social justice, as well as contemporary psychoanalytic thinking.
Life is busy and can be complicated and messy. Balancing relationships, family, work, and your health is a challenge. You probably can’t remember the last time you took the time to care for YOU! Do you struggle to find balance in your life and time to take care of yourself? Do you struggle with partner, personal, or professional relationships? Do you feel defeated as a parent? Do you feel overwhelmed by feelings, worries, and stress? Do you feel exhausted from creating “what ifs” in your head, feeling dread and uncertainty about the future? Does chronic illness impact your life? Don’t worry, there is hope!
Life is busy and can be complicated and messy. Balancing relationships, family, work, and your health is a challenge. You probably can’t remember the last time you took the time to care for YOU! Do you struggle to find balance in your life and time to take care of yourself? Do you struggle with partner, personal, or professional relationships? Do you feel defeated as a parent? Do you feel overwhelmed by feelings, worries, and stress? Do you feel exhausted from creating “what ifs” in your head, feeling dread and uncertainty about the future? Does chronic illness impact your life? Don’t worry, there is hope!
Martha Brandt
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC-S, SEP
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78746
I work with adults, couples, and parent/child pairs.
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 work with adults, couples, and parent/child pairs.
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 try to help people meet challenges which occur at different stages of life, such as making career and relationship decisions in early adulthood and dealing with accelerated change and loss in our older years.
I am a clinical psychologist, in private practice over 20 years. My educational background includes a doctoral degree from the highly esteemed program in humanistic psychology at Georgia State University, study at the City College of New York and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin. I like to work with all kinds of people with many types of issues. Among my areas of interest are depression, fear and anxiety, learning to lower stress, couples' problems, parenting, improving family relationships, and gay and lesbian concerns.
I try to help people meet challenges which occur at different stages of life, such as making career and relationship decisions in early adulthood and dealing with accelerated change and loss in our older years.
I am a clinical psychologist, in private practice over 20 years. My educational background includes a doctoral degree from the highly esteemed program in humanistic psychology at Georgia State University, study at the City College of New York and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin. I like to work with all kinds of people with many types of issues. Among my areas of interest are depression, fear and anxiety, learning to lower stress, couples' problems, parenting, improving family relationships, and gay and lesbian concerns.
Pediatric Psychotherapy Associates
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78750
We have numerous therapists with extensive training and experience for in-person sessions throughout the Austin/Round Rock areas or for online sessions anywhere in Texas-therapists that can help your child with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma & abuse, grief/loss, school and behavioral problems, autism, relationship problems, parental divorce, etc.
At Pediatric Psychotherapy Associates, we believe in providing a safe, nurturing and effective psychotherapy to children, adolescents and their families-clients who are in crisis or major life transitions. We work very closely with other specialists out in the community to provide the best continuity of care for our clients, such as pediatricians, child psychiatrists, school counselors, OT/PT's and therapeutic tutors at Smiles-Tutoring (cl314516.wixsite.com/smilestutoring). If we can be of help to you or someone you care about, please call or email us today for more information or to make an appointment with one of our counselors.
We have numerous therapists with extensive training and experience for in-person sessions throughout the Austin/Round Rock areas or for online sessions anywhere in Texas-therapists that can help your child with anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma & abuse, grief/loss, school and behavioral problems, autism, relationship problems, parental divorce, etc.
At Pediatric Psychotherapy Associates, we believe in providing a safe, nurturing and effective psychotherapy to children, adolescents and their families-clients who are in crisis or major life transitions. We work very closely with other specialists out in the community to provide the best continuity of care for our clients, such as pediatricians, child psychiatrists, school counselors, OT/PT's and therapeutic tutors at Smiles-Tutoring (cl314516.wixsite.com/smilestutoring). If we can be of help to you or someone you care about, please call or email us today for more information or to make an appointment with one of our counselors.
My broad educational background, specialized training and lived experience integrate to provide a relationship and environment where people can compassionately discover how even the smallest aspect of their experience fits into the larger context of their lives.
I believe that therapy should be a supportive, collaborative and challenging experience of self-discovery and self-acceptance where all emotions, ideas and issues can be explored and new patterns can unfold. Primarily working with adults, I specialize in working with individuals who may have had difficult childhoods and are wondering how those past experiences may be contributing to their current struggles, conflicts, stagnation or chaos.
