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Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma, and Long-Standing Patterns in Austin, Texas

What you're doing to cope made sense. Understanding it is where the work starts.

Most of my clients aren't in crisis. They're functioning — often really well, from the outside. But something's been running in the background for years. A low-level tension they can't shake. Reactions that feel bigger than the situation. A pattern in relationships they keep bumping into. They've tried thinking their way out of it. That's usually not the problem.

What drives most anxiety, emotional shutdown, and coping habits isn't something you can reason yourself out of. It's in the body. It's in the nervous system's response to things that happened — sometimes big things, sometimes a thousand small ones. My job is to help you understand what's actually driving the pattern, not just manage the symptom you brought in.

What this can look like

People come in describing it differently. Constant tension that sleep doesn't touch. Snapping at people they love and not knowing why. Feeling numb when they think they should feel something. Staying impossibly busy because slowing down doesn't feel safe. Drinking a little more than they want to. Relationships that follow the same script no matter how many times they've tried to change it.

None of that is a character flaw. It's what the nervous system learned to do. And it can change.

How I work

I use IFS, CBT, DBT, and Emotionally Focused Therapy — not as a rigid protocol, but because different people and different problems respond to different things. I adapt. What stays consistent is the direction: we're looking at what's underneath, not just managing what's on top.

Sessions are direct. You'll know what we're working on and why. Most people notice something shifting — in how they respond to stress, how they show up in relationships, what they do when things get hard — before they expect to. Not because the work is magic, but because understanding the actual source of something is different from trying to manage its effects.

I work in person at two Austin locations and via telehealth throughout Texas. You don't need to know why a pattern exists to start. You just need to be willing to look at it.

Common reasons people reach out

  • Anxiety, worry, or a nervous system that won't settle

  • Trauma or childhood experiences that still show up today

  • Emotional numbness, shutdown, or feeling disconnected

  • Anger, irritability, or reactions that feel too big

  • Relationship patterns that keep repeating

  • Coping habits you want to understand — not just manage

  • Feeling like you're functioning fine but running on fumes

  • Depression or a persistent low that doesn't lift

If you're seeing yourself in any of this, that's enough to start. Reach out and we'll figure out the rest together.

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