Somatic Trauma-Informed Therapist

Are you struggling with trauma triggers, anxiety, shame, low mood, difficulty managing emotions, life transitions or unresolved challenges? Whether you’re dealing with past trauma or present-day stressors, I’ll work with you to find solutions that are tailored to your unique needs and circumstances.

I am located in Austin, TX though I work via telehealth with clients located anywhere in Texas, Michigan, or Indiana.

I believe that therapy is a collaborative process, and I’ll work closely with you to help you achieve your goals, reduce suffering, and increase life’s meaning and joy.

Many of my clients present with anxiety, depression, and trauma. I additionally specialize in working with folx who have experienced sexual abuse, and violence and harm in the commercial sex industry or trafficking. As a trauma-informed and relational therapist, I hold a deep understanding of the impact of past traumas on the present. I recognize that what works for one client may not work for another. I collaborate with clients to create an individualized therapeutic process while also incorporating evidence-based techniques like CBT, EMDR, and Mindfulness.

Erica is a dual certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years of experience caring for patients in a variety of clinical settings including primary care, women’s health, mental health and internal medicine. She earned both her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner certification from Pace University in New York City and went on to obtain an additional Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification from the University of Texas, Austin. Erica has extensive experience in the treatment and management of adult anxiety disorders, depression, mood disorders and ADHD. She is particularly interested in and pursuing further training in reproductive psychiatry as well as new and emerging treatments for mental health concerns.

Erica approaches health from a holistic perspective and believes that “wellbeing” must include an awareness of and attention to the body and mind as well as the emotional and interpersonal lives we lead. Her philosophy, as a provider, is one of curiosity, acceptance and collaboration. Informed by evidence-based treatments and current research, Erica works with clients to develop a plan of care that is effective, appropriate and tailored to their unique needs. This plan of care may include medication, lifestyle interventions and/or therapy.

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

Multidisciplinary artist, ceremonialist, homesteader, dream tracker, soul guide and somatic educator in the Feldenkrais Method.

Certified by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America and the Institute for the Study of Somatic Education in San Francisco, their teachers in the work include Julie Casson-Rubin, Paul Rubin, Alan Questel, Ken Robins (Somatic Experiencing) and Patrick Douce of the Esalen Institute. They also have studied embryological development/embodiment with Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, and is a certified yoga instructor (RYT 200) through Amy Cooper and the Shasta Yoga Institute.

Under mentorship with Matthew Cochran of Raven Dream Tracking, Foa has been learning the art of listening to dreams and following their lead for over 10 years and now offers guidance within this lineage of wisdom-work.

Identifying as an accidental naturalist, they have completed apprenticeships in applied permaculture design, plant-spirit medicine craft and folk herbalism, bird language and outdoor survival/wilderness-living, and rites of passage work from elders of the Animas Valley Institute.

Foa has been living with disability/chronic pain for over 20 years. Apprenticing the non-human world, turning to the wisdom of nature, regenerative design, and listening to the vanguards of the social justice movement are fundamental to their process and work.

Counselor / Psychotherapist

I specialize in helping individuals with life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, personal and spiritual growth.

As a Heart-Centered psychotherapist, I view each individual’s journey through a lens of compassion, curiosity, and acceptance.

I love helping people cultivate a deeper, kinder, more supportive relationship with themselves and helping to shift conditioning and beliefs around this being “overindulgent” and/or “selfish.”

Using an Integrative Approach, I make room for all parts of our humanness, physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. I work from an attachment-based, and trauma-informed foundation and draw on several therapeutic methods to assist with building tools and resources that are supportive, insight-oriented and focused on creating deep, lasting change. Primary therapeutic methods I draw from are:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Inner child/reparenting work
• Internal Parts work
• Neurobiology
• Mindfulness practices
• Somatic awareness
• Depth oriented therapy
• Existential inquiry
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

I consider each person’s unique life experiences, worldview and nervous system while exploring and connecting with the resilience, gifts, and truth that lie within their own body and brain. The choice to seek psychotherapy can be a journey in and of itself – it takes courage and strength to ask for support. I’m continuously awed and inspired by my client’s courage, vulnerability, and resilience. Embarking on the journey to be seen, look within, let go of the past, heal and grow, with time, opens more space within our bodies and minds to connect with our true selves and experiences of connectedness, joy, peace, clarity, ease and well being.

I work with clients throughout the state of TX and currently offer in-person and virtual sessions. You can learn more about me and my practice at JenniferPaap.com