Psychoanalytic Therapists in West University Place, TX
Summer Danner
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West University Place, TX 77005
I hold a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and have completed advanced training in adult psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, where I am currently a candidate in adult psychoanalysis.
Life’s challenges can sometimes leave you feeling stuck in difficult patterns, particularly in relationships or within yourself. You might experience persistent anxiety, sadness, anger, or identity struggles that feel overwhelming to manage alone. I strive to create a safe and trusting relationship where we can explore these challenges together. Through this process, you can gain deeper self-understanding, build more authentic connections with others, and ultimately foster a more secure and positive sense of self. This journey can lead to meaningful changes in how you think, feel, and relate to others.
I hold a Master’s in Counseling Psychology and have completed advanced training in adult psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, where I am currently a candidate in adult psychoanalysis.
Life’s challenges can sometimes leave you feeling stuck in difficult patterns, particularly in relationships or within yourself. You might experience persistent anxiety, sadness, anger, or identity struggles that feel overwhelming to manage alone. I strive to create a safe and trusting relationship where we can explore these challenges together. Through this process, you can gain deeper self-understanding, build more authentic connections with others, and ultimately foster a more secure and positive sense of self. This journey can lead to meaningful changes in how you think, feel, and relate to others.
Jeana Hayes Carrier
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
West University Place, TX 77005
Waitlist for new clients
The insight, understanding and perspectives that can be gained through therapy can be invaluable to our sense of well being, personal autonomy, and fulfillment.
Although I have a generalist clinical practice--meaning I work with men and women who come to treatment for a variety of reasons---I have a special interest in treatment issues related to depression, loss, grief, life cycle transitions, and women's mental health. Other areas of interest include: diminished self esteem, abuse--sexual, physical and emotional, alcohol abuse, and issues related to individuals living with a terminally ill family member.
The insight, understanding and perspectives that can be gained through therapy can be invaluable to our sense of well being, personal autonomy, and fulfillment.
Although I have a generalist clinical practice--meaning I work with men and women who come to treatment for a variety of reasons---I have a special interest in treatment issues related to depression, loss, grief, life cycle transitions, and women's mental health. Other areas of interest include: diminished self esteem, abuse--sexual, physical and emotional, alcohol abuse, and issues related to individuals living with a terminally ill family member.
Helen K Chong
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, CGP, PLLC
Verified Verified
West University Place, TX 77005
Waitlist for new clients
The gift of therapy cannot be truly measured in words or action, but in how you feel afterwards. Your decision to begin psychotherapy was probably made after a great deal of thought and consideration. Selecting a therapist who will be a good fit for you is critical since the process of psychotherapy is intense, and a satisfactory outcome is essential. I provide a broad spectrum of evaluation and psychotherapeutic services with individuals, couples, families, and groups. My approach is collaborative, seeking solutions within your value system.
The gift of therapy cannot be truly measured in words or action, but in how you feel afterwards. Your decision to begin psychotherapy was probably made after a great deal of thought and consideration. Selecting a therapist who will be a good fit for you is critical since the process of psychotherapy is intense, and a satisfactory outcome is essential. I provide a broad spectrum of evaluation and psychotherapeutic services with individuals, couples, families, and groups. My approach is collaborative, seeking solutions within your value system.
Rachel A Duvvuri
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
West University Place, TX 77005
I'm so glad you're considering counseling. It means that, at a deep level, you know you deserve better and are capable of more. You may be troubled by persistent negative thoughts and feelings, dissatisfied with certain important relationships, or frustrated that the choices you've made are no longer working for you. Either way, I applaud you for taking this step. Through psychotherapy, we will explore one of the most important subjects in your life - yourself. And we will journey together towards a future that reflects your deepest values and goals.
I'm so glad you're considering counseling. It means that, at a deep level, you know you deserve better and are capable of more. You may be troubled by persistent negative thoughts and feelings, dissatisfied with certain important relationships, or frustrated that the choices you've made are no longer working for you. Either way, I applaud you for taking this step. Through psychotherapy, we will explore one of the most important subjects in your life - yourself. And we will journey together towards a future that reflects your deepest values and goals.
Lind Butler
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
West University Place, TX 77005 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Therapy is a partnership that grows in an atmosphere of safety and acceptance. It allows one to rediscover the parts of selves which may have been disowned; to learn new skills to handle grief and distress; to build healthier, more nurturing relationships; and to gain access to one's own direct experience of the world. I nurture this collaboration with clients and recognize that within each of us there exists a deeper wisdom that, given adequate support, naturally moves toward healing and integration.
Therapy is a partnership that grows in an atmosphere of safety and acceptance. It allows one to rediscover the parts of selves which may have been disowned; to learn new skills to handle grief and distress; to build healthier, more nurturing relationships; and to gain access to one's own direct experience of the world. I nurture this collaboration with clients and recognize that within each of us there exists a deeper wisdom that, given adequate support, naturally moves toward healing and integration.
