Open Heart Counseling of Austin PLLC

10/15/2025

10/15/2025

💜 October 15 | International Wave of Light 💜

Tonight at 7PM (local time), families around the world will light candles in honor of the babies gone too soon.

The Wave of Light is a global moment of remembrance for those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss; a way to say their names, hold their memory close, and remind grieving families that they are not alone. ✨

To every parent who has experienced loss:

Your love is endless.
Your grief is valid.
Your baby will always matter.

We hold space for both the heartbreak and the love that live side by side in this journey. Tonight, and always, we honor you and your babies. 💛

🕯 Join the Wave of Light by lighting a candle at 7PM and sharing your light in remembrance.

10/13/2025

🔆Indigenous Peoples’ Day 🔆

Today we honor and celebrate the history, enduring contributions, and cultures of Indigenous peoples' past, present, and future.

This day is also a reminder of the importance of acknowledging historical and generational trauma, while also recognizing the deep strength, resilience, and community care that have always existed within Indigenous communities.

Today and every day, we hold space for truth, respect, and continued learning and advocay.

Healing is not one-size-fits-all.

10/10/2025

💚 World Mental Health Day 💚

Today is a reminder that mental health IS health, and that caring for our minds deserves the same attention and compassion as caring for our bodies

Let’s take today to:
✨ Check in with ourselves and others.
✨ Normalize rest, reflection, and asking for help.
✨ Continue breaking the stigma surrounding mental health care.

Your feelings matter. Your story matters. Your mental health matters.

❤️ 💚

09/30/2025

💙 October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month 💗

This month, we remember the little ones gone too soon and honor the parents and families who carry their memory in their hearts every day. 💜

Pregnancy and infant loss touches far more families than we often realize, yet so many walk this path in silence. By raising awareness, we break the stigma, open the conversation, and remind grieving parents that they are not alone.

To every parent who has experienced loss, your grief is valid, your love is enduring, and your baby will always matter. 💛

At Open Heart Counseling, we hold space for both the heartbreak and the healing that comes with this journey. If you are navigating this loss, know that your story deserves compassion and care.

09/23/2025

✨ Big Congratulations to Amy Lowell, LPC! ✨

So proud to celebrate officially becoming a fully Licensed Professional Counselor! 💜 Watching her grow through her associate years has been such an honor, and I know she’s going to do amazing things in this next chapter. 🌟

I invite you to cheer her on with me as this is such a well-deserved and hard-earned milestone! 🎉

09/22/2025

✨Check out my next training through !✨

Storytelling in the Sand: Using Sandtray Therapy to Cope with Reproductive Trauma and Loss

📅September 29th, 2025 at 12pm

This workshop will explore how parents cope with trauma and loss in the perinatal period through the use of sandtray therapy as a therapeutic intervention. Real case examples of clients' sandtray work will be presented, and dynamics of traumatic birth experiences, pregnancy loss, termination for medical reasons, stillbirth, NICU trauma, infant loss, fertility struggles, and trauma that gets reactivated in pregnancy and childbirth will be discussed.

This training with offer a unique way to process and learn the dynamics of reproductive trauma and loss. The training will be full of case examples, pictures and videos of clients' trays, and creation of your own trays, even virtually! No prior training in perinatal mental health or sandtray is required, and it will give great examples to start a deep dive into that type of work if you are interested in either.

Check out the link below for more information and registration⬇
https://www.touchstoneinstitute.org/trainings/storytelling-in-the-sand

09/21/2025

There is still one more day to vote for Open Heart Counseling for the mental health category for the Best in Birth Awards My little practice has some amazing therapist that specialize in all things birth and we’re honored to be nominated again this year. Please cast your vote for us, category #12, and while you’re at it… please consider voting for the other badass queens mentioned in this post. So many women nominated this year have been amazing colleagues, collaborators and friends of mine and I want to be sure to give them a shoutout!! These women have impacted many of the clients I work with in ways that they may never know, so I wanted to acknowledge them and say I’m proud to share space with them in the Austin birth community. Thanks for your support!!
🗳 Acupuncture: Dr. Michelle Wendt – Indigo Healing Acupuncture & Massage
🗳 Chiropractor: Dr. Morgan Zupan – Zupan Chiropractic .chiropractic
🗳 Fitness Instructor: Draven Lane – Fire and Flow Pilates
🗳 Lactation: Sunayana Weber + team – It’s More Than Milk
🗳 Massage Therapist: Faith Mana’olana Charfauros – Indigo Healing Acupuncture & Massage
🗳 Mental Health: Lacey Castilleja Fisher + Team– Open Heart Counseling of Austin PLLC 💙
🗳 Speech Therapy: Kerri Hicks Register – eSLP Clinic
🗳 Ultrasound: Mj Ala Saunders – See My Baby Live .ultrasoundaustin
🗳 Community Impact: Elaine Nguyen – ATX Loss Moms
🗳 Rising Star: Elaine Nguyen – ATX Loss Moms

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09/18/2025

I am so excited and honored to be a finalist in this year's Best in Birth Awards!🎉

Myself and all of our therapists at Open Heart Counseling strive to provide a safe and inclusive environment for individuals and couples who are navigating their unique perinatal journeys 🌸

Our specialities for individuals and couples include:
-Infertility/IVF
-Donor Recipient Counsultations
-Perinatal Mental Health
-Perinatal and Birth Trauma
-Perinatal Grief and Loss
-Pregnancy after loss
-TFMR
-Sexual Trauma and Abuse (childhood & adulthood)
-NICU
-Postpartum and Postpartum Mental Health (including Anxiety, Depression, OCD, and PTSD)

For more information about our practice and our therapists you can check out our website at: http://www.openheartcounselingatx.com/

Link for voting: https://form.typeform.com/to/FF9VPjW9?typeform-source=www.birth-co.com

09/15/2025

World Childless Week 🌸(September 15th-21st)

Not every journey follows the path we may have hoped for or imagined. For some, the dream of parenthood is met with challenges like infertility, health struggles, loss, or life circumstances beyond their control.

World Childless Week is dedicated to recognizing and honoring those who are childless not by choice, and bringing visibility to stories that are too often left in the shadows.

Each story is deeply personal, and can find us navigating complicated emotions.

This week, we hold space to:
✨ Acknowledge the journeys of those living without children in a family-focused world
✨ Offer compassion and space for grief that may feel invisible to others
✨ Celebrate the many ways people create meaning, connection, and love in their lives