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Sara Paules, LPC

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Sara Paules, LPC

Mindfulness-based therapy and EMDR in South Central Austin, Texas.

I work with adults with ADHD tendencies, are stretched too thin or feel like they they can't keep up with life, and women with medical concerns such as endometriosis, PID, TMJ, panic attacks, or STDs.

05/07/2025

Today is International Maternal Mental Health Day and also the 3rd day of Maternal Mental Health Week.
Bring to mind 5 women in your life who have given birth. Statistically speaking, at least one of those 5 women developed a perinatal mental health condition during pregnancy or postpartum. I am not afraid to say that I am 1 in 5. Let’s break the stigma and talk about maternal mental health.
From :
“Worldwide, 1 in 5 women will experience a perinatal (pregnancy and postpartum) mental health condition such as postpartum anxiety or postpartum depression.
Other perinatal mental health conditions include postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), postpartum PTSD, bipolar mood disorders, and postpartum psychosis.“
You are not alone, you are not to blame, and with help, you WILL be well. Get help now:
• Call or text the Postpartum Support International HelpLine at 800-944-4773. You never need a diagnosis to ask for help.
• Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262
• In a crisis situation, call or text the National Su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
• Visit postpartum.net for additional programs and resources.
• Download the Connect by PSI App in the App Store or Google Play Store”

03/28/2025

Some parenting unpopular opinions I’ve been having on the topic of making parenting generational changes & a whole lot of perfectionism. May you remember that committing to the work and making repairs after ruptures will take you far as a parent.. perfectionism not needed.

02/04/2025

I think humans have grappled with the question of “why?” since the beginning of our existence.
My opinion: We were never made to have the answers to big existential questions like “why?” or “what is going to happen?” Our healers, leaders, heroes, advocates, teachers, & counselors can only do so much.
I don’t know about you but lately I’ve been tired of myself, my answers, my direction, my opinions. At one point this last year, I became desperate to find something bigger than myself or this world and that’s when spirituality found me again.
Spirituality is the belief that there is something greater than you, this life and your day to day existence. Spirituality does not always mean religion but many people find spirituality through religion. Spirituality can provide meaning and understanding to questions like “why?” when nothing in this world can. Spirituality is big and grand enough to take on these questions every time- without pressure, fatigue or burnout.
Spirituality may look like religion but it can also be the feeling that comes from looking at pictures of our solar system- noticing how tiny Earth is in comparison. It can be the feeling you get from walking through nature, observing the wonder of flowers, trees and insects.
If you had to escape an unhealthy religious environment and haven’t reclaimed spirituality for yourself- consider what role spirituality could potentially offer you in this moment- a sense of community, peace , vastness, hope.. Whatever your version of spirituality is, may you consider getting curious and leaning into it during your next challenging season.

01/12/2024

For those who may have been here for a while, I’m sure my content may look different from what it used to look like. I’m still navigating how I want to show up here as my life changes on the daily.
Something I’ve been trying to slowly integrate more of is content around play. As a trauma and perinatal mental health therapist, you may be wondering: wtf is all this play content?
Play is so important- not just for littles, but for us. Play can be a window for us to understand maybe how our own parents did or did not hold space for our play. It can help us understand what needs weren’t met for us growing up and why we may struggle to engage with our own children through play. It can help us understand if we grew up parentified or as an overfunctioner. It can also help navigate the direction we need to go with our own work. Play allows us to release stressors from our bodies.
Play is also a form of communication. Children do not communicate or process their feelings or big things in their lives through words. Even if they do communicate feelings through words, play can help children feel like they’re not alone. Play is a child’s first language and most children do not truly process big emotions without some form of play or art.
Play is something we must feel before we are able to offer. For a lot of people, play can be difficult because it’s like a foreign language that nobody ever taught them. If you struggle with play, it’s likely that your nervous system may need to feel safe play with another human first. There is no shame in disliking play as our emotions around it are more like a window into our own relationship and history with play.

12/31/2023

Took a look back at my pictures and notes from 2023 and it’s filled with the biggest range of emotions starting from day 1. If there’s anything parenting has taught me so far, it’s becoming more comfortable with bittersweet nostalgia, feeling polarizing emotions at the same time and accepting the perfectly imperfect moments in life. ✌️ out 2023!

06/17/2023

It’s my youngest’s 2nd birthday eve. There’s something so magical and different about celebrating the youngest child’s birthday. You know what’s ahead and you know that the big moods, the meltdowns, the running away from you anytime you’re in public, the ready to leave the beach 5 minutes after we get there, the only wants to eat popsicles and will scream until you get one, and the naps… oh, the sweet naps, they are all coming to a close soon.
The same things I raced my oldest to accomplish and get better at when she was the same age, I feel myself appreciating and dare I say, enjoying, them so much more with my youngest (gosh, poor oldest children lol).
Two- not really a baby but not really a kid or preschooler. You’re a little in between and gosh, need your parents so much even though you fiercely want independence. I know you’ll try to race through this year and act like you’re grown. By the end of this year, you’ll be a kid- no baby in sight. Likely no more naps or pacifiers while you sleep either.
So while I’m stuck in bed during your nap while everyone else is at the beach- I don’t find myself having FOMO because you’re the baby and I know what’s ahead. Taking in these last sweet moments while I can because two is when you’ll start to really discover who you are outside of your parents & I’m beyond excited to discover who you’ll end up becoming 1 year from now. 💛

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Austin, TX

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	1pm - 9pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+15122971720

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https://therapynewbraunfels.com/

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I am a trauma-informed, attachment- based therapist in South Austin. I enjoy working with clients who are ready to move from post traumatic stress disorder to post traumatic growth and use tools such as EMDR, ACT, s*x therapy and mindfulness to help clients achieve this.