Farrin Velasco
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, C-PD
Verified Verified
West University Place, TX 77005
I ascribe to a humanistic and psychodynamic approach and philosophy of counseling with some cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) mixed in. I focus on client’s emotions, perspectives, and life experiences, rather than just treating symptoms. I believe incongruence, internalized conditions of worth, and unhealthy core beliefs contribute to emotional and psychological distress. Each client is different, what works for one will not work for all. I use a dynamically informed approach in order to create a treatment plan that is best suited to a client's unique needs and goals.
I ascribe to a humanistic and psychodynamic approach and philosophy of counseling with some cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) mixed in. I focus on client’s emotions, perspectives, and life experiences, rather than just treating symptoms. I believe incongruence, internalized conditions of worth, and unhealthy core beliefs contribute to emotional and psychological distress. Each client is different, what works for one will not work for all. I use a dynamically informed approach in order to create a treatment plan that is best suited to a client's unique needs and goals.
Natasha Villalobos
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
West University Place, TX 77005
Waitlist for new clients
I am proud to work with clients whose brains are different, whose ways of looking at and interacting with the world are unique, and who are looking to untangle their authentic selves from the mask society pushed them to wear, learn to love/accept themselves as they are, and use this radical self-love to make the changes they want to see. Creative, brave, bold, spicy, innovative, intelligent, justice-oriented - these are the traits that were already there inside those wonderful human beings I serve, and one way or another the world tried to bury them. But the world didn't know they were seeds.
I am proud to work with clients whose brains are different, whose ways of looking at and interacting with the world are unique, and who are looking to untangle their authentic selves from the mask society pushed them to wear, learn to love/accept themselves as they are, and use this radical self-love to make the changes they want to see. Creative, brave, bold, spicy, innovative, intelligent, justice-oriented - these are the traits that were already there inside those wonderful human beings I serve, and one way or another the world tried to bury them. But the world didn't know they were seeds.
Kelly Birkhold
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West University Place, TX 77005
I offer individual, couples, and family therapy formats for adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, or attachment trauma. **I am also trained in DBT and Self Compassion and offer 1:1 work.** Struggles we face in life can negatively influence our understanding of ourselves, others, and the world around us in ways that keep us stuck, afraid, and unhealthy. Processing these difficult experiences can allow us to break free from this influence and show up in the world in ways that align with our inherent goodness, enabling feelings of success and happiness. You deserve to feel these things and more!
I offer individual, couples, and family therapy formats for adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, or attachment trauma. **I am also trained in DBT and Self Compassion and offer 1:1 work.** Struggles we face in life can negatively influence our understanding of ourselves, others, and the world around us in ways that keep us stuck, afraid, and unhealthy. Processing these difficult experiences can allow us to break free from this influence and show up in the world in ways that align with our inherent goodness, enabling feelings of success and happiness. You deserve to feel these things and more!
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My training includes extensive personal study of psychoanalytic theory, as well as several decades of my own therapy.
It is our potential to have fulfilling and meaningful lives, expressed through our love and our work. Therapy supports individuals realizing this potential. Therapy is effective at alleviating acute stress, anxiety and depression and in turn finding meaning in the difficulties and struggles of life. My goal is to help you live a life with greater calm and acceptance, greater resilience in the face of difficulties, a greater sense of energy, effectiveness and elegance in living, an enhanced sense of choice and satisfaction, and improved intimacy with loved ones and friends.
My training includes extensive personal study of psychoanalytic theory, as well as several decades of my own therapy.
It is our potential to have fulfilling and meaningful lives, expressed through our love and our work. Therapy supports individuals realizing this potential. Therapy is effective at alleviating acute stress, anxiety and depression and in turn finding meaning in the difficulties and struggles of life. My goal is to help you live a life with greater calm and acceptance, greater resilience in the face of difficulties, a greater sense of energy, effectiveness and elegance in living, an enhanced sense of choice and satisfaction, and improved intimacy with loved ones and friends.
Olivia Berkeley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77027 (Online Only)
My training includes personal study of psychoanalytic theory and Jungian depth psychology, as well as a decade of my own therapy.
Every person has the potential to live with more freedom, joy, ease, and love, and therapy supports us to realize this potential. Many of my clients have experienced various forms of relational trauma — including wounding that has occurred in intimate relationships or in childhood — and yearn to heal from these experiences and find healthier ways of dealing with addiction or problematic substance use, stress, anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, relationship difficulties, and other challenging emotions. My goal is to help you live with more peace, acceptance, autonomy, confidence, satisfaction, intimacy, and joy.
My training includes personal study of psychoanalytic theory and Jungian depth psychology, as well as a decade of my own therapy.
