Therapy for Therapists
in Austin
Therapists hold everyone. But who holds the holder?
Therapy outside your circle
Austin's a big city with a small-world therapist community—overlapping trainings, overlapping consultation groups, overlapping referral networks. That's part of what makes it a good place to practice. It's also exactly why your own therapy is better off with someone who isn't three degrees removed from your caseload.
That's not a caseload problem. It's a you problem. Many therapists come to this work being the best at handling problems, carrying heavy loads, and focusing on others to make sure they're okay. In the process, we lose ourselves. It becomes a habit. It often develops in childhood, where that sort of skill was needed—but if you don't turn your attention to it and address it, it consumes your adult life too.
Dr. Jim Mosher, PhD, ABPP
Therapy for therapists: A functional approach
Your therapy is the place where you clear space to look at that pattern and turn it around. I practice Functional Psychotherapy, a model I developed myself rather than borrowing someone else's—bottom-up, experiential work aimed at real change, rather than top-down work that manages symptoms and tries to control them through insight alone. It's one relationship, just the two of us. My style is warm and kind, but also challenging and very direct when it needs to be. More on how I work →
For a good sense of what the work looks like, check out my recent publications and peer-reviewed articles. One is a case study in combat trauma. Another outlines some of my practical approaches to therapy, brought to life through clinical examples. If burnout and compassion fatigue are already on your mind, I've written about that directly too.
Your therapy is for you—not a client, and not someone you'd refer here. One hour that's just about you, with someone who isn't down the hall, doesn't share your professional circles, and isn't on anyone else's radar.
Telehealth sessions via PSYPACT; I am located in Bloomington, MN.