Parenting Therapists in Lockhart, TX

You feel alone and it seems everyone is managing life well. You may be asking yourself "what is wrong with me?". Your life feels unfulfilling and you often feel depressed, worried, or anxious. You may be struggling with painful memories or nightmares from past events, struggling to maintain healthy relationships with your spouse, your children, and your friends, even struggling to manage your work and professional responsibilities due to your high level of stress and anxiety. It feels like life should be easier and more rewarding.

You are feeling depressed or anxious, maybe overwhelmed and at a loss for finding direction and purpose. You are struggling to feel empowered and are often making unhealthy decisions. Your life feels out of control and your relationships are not satisfying. You may be struggling to manage school or work responsibilities due to stress or anxiety. It feels like life is so very hard and it feels impossible to have compassion for yourself or to feel connected to others in a healthy way.

I am able to support clients from all backgrounds with any presenting issue. If you are willing to work on the issues you bring to the table, then I am willing to share that safe space with you. Every person is welcome to come to counseling just as they are and work on your needs. I believe we can heal and grow when supported in healthy and intentional ways.

You are feeling overwhelmed, maybe stressed and anxious and struggling to find solutions and help. You are struggling to feel heard and feel as if no one understands. Your life feels unsatisfying and harder than you think it should. You may be struggling to manage school, work or family responsibilities due to stress, depression and/or anxiety. It feels like life is too hard and it feels impossible to have compassion for yourself or to feel connected to others in a healthy way. Your young child may be struggling, and you are worried about them. There is help available!

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have a background working with clients from young children to the aging adult. I have diverse experience in many different social work fields from working with children in a school district to working with probation. I have worked within grief and loss with hospice patients and their families. During my career, I have assisted families processing major life changing events such as hospice, grief, living transitions into and out of nursing facilities, along with care-giver fatigue. I have provided education and support with substance use/abuse.

Finding the right fit with a therapist is a vital. I specialize in helping people heal from hard and traumatic life events. I am a good fit for people that have experienced abuse, family of origin disruptions or relational trauma. I’m passionate about working with people having difficulty moving through distress from past experiences, trusting others, and building close attachments. I help people that want to connect but find it hard and most importantly clients that are ready to dig deep and work toward meaningful healing. I also have a particular passion and affinity for working with other ADHD and neurodivergent folks like myself

“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.” Madeleine L'Engle Seeking therapy is to open yourself up…to become vulnerable to be able to talk about struggles with your partner, your kids, your life. Vulnerability is the beginning of change. We are ready for change when the pain of staying the same is more costly than the status quo. If you are tired of holding on to ways of doing things that don't work for you anymore, I want to help.

Life is a Journey with many ups and downs. We never know what will happen even though we spend time trying to plan away our pain and control everything and everyone around us. If you find that your life's Journey is not where you want it to be or, you are experiencing stress and facing the pain of past traumas, I am here to help. If you want to work toward a life that brings you joy and fulfillment, I can assist you in finding your inner peace.

My strengths work well with clients who were the truth-tellers in their families. Like the boy in “The Emperor Has No Clothes,” you probably experienced a lot of blowback for pointing out the obvious and uncomfortable. Maybe you came to doubt your own experience and wisdom. Over time you may have lost touch with those gifts, resulting in understandable confusion and coping skills that just aren't working anymore (symptoms). You came in this world authentically yourself, let's go find them! I offer a free 15 minute consultation so you can feel comfortable before making your first appointment.

We have therapists (Licensed, Associates and Graduate Students Interns) who specialize in different age groups (teens, young adults, middle age, and elderly), constellations (individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy), and targets (pastors & missionaries, EMDR, affair recovery, blended families, veterans, grief & loss, etc.). If a client requests to incorporate Christian spirituality into counseling, our therapists are well trained to do so. However, we are incredibly respectful of our clients’ faith beliefs, including those who profess faith and those who do not.