Every person has the potential to live with more freedom, joy, ease, and love, and therapy supports us to realize this potential. Many of my clients have experienced various forms of relational trauma — including wounding that has occurred in intimate relationships or in childhood — and yearn to heal from these experiences and find healthier ways of dealing with addiction or problematic substance use, stress, anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, relationship difficulties, and other challenging emotions. My goal is to help you live with more peace, acceptance, autonomy, confidence, satisfaction, intimacy, and joy.
Elizabeth Haberer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
16 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77098
If you have a feeling that you may be holding yourself back from experiencing your full potential because of trauma, difficult to manage emotions, addiction or depression, psychoanalytic psychotherapy may be a beneficial path for you. This type of therapy helps you explore how things outside of your awareness affect your life and is focused on helping you unravel patterns that may be making you feel stuck or alone. If you are interested in going beyond symptom relief to explore yourself on a deeper level, I would be honored to meet you in that journey.
If you have a feeling that you may be holding yourself back from experiencing your full potential because of trauma, difficult to manage emotions, addiction or depression, psychoanalytic psychotherapy may be a beneficial path for you. This type of therapy helps you explore how things outside of your awareness affect your life and is focused on helping you unravel patterns that may be making you feel stuck or alone. If you are interested in going beyond symptom relief to explore yourself on a deeper level, I would be honored to meet you in that journey.
Barton Jones, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77098
My professional background includes six years of intensive post-graduate training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
My clinical practice primarily involves working with individuals and couples who are navigating significant life transitions. These transitions may include the shift into adulthood, adjustments related to new career roles or positions, coping with serious injuries or illnesses, and managing complex or newly-formed relationships.
My professional background includes six years of intensive post-graduate training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
My clinical practice primarily involves working with individuals and couples who are navigating significant life transitions. These transitions may include the shift into adulthood, adjustments related to new career roles or positions, coping with serious injuries or illnesses, and managing complex or newly-formed relationships.
Everyone at times experiences negative emotions such as sadness, anger or anxiety, but when these emotions become constant companions it is often a sign that something has gone awry. By the time we come to psychotherapy, the task of altering these emotions may feel difficult or impossible to navigate alone. As a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapist, I am interested in how your early relationships impact your relationships, personality, perceptions and coping mechanisms. Through the therapeutic process, I aim to help my clients gain insight, learn new ways of relating and implement change in order to heal, grow and flourish.
Everyone at times experiences negative emotions such as sadness, anger or anxiety, but when these emotions become constant companions it is often a sign that something has gone awry. By the time we come to psychotherapy, the task of altering these emotions may feel difficult or impossible to navigate alone. As a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapist, I am interested in how your early relationships impact your relationships, personality, perceptions and coping mechanisms. Through the therapeutic process, I aim to help my clients gain insight, learn new ways of relating and implement change in order to heal, grow and flourish.
As a faculty member of the Houston Psychoanalytical Institute, on the board of Houston Psychoanalytic Society, and frequent clinical-seminar presenter at the American Psychoanalytic Association, I keep current with new developments in the field.
In my psychotherapy (and psychoanalysis) practice , I am devoted to help you with problems of living: anxieties, inhibitions, depressive feelings, compulsions, frustrated ambitions, and fears of success, desire and love itself . We can team up to help you achieve a healthy, meaningful life with ability to love, work and play with freedom and creativity. The life you live today is shaping your future, to secure a better future we need to repair the problems in the present. I offer a proven, caring experiential approach to promote growth, deepen your self understanding, and increase your self worth.
As a faculty member of the Houston Psychoanalytical Institute, on the board of Houston Psychoanalytic Society, and frequent clinical-seminar presenter at the American Psychoanalytic Association, I keep current with new developments in the field.
In my psychotherapy (and psychoanalysis) practice , I am devoted to help you with problems of living: anxieties, inhibitions, depressive feelings, compulsions, frustrated ambitions, and fears of success, desire and love itself . We can team up to help you achieve a healthy, meaningful life with ability to love, work and play with freedom and creativity. The life you live today is shaping your future, to secure a better future we need to repair the problems in the present. I offer a proven, caring experiential approach to promote growth, deepen your self understanding, and increase your self worth.
Amanda Yoder
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77098 (Online Only)
Grounded in psychoanalytic theory, I have studied at Smith College, Columbia University, The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, The Harvard Program in Refugee Studies, and currently, at the Institute for Clinical Social Work.
“We are hurt in relationship; we heal in relationship” is the core conviction of my therapeutic approach. From the time our earliest map forms in our families, we see the world through the lens of our experience. It’s through relationships that our worldview expands and our sense-of-self matures, especially if we take time for inquiry and insight, and to integrate what we learn. I work from a self-in-context perspective, deeply attuning to the ways our family impacts us and our culture as well.
