Talk Therapy Austin

06/20/2025

Talk Therapy Austin is now a Twogether in Texas registered provider! If you are a couple planning to be unified in marriage in Texas, you can complete 8 sessions at $25/session and receive a waiver towards Marriage Certificate fees in Texas. Not only that, but you receive excellent tools in communication, conflict resolution and deeper understanding and connection to start your marriage on the right track! For more information or to book an appointment email us at careclinic@talktherapyaustin.com

05/28/2025

As a parent it is sometime hard to hold space for our kids when their emotions are dysregulated. Here are some phrases to keep in your pocket so that you can support your child when this happens.

04/03/2025

We have current availability for couples and families with our Graduate Intern Therapists, like Théo. For more information or to book a free consultation or a $25 session, please reach out to careclinic@talktherapyaustin.com or visit our website www.talktherapyaustin.com.

03/21/2025

Sometimes finding the correct diagnosis can be so confirming. Ramsey described feeling like a “weirdo” and a “loner,” calling the diagnosis “freeing.”

Bella Ramsey got diagnosed with autism after a crew member on "The Last of Us" spotted the signs.

The crew member has an autistic daughter andassumed Ramsey had it, which prompted the actor to seek out a formal psychiatric assessment and diagnosis. Ramsey described feeling like a “weirdo” and a “loner,” admitting autism was something they had “always wondered” about. They called the diagnosis "freeing" and "liberating."

"It enables me to walk through the world with more grace towards myself about not being able to do the easy everyday tasks that everyone else seems to be able to do. I’ve always been watching and learning from people. Having to learn more manually how to socialize and interact with the people around me has helped me with acting.”

Read more here: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/bella-ramsey-autism-last-of-us-1236344271/

02/07/2025

*This is not a Talk Therapy Austin event, please refer to the link or the organizers with any questions. Talk Therapy Austin supports all in our community, especially those whose voices need lifting loud & proud!

Ticket purchase/RSVP: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/boopsocietyctx/1516846

Support the community running for Transgender Day of Visibility by waving trans pride flags along the route. Champ will be bringing TWELVE full-sized (3 x 5 foot) trans flags with a unique declaration of trans pride written on each. If you’d like the honor of being a flag bearer, please indicate this at checkout! (Or if you’d like to bring your own from home, please do so; the more trans pride the better!) 🏳️‍⚧️

Date and Time: March 30th, 2025 11AM CST

Early-bird pricing: $10 (Ends February 28th, 2025)

After that: $12 (Ends March 16th, 2025!)

Late registration: $15 (Please note, swag may not be guaranteed to late registrants, dependent on availability.)

NEW FOR 2025: Race Virtually! Not local to Austin or live out of state but still want to participate? No problem! Sign up for our virtual option for just five bucks! Virtual attendees will receive a digital bib to print and wear, and are welcome to run/walk any date/time of their convenience.

Virtual Option: $5

Virtual runners will be given a unique digital bib to wear featuring a number and the Spring 2025 K9-9K logo. It will arrive to the email address you supplied separately. Just print it, cut it out, and pin it to your athletic gear and you’ll be ready to run!

We encourage you to contact other local kinksters/LGBTQ+/friends/allies you know to ask them to participate with you to form a group run together for the occasion too, if desired.

After the race concludes, Champ will post a fun leaderboard with everyone’s times. (Please note: no prizes will be awarded to virtual attendees.)

02/03/2025

We could all use a little help figuring out the balance between staying informed and getting overwhelmed.

*This is not a Talk Therapy Austin event.

https://www.uujme.org/media_bias

Partisan bias is widely discussed in news media and about news media organizations. However, in addition to partisan bias, news organizations and journalists perpetuate structural biases that perpetuate violent, stereotypical ideas and hopelessness about our world and our role in it. This webinar examines help news consumers evaluate sources, identify structural biases and what to do about them, and more effectively present their own ideas for change. Participants can choose to join a small group to examine a news article to discuss its structural biases, followed by a full group discussion of the article and Q&A.

News media examples about immigration, LGBTQIA+ rights, and Palestine solidarity will be examined.

