Integrative Psychotherapist & Relationship Counselor @ Head + Heart Integrative Psychotherapy

Are you ready to navigate the challenges of being human with greater resilience? As an integrative psychotherapist and relationship counselor, I specialize in supporting adults, couples, and groups to heal relationships on all levels. Including their relationships with stress, chronic illness/pain, family of origin issues, and trauma.

Combining research-informed practices with revolutionary brain + relationship science, I work from an integrative “head + heart” approach that incorporates mind, body, and spirit to help you increase resilience, release emotional baggage, and ignite holistic healing. Hence, the name of my practice – Head + Heart Integrative Psychotherapy. I believe that only by working from a holistic perspective can we truly experience deep healing and lasting change.

My practice of psychotherapy and counseling integrates relationship science (Attachment Theory, Systems Theory, Gottman Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and Relational Life Therapy), neuroscience (Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Somatic therapy, EMDR therapy, depth psychology and parts work, and trauma-informed interventions.

I am now accepting new clients for secure online therapy for Texas residents and offer free 15 min phone consults. You can learn more about me and my practice at www.headandheart-therapy.com

Advanced Certified ThetaHealer®
Certified Transformational Life Coach
Core Breakthrough Founder

​I have had a lifelong passion for assisting people through deep healing.

My coaching and mentoring practice is deeply rooted in the philosophy that when we uncover our limiting core beliefs & fears, we then hold the power to change what has prevented us from achieving wholeness and empowerment. I utilize powerful coaching skills, healing modalities, and many wisdom-producing life experiences to assist my clients in living a better and more fulfilling life.

When we truly know the life “story” we are believing, we can change it and create a new, more empowering story. I help my clients create these new stories to achieve a life of authenticity, passion, purpose, success and peace.

My Areas of Expertise 

• Getting unstuck
• Health and wellness
• Tapping into your success potential
• Spiritual growth
• Youth coaching
• Couples & relationship coaching
• Healing from trauma

Board Certified Coach and Licensed Counselor @ Buck Dodson Inc

Whole Person Life Coaching, Gay & Bisexual Men’s Life Design, Individual and Relationship Counseling

My personal development journey began more than 25 years ago, and I’ve spent the last 15 of those in the life growth business, helping the people I serve create the lives and relationships they want. As a licensed psychotherapist, board certified life coach and innovative philanthropy leader, I spend my days having energizing conversations that generate fresh insights, new mindsets, radical shifts, and big connections. I work with a diverse client base including couples, creative entrepreneurs, executives, and artists, all of whom are inspired to build healthy, engaged lives fueled by their dreams and filled with joy, purpose, loving relationships, and rewarding careers.

I have a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and had thriving private practices in Los Angeles and Chicago prior to returning to my native Texas. I have specialized training in Relationship Counseling, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Presence-Based Coaching, Mindful Self-Compassion, and Contemplative Dance so I love integrating elements of all of those when I work with clients. Although I work with a variety of clients, I specialize in holistic coaching and counseling with gay and bisexual men, creatives struggling with perfectionism and women looking to show up more fully as leaders in their own lives.

On a personal note, I’m a native Texan (yes, Buck is my real name!), and I moved back to Austin in 2013. I love exploring all things wellness, creating as an Enneagram 4 and innovating as a Human Design Manifestor. I also love to chill on Lake Travis or on a beautiful beach every chance I get. I also love a good nap and hanging out with Goldie Hawn (my Golden Retriever).

I’m thrilled to be part of a vibrant community of like-minded health and wellness professionals and look forward to supporting each other’s work!

Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Integrative Practitioner

& Founder @ Flourish! Mindful Psychotherapy & Nutrition

For me, the best part of being a therapist is watching clients develop a sense of ease and blossom into their most authentic and beautiful selves. I do my best to create a judgment-free space so everyone feels comfortable, heard and safe to explore memories, experiences, thoughts, stressors, and/or behaviors.

My specialty is treating clients who have symptoms of anxiety, depression, mood disorders as well as those experiencing chronic stress and challenges in their relationships. I see these clients as one whole person which means I do not buy into labels / diagnoses or that the brain is solely responsible for their suffering.

I hold a BSW and MSSW from the University of Texas at Austin and certifications as a Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. I find mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology (IPBNB), PolyVagal and Attachment theories, somatic experiencing, functional nutrition and integrative medicine endlessly fascinating and am happy to share any or all of these models and tools with you to help you feel healed and nourished. The common thread connecting all I do is the vagus nerve and I do my best to stay on the cutting edge of science and treatment for this all important multi-branched nerve that serves as the information superhighway of the Gut-Brain Axis.

I am a board approved LCSW Supervisor in Texas and also an LCSW in Colorado.

When I am not working or learning I love to cook, take long walks with my pups, hang at the beach, indulge in comedy that makes me laugh so much my cheeks hurt and practice meditation and Kundalini yoga nearly everyday.

Flourish! is open for video and phone services during COVID-19 pandemic for established and new clients.

flourish! Is a group practice offering integrative services for mental health with the goal of helping clients achieve mindful wellness. Our mindfulness-based services for psychotherapy, nutrition, and educational classes / webinars are affordable, evidence-based and all of our practitioners weave tenets of mindfulness into their practice as we believe when we are truly present with you, we can become a trusted source for empathy, compassion and guidance.

We treat all of our clients through a holistic lens which means we see you as a person experiencing challenging symptoms rather than a broken brain with diagnosis. Our integrative approach to mindful wellness offers our clients the opportunity to learn, process, and heal at their own pace while offering access to complimentary services to help them achieve optimal health without pharmaceuticals

Flourish! is open for video and phone services during COVID-19 pandemic