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Trauma & Couples Therapy

For adults in Austin and virtually across Texas

Attachment-focused, LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy for individuals and relationships healing from trauma, coming into identity, and untangling the ways you've learned to protect and connect.

Meet Em

Healing happens through connection.

I believe the relationship between therapist and client can be profoundly healing in itself. In sessions, I'm paying less attention to symptoms and more to what's happening between us: where you brace, where you go quiet, where trust gets tested. Those moments often reflect patterns shaped by early attachment wounds and trauma, and we'll gently trace them back to their roots to make space for something new.

This might be for you if…

You carry trauma that still shapes how you move through the world

You look capable on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted from holding everything together

You love each other, but you keep getting pulled into the same painful cycle and don't know how to find your way out

You're navigating identity, coming out or into yourself, or you're tired of editing who you are to feel safe

You want closeness, but also fear vulnerability or rejection

You recognize the patterns you keep getting caught in, but knowing what's happening hasn't been enough to change them

Get to know how I work →
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Ways we can work together

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    Individual therapy

    One-on-one therapy for trauma, depression, burnout, major life transitions, and questions of identity and self-worth, with space to slow down and get curious about what's underneath.

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    Couples & relationship therapy

    Attachment-focused work for partners caught in the same painful cycles, making room to understand what's happening between you and practice something different.

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    EMDR & trauma therapy

    A structured, evidence-based approach to processing trauma that still shapes how you move through the world. We pace the work together, with time to build the grounding and stability that make processing possible.

  • Framed art print with the text 'Y'all Means All' in rainbow cursive, on a wooden shelf alongside various artwork and a candle.

    LGBTQIA+ affirming care

    Therapy with a queer-identified therapist who honors your identity and relationships, and holds awareness of the ways systemic harm shapes mental health.

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Hello! I’m Em (they/them).

I'm a queer-identified therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing relational, trauma-informed therapy for adults, couples, and LGBTQIA+ clients. I'm also a lifelong Texan, coffee enthusiast, and recovering perfectionist.

Learn more about me

Curious if we're a good fit?

I offer a free 20-minute virtual consultation to learn more about what's bringing you to therapy, answer your questions, and see whether working together feels right.

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