Adult individual therapy
In individual sessions we’ll explore whether your current situation and emotions are shaped by earlier life experiences. This could mean sorting through ways your parents shaped you or how you were impacted by peer groups. We might talk about how you’ve been made to feel you don’t belong because of your race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, political leanings, or other parts of you. Our relationship is really important to this process, so we’ll focus on building trust as we put words to your feelings and experiences. As you grow into the freedom to say anything in this kind of relationship, you can start to feel less anxious or depressed and more alive to life & its possibilities.
Adult process group Therapy
Our relationships affect almost every part of life, and group therapy helps us grow interpersonally in more powerful ways than does individual therapy. When we get feedback from peers in a supportive environment, we feel less alone and learn what connects us to and disconnects us from others. Group helps us understand our reactions, express our feelings more clearly, and practice new ways of being with ourselves and others. Social structures of oppression can keep us apart; group is one way to address these divides and come together across differences.
NEW: Interpersonal Process Group
Who: Adults (early 20s and older); all genders welcome
When: Weekly on Mondays, 6:30-7:50pm
Where: 1015 Beecave Woods Dr, Suite 207A, Austin, TX 78746
How much: Group session: $60. Individual consultation(s): $175. For more info on insurance options, see fees page.
This group is for folks who struggle with feeling alone or that they don't belong. It's for those who can get anxious in social settings, who struggle to speak up in groups, or who aren't sure how to relate to people of a different race, gender, or sexuality. If you relate to this or anything below, reach out. I’d love to talk.
Here are things we work on (modified from “Why Join an Interpersonal Therapy Group?”* by Zach Bryant):
Often feeling angry, frustrated, or dissatisfied in relationships
Having difficulty trusting others
Struggling to forge close (or meaningful) relationships
Feeling that one often has to please others
Relying on alcohol or drugs to socialize
Struggling to communicate thoughts, feelings, and needs directly
Being controlling (or easily controlled) in relationships
Feeling that one’s relationships are shallow
Manipulating others to get one’s needs met
Having trouble with self-esteem
*On a laptop, right-click to open link in new tab. On a phone, copy the link text and paste into a new tab.
“It was unpleasant for her to read,
that is, to follow the reflection of other people’s lives.
She wanted too much to live herself.”