Therapists for college students near University of Texas at Austin

Students come to me for help with: • Overthinking, anxiety, and academic stress • Identity questions and major decision-making • Relationship issues, breakups, and trust concerns • Trauma recovery and emotional regulation • Motivation, procrastination, and learning healthier habits

Dennis is a certified trauma professional (PESI), serving clients Online within the great State of Texas, as an experienced Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Mr. Dennis Patrick Smith's greatest passion is in helping others with any unresolved trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); helping those of you with the underlying causes of addictions; and helping you and yours with relationship issues. In addition, Dennis began his EMDR training and experience from 2018 under Dr. Robbie Adler-Tapia and some brief advanced EMDR supervision by the late Dr Francine Shapiro, in 2019, and has continued EMDR training with other leaders in the field from 2018 to the present day.

Jennifer is a licensed counselor specializing in substance abuse and family trauma. She is focused on using techniques and therapy to provide a nourishing environment where clients and family members can address addiction and trauma head-on. Jennifer has 13 years of experience providing therapy for families and addictive patients. Her primary focus is on families struggling with crisis, addiction, substance abuse, and chemical dependencies. Her goal is always to provide a safe, calm environment rich with resources and a path forward to grow and nurture her client’s spirit. I like to create a welcoming and relaxing environment with my clients. Where they feel comfortable to say their truth without fear of judgement. I hope people take away hope and insight. I like to challenge my clients sometimes and help them view new perspectives and options they never thought of before.

Hello and welcome! I'm Tracey Arnold, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds. Throughout my career, I’ve had the honor of walking alongside individuals and families during some of their most difficult and transformative moments. These experiences have deepened my belief in the power of authentic connection and compassionate care. My approach is grounded in building a safe, trusting space where you feel truly seen and supported. I specialize in helping clients navigate family stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex issues such as dating and domestic violence. I understand how deeply personal and unique each healing journey is—and I’m here to meet you exactly where you are. If you choose to take your healing journey with me, you can expect to feel validated and seen. You will laugh, and possibly cry, but you will absolutely be enlightened after each session. It’s a privilege to partner with you as you navigate your college career, and I look forward to celebrating your progress every step of the way.

Hello! I'm a psychotherapist with 15+ years of experience helping clients who desire more peace, presence & connection in their lives. If you're struggling with old patterns, mood concerns, major life changes, or simply need someone to confide in, I'm here for you. I commonly work with those challenged with depression, ADHD, anxiety, stress, grief, or past trauma. In addition, I have experience as a counselor, disabilities specialist, and psychology instructor in the university setting. I specialize in working with college students, both traditional and non-traditional, and am attuned to their unique needs. Furthermore, I offer psychological evaluations to fulfill diverse requirements. In our sessions, we'll integrate practical tools to help you feel more grounded, heal past wounds, gain insight, and create more meaningful experiences for yourself. Feel to reach out if you have any questions or would like to set up an appointment.

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My great passion is bringing healing to people who are experiencing life, life-ing! I assist and support clients to be the author of their own lives. Reaching out for therapy is a brave and important step towards taking a care of your mental health and well-being! Don't hesitate to reach out for support - YOU deserve it! Remember, therapy is a sign of strength, not weakness! I can provide support and guidance as you navigate life's challenges.