Dr. Amy E. Harth (they/them) is a white, q***r, non-binary, fat, disabled anti-oppression researcher with over 15 years of experience specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion. As principal of Amy Harth Coaching and Consulting, they use the latest research on people-focused strategy to help leaders achieve their goals.

Understanding that strategy can be challenging and innovation intimidating, Amy advocates for restructuring work to be more effective and efficient, integrating equity into every strategy to transform the workplace.

Their approach is built on three fundamental elements:

1. Dismantling oppressive structure

2. Creating new possibilities through anti-oppressive frameworks

3. Co-creating with multiply-marginalized people at the center.

Amy believes that by focusing on these areas, we can help our communities and society flourish. Their expertise effectively combines strategic thinking with a deep understanding of the importance of the intersections of our identities, including race, gender, class, disability status, body size, religion, citizenship, language, and more.

For Amy, equity is not just a component of leadership—it is leadership. They are committed to ensuring that equity is at the core of your strategy, helping your innovation reach new heights.

01/27/2025

Listening and meeting your partner with their needs and desires feels better than just offering the bare minimum.

01/08/2025

Talk Therapy Austin provides affordable relationship therapy for couples, families and individuals with trained Graduate Level Therapists for $25 per session. We have immediate availability- start your new year with a new perspective and start your therapy journey today! Read more about our practice and our therapists at www.talktherapyaustin.com or email careclinic@talktherapyaustin.com to schedule an appointment or consultation today.

12/02/2024

We have three new therapists joining us. Please welcome Emili, Alexis and Deanna! They are now accepting individuals, couples and families for therapy sessions. To read more about them, visit our website at www.talktherapyaustin.com. Sessions through our Care Clinic are $25.

11/10/2024

When I talk to my clients about working through trauma in therapy I want them to understand about how daunting and challenging the work can be. It’s not easy work, but can be very rewarding in the end. So I use this metaphor of tangled twinkle lights.
Most of us have used twinkle lights before, or been in a family where twinkle lights were used as a decoration. After the holiday, we are exhausted and overwhelmed and often just wad them up and shove them into a box and throw it on a shelf or in a closet so we don’t have to worry about it for the whole next year (or possibly ever).
The next holiday rolls around and we are confronted with needing to face the inevitable tangled wad of lights when we peek back into that box in preparation. Sometimes this feels to daunting and we leave it up on the shelf to maybe try another time. But when we are finally ready to move forward, we pull that box down off the shelf and start to work on the tangled mess.
It can be slow going. We might shake a few lights loose and come to complicated tangle just as we have to go to work, or pick our kids up from school. And when we do that, we might have to gently put those untangled areas back in the box and up onto the shelf to work on a again later, because life can’t stop just to work on untangling the twinkle lights.
Soon though we try again, and we have a head start because we nearly put back the beginning, so we can quickly make sense of the part we already untangled and start to work a bit further down the strand. This continues, with interruptions for daily life, the things we need to do to keep existing and the breaks we choose to do to take care of ourselves, like pet the cat or interact with friends. Those breaks refuel us for the hard work that lies ahead anytime we go back to the box to untangle those twinkling lights a little bit more.
We may hit an unexpected obstacle along the way and need a bit more help, maybe a burned out bulb, or a blown fuse. These can feel like times to give up. But we usually just need more tools and possibly a bit of professional help. And the persistence can pay off!
When we reach the end and find a way to let our world shine bright again, we may even find ourselves glowing a little bit. Now those lights are free to twinkle and shine and be safely repacked in a box for storage for the future. And now that we’ve made sense of the jumble, it’s easy to access them again and make more sense of the full strand. We might not even ever need them again if we’ve moved on, but if we do, they’re now waiting on the shelf ready to be used if needed in the future.

09/04/2024

At Talk Therapy Austin we have three new therapists with immediate availability for anyone seeking affordable counseling. We are located in South Austin for in person session or also have availability for virtual appointment for anyone located in Texas. Sessions are $25/session. careclinic@talktherapyaustin.com www.talktherapyaustin.com

07/10/2024