My broad educational background, specialized training and lived experience integrate to provide a relationship and environment where people can compassionately discover how even the smallest aspect of their experience fits into the larger context of their lives.
I believe that therapy should be a supportive, collaborative and challenging experience of self-discovery and self-acceptance where all emotions, ideas and issues can be explored and new patterns can unfold. Primarily working with adults, I specialize in working with individuals who may have had difficult childhoods and are wondering how those past experiences may be contributing to their current struggles, conflicts, stagnation or chaos.
Dr. Alycia DeGraff
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78737
DeGraff splits her time working as a therapist, a therapist supervisor for LMFT Associates, a professor of couples and family therapy, and an owner/COO/Clinical Director of a local Austin interdisciplinary group practice (www.
Dr. DeGraff specializes in working with professionals including counselors/therapists, doctors, nurses, academics, business owners/executives, first responders, and military members/veterans. She understands that the same traits that make professionals successful (e.g., highly intelligent, over-analyzing, leadership skills, charisma, etc.) can be the same traits that get and keep folks stuck. Drawing from her experience as a professor, researcher, and supervisor, you can trust that your care will be modern and of high quality.
DeGraff splits her time working as a therapist, a therapist supervisor for LMFT Associates, a professor of couples and family therapy, and an owner/COO/Clinical Director of a local Austin interdisciplinary group practice (www.
Dr. DeGraff specializes in working with professionals including counselors/therapists, doctors, nurses, academics, business owners/executives, first responders, and military members/veterans. She understands that the same traits that make professionals successful (e.g., highly intelligent, over-analyzing, leadership skills, charisma, etc.) can be the same traits that get and keep folks stuck. Drawing from her experience as a professor, researcher, and supervisor, you can trust that your care will be modern and of high quality.
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.
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.
If you are looking for someone with experience to listen to your situation, help you identify things that need to change, and to help you make those changes, I would love to talk with you. I have been counseling children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families for 24 years. We will work together to develop treatment goals and strategies to get things back on course. It is so hard when relationships are stressed or broken, when children are having problems educationally or socially, and when anxiety or depression prevents you from being who you want to be. I can help.
If you are looking for someone with experience to listen to your situation, help you identify things that need to change, and to help you make those changes, I would love to talk with you. I have been counseling children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families for 24 years. We will work together to develop treatment goals and strategies to get things back on course. It is so hard when relationships are stressed or broken, when children are having problems educationally or socially, and when anxiety or depression prevents you from being who you want to be. I can help.
Dr. Tina Adkins
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78745 (Online Only)
I specialize in relationship issues, parenting and family trauma.
Perhaps you’ve been struggling with a history of family trauma, or you are currently dealing with difficult and stressful relationship issues with a partner, family members or your children. Maybe you are going through a tough life transition and are trying to discover not only who you are, but why you feel so different or are filled with sadness or anxiety. Maybe you have a secret or are haunted by something from your past and you need a safe place/ relationship where you can be your authentic self.
I specialize in relationship issues, parenting and family trauma.
Perhaps you’ve been struggling with a history of family trauma, or you are currently dealing with difficult and stressful relationship issues with a partner, family members or your children. Maybe you are going through a tough life transition and are trying to discover not only who you are, but why you feel so different or are filled with sadness or anxiety. Maybe you have a secret or are haunted by something from your past and you need a safe place/ relationship where you can be your authentic self.
Jack Subtle Kemp
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78753 (Online Only)
But ultimately, what matters most isn't my technique, it's our relationship.
I primarily work with clients within queer community, especially trans folks, and lifestyles such as kink, polyamory, or sex work. My hope is to provide a safe space (and a sliding scale!) where you don't have to spend your time in therapy educating your therapist on the concepts that are everyday within your own life. I love work around emotional regulation, communication and conflict resolution, with individuals and with multiple people within a relationship, to help develop healthier coping mechanisms, processing techniques, and self-acceptance/self-care methods to improve feelings of empowerment, security, and life satisfaction.
But ultimately, what matters most isn't my technique, it's our relationship.