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Hi, my name is Sarah Hoffman, and I’m a licensed counselor in Houston, TX. I help anxious and overwhelmed students struggling with the stress of school and daily life find ways to take control of their lives and feel better. I help my clients better understand themselves and their minds, harness their strengths, and embrace their full selves so they can live the life they want. I’m an affirming therapist and have extensive experience supporting students who identify as neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, transgender, gender expansive, BIPOC, migrant/immigrant/child of immigrants, or who had a multicultural upbringing. I will celebrate, support, honor, and work to understand all parts of you, including your cultures, values, beliefs, and many identities. It’s important you feel safe to bring your full self into our sessions. My specialties include ADHD, neurodivergence, anxiety, stress, and overwhelm. Sometimes, life feels like an endless battle and a constant game of catch-up that leaves you feeling drained and overwhelmed. Some days, even the simple act of getting out of bed might feel impossible as you struggle to keep track of everything on your ever-growing to-do list. It feels like you're always running late, forgetting important things, and it's hard to concentrate on anything. Even though people around you might think you're doing okay because you hide how you feel and put on a brave face, the truth is that inside, you feel like you're falling apart. Life feels confusing and overwhelming. I understand how the pressure to succeed and the fear of messing up and failing can be paralyzing and suffocating. It’s draining to feel like you’re always on edge. You want to enjoy your life and have a chance to catch your breath. You’re starting to realize that maybe this isn’t how everyone feels, and you want to find a way to feel better. I know how hard it is to figure out how to balance the responsibilities and expectations of life. I get what it's like to feel different, and that life is more challenging for you than for others without knowing why. I understand the exhaustion of figuring out who you are and where you fit in the world. From personal experience, I also know how much it helps to work with an affirming and supportive counselor when you're struggling. Counseling is an investment in yourself. To get the most from your counseling sessions, you need a counselor you trust, who works to understand you, and has the training to help you reach your counseling goals. I worked in education for many years, both as a teacher and school counselor, and I understand the pressure of balancing school, family, friends, extracurriculars, work, and life. Working so hard to stay on top of everything is tiring. I became a licensed counselor because I wanted to help students reduce their feelings of stress and anxiety and find joy and peace in the chaos of everyday life. I firmly believe that everyone deserves access to the tools, knowledge, and self-understanding needed to live a meaningful and choice-filled life. Everyone deserves support navigating life’s challenges. My approach combines strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. During our counseling sessions, I’ll provide you with personalized tools and strategies to help you take control of your life and handle life’s daily challenges with ease. When you better understand yourself and how your mind works, you can finally let go of the feeling you're not measuring up and start waking up feeling confident and energized for the day. Through our work together in counseling, you can start to change how you view yourself and shed the weight of your worries. When you better understand yourself and how your mind works, you can finally let go of that feeling that you're not measuring up. If at any point, you find our counseling sessions aren't working, I'll adjust my approach or help connect you with appropriate referrals. Your comfort and progress are my top priorities in counseling. I want to help you trade stress for a more fulfilling life and find your genuine smile. To learn more about working with me, you can visit my website and reach out to schedule your free 15-minute phone consultation. During this call, I'll let you know how I can help, or I'll do my best to connect you with someone who can. I want to help you stop feeling anxious and overwhelmed and start finding balance and joy in your life.

Hello, I am Angel Smith a Licensed Masters Social Worker. I attended The University of Texas-at Arlington where I received my master’s degree in social work, and I am licensed in the state of Texas to practice. I have experience working with severe mental illness, children and families, autism, adolescents, at risk youth, LGBTQIA+, homelessness and substance use. I have compassion for working with individuals and families facing life adversities, I’m here to educated and provide support while validating feelings and help you reach the higher version of yourself. When engaging you will be welcomed into a non-judgmental environment where you are not only seen but heard. With assuring confidentiality, I will meet where you at on your journey making the environment comfortable to engage and speak open and honestly. I look forward to working with you as we navigate ways to problem solving solutions and lifelong skill developing tools and techniques to overcome life challenges. I look forward to working together within the therapeutic relationship to assist you on the journey to better self, with healing and meeting emotional goals while improving overall health and well-being.

I am passionate about helping other people improve their health and have dedicated my nursing career toward continually achieving this goal. I am honored to have been a registered nurse for 17 years, with most of that time spent in a major metropolitan hospital responding to medical emergencies as part of the facility’s Rapid Response Team. After gaining a wealth of experience performing rapid assessments and thus improving the physiological and mental health needs of patients in crisis, it made sense for me to evolve and find a niche that focused solely on psychiatric-mental health nursing. I approach new clients with the belief that they should be encouraged to speak freely, which is a fundamentally important step towards establishing clear goals and objectives. Furthermore, I would like my clients to feel comfortable being an active participant and engaged in improving their mental well-being. The goal of our time together is quite simply to help you start to feel better and improve the quality of your life. I would like you to feel comfortable enough to share the issues that are most challenging and burdensome so that we may work towards addressing them head on. Our initial encounter will include learning your history, how you’ve been feeling, any past successes and/or failures with medications, and then collaborating towards a plan to achieving the goal of feeling better and improving your mental health.

I treat clients with addiction related issues as well as loved ones of addicts.