Grounded in psychoanalytic theory, I have studied at Smith College, Columbia University, The Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, The Harvard Program in Refugee Studies, and currently, at the Institute for Clinical Social Work.
“We are hurt in relationship; we heal in relationship” is the core conviction of my therapeutic approach. From the time our earliest map forms in our families, we see the world through the lens of our experience. It’s through relationships that our worldview expands and our sense-of-self matures, especially if we take time for inquiry and insight, and to integrate what we learn. I work from a self-in-context perspective, deeply attuning to the ways our family impacts us and our culture as well.
I completed psychoanalytic training at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston, and I am now a faculty member there.
I work primarily with adults and adolescents who are having trouble negotiating difficult life stages. I treat both short-term, acute problems and more pervasive, long-standing problems. My years of training, first in CBT, and later in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches allow me to use both in my practice. The client and I decide on treatment approaches based on his or her strengths and preferences.
I completed psychoanalytic training at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston, and I am now a faculty member there.
I work primarily with adults and adolescents who are having trouble negotiating difficult life stages. I treat both short-term, acute problems and more pervasive, long-standing problems. My years of training, first in CBT, and later in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches allow me to use both in my practice. The client and I decide on treatment approaches based on his or her strengths and preferences.
Ana Lehrhaupt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Houston, TX 77006 (Online Only)
Before then, I completed 7 years of post-graduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy following my Licentiate in Psychology degree in Uruguay.
I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) psychotherapist. For 25 years, I have been helping individuals, couples and families with issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and adjustment. I understand the importance of identifying the underlying causes of symptoms to bring about lasting change and I am committed to helping my clients throughout the process while fostering a safe, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic environment. My education and clinical experience allow me to tailor clinical interventions to the particular needs of each client by drawing from different therapeutic modalities.
Before then, I completed 7 years of post-graduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy following my Licentiate in Psychology degree in Uruguay.
I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) psychotherapist. For 25 years, I have been helping individuals, couples and families with issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and adjustment. I understand the importance of identifying the underlying causes of symptoms to bring about lasting change and I am committed to helping my clients throughout the process while fostering a safe, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic environment. My education and clinical experience allow me to tailor clinical interventions to the particular needs of each client by drawing from different therapeutic modalities.
Cornelius Dufallo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DMA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77005
I am a certified psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
I offer psychotherapy to individuals. I specialize in working with adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, career issues, identity issues, and other difficulties. My office is located on 15th street in Manhattan, close to Union Square. It's a peaceful place to have a conversation.
I am a certified psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
I offer psychotherapy to individuals. I specialize in working with adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, career issues, identity issues, and other difficulties. My office is located on 15th street in Manhattan, close to Union Square. It's a peaceful place to have a conversation.
I am integrative in technique using a holistic psychoanalytic lens.
I do my best to focus on each patient's needs no matter how profound. We all deal with life difficulties, but it's how we strive and learn to approach them that helps us achieve positive growth. Whether you are coming from a tough childhood that has caused pain or things are now starting to become too hard to overcome alone...I am here to accompany you on the journey of healing. If you've made it to this page that is a huge step already...I hope you can continue to solidify what exactly you need to overcome what you're dealing with.
I am integrative in technique using a holistic psychoanalytic lens.
I do my best to focus on each patient's needs no matter how profound. We all deal with life difficulties, but it's how we strive and learn to approach them that helps us achieve positive growth. Whether you are coming from a tough childhood that has caused pain or things are now starting to become too hard to overcome alone...I am here to accompany you on the journey of healing. If you've made it to this page that is a huge step already...I hope you can continue to solidify what exactly you need to overcome what you're dealing with.
Audrey Ryman-Watson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Houston, TX 77027
Upon graduation, I completed a two-year Psychodynamic Psychotherapy fellowship at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston.
Navigating the decision to engage in the therapeutic process can feel overwhelming and intimidating. However, the journey can be one of great reward. Treatment begins with an understanding of you as a unique individual; through collaboration as well as active engagement the process of individual, couple, family, or group therapy evolves. Therapy includes exploration of your past and present relationships, experiences, and struggles so that a deeper understanding of self can be achieved. Greater self-awareness allows for the opportunity to make intentional choices, increased confidence in your authentic self, and navigation of future struggles in an effective way.
Upon graduation, I completed a two-year Psychodynamic Psychotherapy fellowship at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston.
Navigating the decision to engage in the therapeutic process can feel overwhelming and intimidating. However, the journey can be one of great reward. Treatment begins with an understanding of you as a unique individual; through collaboration as well as active engagement the process of individual, couple, family, or group therapy evolves. Therapy includes exploration of your past and present relationships, experiences, and struggles so that a deeper understanding of self can be achieved. Greater self-awareness allows for the opportunity to make intentional choices, increased confidence in your authentic self, and navigation of future struggles in an effective way.
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Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.