Everyone can change and grow with the right support.
My therapy approach is collaborative, supportive, and tailored to your unique concerns and goals. With twenty years of clinical experience, I draw from a variety of theoretical approaches including insight-oriented therapy, interpersonal neurobiology, somatic-oriented therapy, systems theory, Gestalt, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
I believe in the power of therapy and groups to enrich life and deepen relationships. I also believe in investing in my own growth and life-long education, and I’m proud to say I’ve been a member of both a psychotherapy group and two professional development groups, each for over a decade.
My specialties include:
- Relationship concerns
- Depression
- Anxiety and worry
- Traumatic experiences
- Religious trauma
- LGBTQ individuals
- Loneliness and isolation
- Low self-worth
- Addictive behavior
- Anger
- Career concerns
- Grief and loss
- Transition
- Self-care
- Work/Life Success
License:
- Licensed Psychologist, State of Texas
- Licensed Psychologist, State of New Mexico
- Licensed in all states participating in PsyPact
Training and Qualifications:
- Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP), National Registry of Group Psychotherapists
- Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA-F)
- Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University, 1996
- M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University, 1993
- B.A. in Psychology, the University of Texas at Austin, 1987
- President, Austin Group Psychotherapy Society
- Founder and CEO of Life Balance, Inc., a personal coaching organization, 1999-2003.
- Speaker and trainer, locally and nationally, on religious trauma
- Member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association
- Member of the Austin Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Member of the American Psychological Association
- Member of two ongoing training groups in Modern Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Object Relationships Therapy
- Former board member of Wonders and Worries, non-profit
My Philosophy on Change
I believe people can change. I’ve seen it in my practice for years. The past will affect the present until you slow down, understand where you’ve come from, and try new things. Then the past can blend into the background of your life, like threads in a tapestry.
You have a unique blueprint for how you see relationships, the world, and yourself. This blueprint formed in your earliest relationships. The lessons you learned when you were young — about your worth, relationships, and what is expected from you – stick with you. They can make you feel stuck, repeating familiar patterns like it’s Groundhog Day. That’s the bad news.
The good news is that change is possible.
Current science shows that therapy can permanently change your brain. You can literally create new neural pathways. How? By understanding yourself and by forming relationships where change is possible.
Self-knowledge takes work, but it pays off.
It gives you a choice to respond to life rather than react. With choice, you can build a more successful life and better relationships.
Healthy relationships are like Miracle Grow for your life.
They help you grow and be yourself. Most of us need help creating relationships where various feelings and concerns can be expressed and worked through. These types of relationships provide support, satisfaction, and meaning to life.
Effective therapy is not about blaming your past or other people for your life. It’s about discovering how your past impacts you and using new strategies to have the satisfying, powerful life you want.
Change is possible. I can help.
Call to schedule an appointment
512-762-0537
alyson@alysonmstone.com
