Therapy for Therapists in Texas: A Place That's Just for You

Therapy for therapists is still therapy. You don't need a clinical reason that sounds impressive enough, and you don't need to arrive with a case conceptualization of yourself. Some of what therapists, counselors, social workers, and other helping professionals bring to my office (virtual as it is):

• Burnout and compassion fatigue. The slow drain of caring for a living, often while the caseload keeps growing and the paperwork never ends.
• Vicarious trauma. Stories that follow you home, change how you see the world, or show up in your sleep.
• Your own relationships. Marriage, dating, family, friendships. Being skilled at relationships at work does not make yours immune to hurt.
• Perfectionism and “I should know better.” The particular shame of struggling with something you help other people with every day.
• Grief and loss. Personal losses, and the quieter losses of the work: clients who leave, clients who don't get better, clients who die.
• Identity. Who you are when you're not the helper, and how your culture, faith, sexuality, or family story shapes the clinician you've become.

None of this means you're bad at your job. Often it means you've been good at it for a long time without enough refueling. Sometimes it's not about work at all. You might be grieving a parent, struggling with a diagnosis, or wondering whether your marriage will last. You're allowed to bring all of it.

What would it be like to ask for help? How would it feel to lay down the mantle of healer and be the one who needs healing?

For many therapists, the hardest part is the role reversal itself. You may notice yourself tracking my interventions, guessing where I'm going, or narrating your own process before you've felt it. That's normal, and we can be curious about it together. I'm not grading you, and you don't have to be a “good client.” You get to be messy, tired, funny, angry, or stuck, just like anyone else.

I draw on mindfulness, self-compassion, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR (for individuals), along with the relational and attachment-based lens that runs through all my work. With therapists, IFS can be especially useful: the part of you that holds it all together for clients deserves to be understood, and so do the parts that are exhausted underneath it.

If you're looking for individual therapy where you can drop the professional vocabulary and just talk, that's what this is.

The therapy world in Texas, and in DFW especially, can feel small. You may have trained with people, referred to people, or sat on panels with people. It's reasonable to wonder who might find out you're in therapy, and whether your therapist could end up in your professional orbit.

A few things help. My practice is fully online, so there's no waiting room where you might run into a colleague or a client. I take dual relationships seriously and think carefully before beginning work with anyone whose professional or personal life overlaps with mine. If there's any overlap (a shared training cohort, a mutual referral network, a colleague in common), please mention it during our free phone consultation. We'll talk it through honestly, and if it isn't a good fit, I'll help you find someone who is.

Being in a relationship with a therapist has its own texture. Your partner may feel analyzed, or may feel like they get the leftovers after a day of you being endlessly patient with strangers. You may find it hard to turn off the clinical voice, or hard to admit that the skills you teach don't come easily when you're the one who's hurt.

Some couples are two therapists, which can mean twice the insight and twice the defenses. In couples therapy, the relationship is my client. I'll help you both step out of your roles and into the actual conversation, the one about longing, fear, and the space between you. For couples who want focused time, online couples therapy intensives are also available.

We all talk about the importance of self-care. Are you taking the time you need for yourself? Can I support you in your self-care efforts?

Sessions are held through secure telehealth, so you can fit therapy between clients, after a long day, or on a day off without adding a commute. You must be located in Texas at the time of each session. Individual sessions are $200 and couples sessions are $230. I'm out-of-network with all insurance, and I provide receipts you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement.

If what you need is case support rather than personal therapy, clinical consultation may be a better fit. If you're curious about working with me, reach out to learn more. You've told plenty of people that asking for help is a strength. It applies to you, too.