Empathy First is committed to helping people from all walks of life. No matter your personal, spiritual, or social beliefs, or whether your values are traditional or non-conforming; regardless of gender, race, sexuality or economic background, We strive for all to receive the best treatment. Whether you are experiencing depression, anxiety, or seek help to maintain interpersonal relationships, we commit to helping you reach your goals with compassion, and respect. We put people first, and care less about a diagnosis or label. We strive to bring relief no matter your circumstances. We are committed to helping people from all walks of life. Give us the opportunity to help you reach your full potential.

Hi there! College can be exciting, messy, overwhelming, and everything in between—and you don’t have to figure it all out alone. My practice is a space where you can show up as your full self—no code-switching, no shrinking, no pretending. I center students who’ve felt “othered,” whether that’s because of race, gender identity, sexuality, or just not fitting into the mold of what college “should” look like. As a queer, Black provider, I understand how hard it can be to find support that gets it, so I bring compassion, honesty, and a real understanding of the unique challenges BIPOC and LGBTQ+ students face. Whether you’re navigating identity, relationships, stress, or just trying to make it through the semester, I’m here to hold space for all of it. Therapy with me is collaborative, validating, and never one-size-fits-all—because you deserve care that sees you. You belong here.

My basic goal in therapy is to help you overcome challenges and lead a more fulfilling life. My therapeutic style is calm, comforting and problem focused. I offer a sliding scale payment structure created especially for students and also work with several major insurance plans. An optional initial 10-15 minute “get acquainted” phone call is free and without obligation. Call me to discuss this option (210) 664-4101 or to schedule an intake session for therapy. See my schedule for weekly clinic hours. All sessions at this time are virtual using a secure confidential platform. Please call or email me (jekpsychotherapy@gmail.com) with any questions. I hope to hear from you soon. Best wishes!

Wisdom Center Counseling Services is driven by a single goal: to do our part in making your world a more manageable space. We desire to see your mental and emotional health improve from day one. We strive to build productive relationships and make a positive impact with best practice approaches and Biblically-based principles. We specialize in: Anxiety and Depression Leading to Indecision Men Battling Sexual Addictions Couples Suffering with Relationship Issues Adolescents Managing Anger

Deidra is a certified a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, as well as a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years of nursing experience in-patient and emergency psychiatry. She has worked in a variety of other settings, such as medical emergency, rehabilitation and wound care, home health, case management, geriatric outpatient residential, geriatric psychiatry (inpatient locked) and outpatient community care clinics. She believes in taking a holistic, mind, body, and spirit approach to addressing the root causes of your mental health symptoms and will develop a plan to move forward toward healing. She will listen carefully to your specific concerns and collaborate with you in developing a treatment plan that balances your physical and mental health.

I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with 7 years of experience in the nursing field. My most recent work at an acute psychiatric mental health hospital allowed me to see the impact of severe mental illness on a person's life. I have a genuine passion for improving mental health in individuals by educating them on how to navigate mental illness in their lives through an effective medication management plan and supportive talk therapy.

Dr. Marie Taniform is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the lead provider at Sparkle Path Psychiatric Care. She is dedicated to helping individuals achieve improved mental wellness through compassionate, personalized care. Dr. Taniform specializes in treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, and other mood disorders, while also providing comprehensive care for a wide range of mental health conditions. She believes that effective mental health treatment should never follow a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Instead, she works closely with each patient to understand their unique experiences, challenges, and goals. Her treatment philosophy centers on collaboration, education, and empowerment. Dr. Taniform ensures that patients clearly understand their diagnoses, treatment options, and care plans so they can actively participate in their healing journey. By creating a supportive and judgment-free environment, she helps patients build confidence, resilience, and hope for a healthier future. At Sparkle Path Psychiatric Care, Dr. Taniform is committed to guiding every patient toward greater clarity, stability, and lasting mental well-being.

I provide meaning-centered counseling for individuals navigating trauma, chronic pain, and long-standing stress. My practice is grounded in the belief that experiences are held not only as memories or thoughts, but also within the nervous system as patterns shaped over time. When appropriate, I integrate body-based tools and insight-oriented approaches, supporting students who may understand their experiences intellectually yet continue to feel trapped in how their body responds. Work is paced, collaborative, and attentive to context, readiness, and lived experience rather than quick symptom fixes. My services are offered through in-person sessions in Frisco, Texas, and via secure telehealth across the state. My private practice is self-pay. For those wanting to use insurance, I also see clients through Legacy Trails Therapy, where select plans are accepted under supervisory billing. This can be discussed during consultation.