I primarily work with clients within queer community, especially trans folks, and lifestyles such as kink, polyamory, or sex work. My hope is to provide a safe space (and a sliding scale!) where you don't have to spend your time in therapy educating your therapist on the concepts that are everyday within your own life. I love work around emotional regulation, communication and conflict resolution, with individuals and with multiple people within a relationship, to help develop healthier coping mechanisms, processing techniques, and self-acceptance/self-care methods to improve feelings of empowerment, security, and life satisfaction.
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Is there a part of you that is causing you pain or distress? Facing these emotions is the first step towards your healing. You are my priority. I specialize in counseling individuals and couples. As your counselor I combine the science of proven success tools and the art of integrated models to create your specialized experience. My counseling with you can revolve around relationships, communication, life transitions such as premarital counseling, divorce, or loss as well as anxiety, or depression. It is my calling and passion to be instrumental in your healing. I offer Christian and/or spiritual counseling upon request.
Is there a part of you that is causing you pain or distress? Facing these emotions is the first step towards your healing. You are my priority. I specialize in counseling individuals and couples. As your counselor I combine the science of proven success tools and the art of integrated models to create your specialized experience. My counseling with you can revolve around relationships, communication, life transitions such as premarital counseling, divorce, or loss as well as anxiety, or depression. It is my calling and passion to be instrumental in your healing. I offer Christian and/or spiritual counseling upon request.
Cassandra Hesse
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, CST
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78727 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I am passionate about challenging societal norms around sex and helping individuals and couples work through obstacles revolving around sex, love, and relationships.
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I am passionate about challenging societal norms around sex and helping individuals and couples work through obstacles revolving around sex, love, and relationships.
Sex Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and All Relationship Lifestyles. Do you struggle with depression or anxiety within your relationship(s)? Do you not see eye-to-eye with your partner(s)? Do you struggle with meeting people but desire human interaction? What about struggling with sexual intimacy and having a hard time finding a therapist to talk freely about your Sex Life?
Counterbalance Counseling & Psychiatry
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78704
Anna specializes in ADHD, self-esteem issues, codependency, life transitions, and relationship issues.
Anna’s approach is about creating a space where you can truly be yourself. Whether you’re untangling the knots of anxiety, diving into relationship dynamics, or simply exploring new ways to feel more at ease, she is here to walk this path with you—no judgments, just open-minded exploration. In her sessions, you'll find a warm, non-judgmental space to dive into what’s on your mind and work together to navigate life’s challenges. Anna firmly believes that every person has the capacity for change and growth, and is here to support you every step of the way, inspiring hope and confidence in your journey.
Anna specializes in ADHD, self-esteem issues, codependency, life transitions, and relationship issues.
Anna’s approach is about creating a space where you can truly be yourself. Whether you’re untangling the knots of anxiety, diving into relationship dynamics, or simply exploring new ways to feel more at ease, she is here to walk this path with you—no judgments, just open-minded exploration. In her sessions, you'll find a warm, non-judgmental space to dive into what’s on your mind and work together to navigate life’s challenges. Anna firmly believes that every person has the capacity for change and growth, and is here to support you every step of the way, inspiring hope and confidence in your journey.
Emily Bent
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78738
Are you overwhelmed with the challenges of life? Have you found yourself turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with these challenges? Has your relationship with food started to impact your life? Often, we turn to unhealthy ways of coping to deal with various obstacles. I want to help you take back the control that these challenges have taken away from you, so you can lead a more satisfying life. You have the power within to overcome these difficulties and my goal is to help you tap into your inner strength. I want to help you become the CEO of your life again.
Are you overwhelmed with the challenges of life? Have you found yourself turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with these challenges? Has your relationship with food started to impact your life? Often, we turn to unhealthy ways of coping to deal with various obstacles. I want to help you take back the control that these challenges have taken away from you, so you can lead a more satisfying life. You have the power within to overcome these difficulties and my goal is to help you tap into your inner strength. I want to help you become the CEO of your life again.
We assist Individuals, couples, and families can resolve conflicts, heal, enhance their strengths and grow beyond what they had previously known.
Ultimately, the benefits of psychotherapy are about the life affirming changes that you take into the world and how you experience your life. visit our website at www.LouisLaves-Webb.com for multiple videos, blog posts, and online support. We have over 25 years of clinical experience, 10+ therapists, two locations, and Telehealth, same day, evening and weekend appointments available. Perhaps you're feeling stuck, scared, at a loss, or genuinely overwhelmed. Counseling sessions can provide a soothing ear, clearer direction, deeper connections, and functional tools as needed. Now Offering services Statewide.
We assist Individuals, couples, and families can resolve conflicts, heal, enhance their strengths and grow beyond what they had previously known.
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Sexual & relationship concerns, infidelity, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and life transitions are the emphasis of my work.
Are you ready to let old patterns go and bring new energy into your life? Are you on a healing journey, but find yourself stuck in a particular area of your life? I believe that pleasure is a vital component of happiness, and that through therapy individuals and couples can learn the right tools to achieve mental, emotional, spiritual, and sexual health. I help folks explore who they are in a safe environment that is supportive of each person’s path to self-love and acceptance. I work with couples to address communication issues and help them to build stronger, more intimate connections.
Sexual & relationship concerns, infidelity, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and life transitions are the emphasis of my work.
Are you ready to let old patterns go and bring new energy into your life? Are you on a healing journey, but find yourself stuck in a particular area of your life? I believe that pleasure is a vital component of happiness, and that through therapy individuals and couples can learn the right tools to achieve mental, emotional, spiritual, and sexual health. I help folks explore who they are in a safe environment that is supportive of each person’s path to self-love and acceptance. I work with couples to address communication issues and help them to build stronger, more intimate connections.
I work with a wide variety of clients, beginning at 12-years-old, from different cultural backgrounds including teens, adults, parents (including pre-adoption and pre-foster), and couples seeking premarital counseling.
Being a human is hard. Therapy and finding a good fit in a counselor is hard. You deserve a space that recognizes your unique story, journey, and needs. My counseling is holistic, compassion-focused, trauma-informed, and attachment based. I believe gaining trust for yourself and for your cultivated relationships is a stop on the path towards wellness. Showing up to counseling takes strength, so I trust your feedback in session. I love forming a strong, safe therapeutic relationship with clients that is full of authenticity.
I work with a wide variety of clients, beginning at 12-years-old, from different cultural backgrounds including teens, adults, parents (including pre-adoption and pre-foster), and couples seeking premarital counseling.
Being a human is hard. Therapy and finding a good fit in a counselor is hard. You deserve a space that recognizes your unique story, journey, and needs. My counseling is holistic, compassion-focused, trauma-informed, and attachment based. I believe gaining trust for yourself and for your cultivated relationships is a stop on the path towards wellness. Showing up to counseling takes strength, so I trust your feedback in session. I love forming a strong, safe therapeutic relationship with clients that is full of authenticity.
Peggy Marie Hanna
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78738 (Online Only)
Through the therapeutic relationship, you will be able to reach your fullest potential and take control of your life.
I am passionate about helping individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, loss and grief, and life transitions. Life can certainly be challenging. We tend to use past coping skills and many times, these skills no longer serve their purpose. I am here to assist you with identifying healthy coping skills when you are faced with difficult situations.
Through the therapeutic relationship, you will be able to reach your fullest potential and take control of your life.
I am passionate about helping individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, loss and grief, and life transitions. Life can certainly be challenging. We tend to use past coping skills and many times, these skills no longer serve their purpose. I am here to assist you with identifying healthy coping skills when you are faced with difficult situations.
I provide therapy to adults, children, couples and teens.
As humans, we all go through challenges in life that have a negative impact on our emotional, mental and physical well-being. Finding a safe place to be able to express your feelings, thoughts and experiences without judgment is vital as you journey through challenging and overwhelming moments in life. If you are feeling depressed, anxious, having a difficult time with interpersonal relationships or life transitions, let’s work together on dealing with these feelings in a healthy manner for you and those around you.
I provide therapy to adults, children, couples and teens.
As humans, we all go through challenges in life that have a negative impact on our emotional, mental and physical well-being. Finding a safe place to be able to express your feelings, thoughts and experiences without judgment is vital as you journey through challenging and overwhelming moments in life. If you are feeling depressed, anxious, having a difficult time with interpersonal relationships or life transitions, let’s work together on dealing with these feelings in a healthy manner for you and those around you.
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Couples Counseling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.