Amy-Noelle Shih
Licensed Professional Counselor, Relationship Therapist and Life Coach, LPC, MA
In-Person in Houston, TX 77027
Online in Texas
I am a relationship coach and therapist, with an intuitive gift for working with relational dynamics.
What I have learned as a relationship coach and therapist and as a human soul who loves LOVE and the magic of healthy relationships is that it’s not enough to:
❤️love spending time together
❤️share values
❤️have good chemistry
❤️laugh together
❤️have good conversation
❤️genuinely enjoy one another’s company
❤️admire each other’s qualities
❤️feel love.
Yes, all of this is very important.
But if there is a deficit in body intelligence, heart attunement, healthy emotional vulnerability, and self-awareness, the issue will almost always be the same.
Partners may believe the issue is the breakdown of one of the things mentioned above. When the truth is, even the “masters of relationships” have challenges, ruptures, moments of feeling hurt, disappointed, misunderstood. What becomes the salve of reconciliation is the capacity to gain understanding, for deep care of another’s feelings, and a genuine desire to find the sweet spot where empathy and validation become antidotes to stuckness.
As soon as one feels seen and heard, pent-up energy is released, defenses soften, and there is more love, freeing up the barriers to seeking ways to work it out. Which is to say, loving understanding is the solution to finding solutions!
When partners can feel like their feelings and what's on their hearts is worthy of being held with importance and tenderness, then everything becomes more possible. There is new motivation, receptivity, and selfless energy that fills the space between partners. Growth, feeling close, and deeper trust are forged beautifully.
But if partners have fragile egos, cannot practice healthy control of their reactions, choose communication patterns that create more distance and suffering, are not willing to see their part in conflict, and allow their own stories and assumptions to rule their hearts and minds rather than compassionate understanding, then growth and change stall and stagnate.
Without self-awareness and course correction, even what is great about the relationship starts to recede into the background as the pain and disappointment get louder and take center stage, until only negativity seems to run the show.
𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝟯𝟮.𝟯𝟭𝟵.𝟴𝟰𝟳𝟭 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗢𝗿 𝗗𝗠 COMMUNITY.
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Senior, Young Adult
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Based on decades of research, this method gives couples tools to improve communication, manage conflict, and strengthen intimacy.
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Combines mindfulness practices with CBT to prevent depression relapse. It helps people notice thoughts without judgment and respond more calmly.
- Narrative Therapy Encourages people to view problems as separate from themselves and reframe their life story. It helps build resilience and self-identity.
- Somatic Therapy Helps clients notice how emotions are stored in the body. It uses breath, movement, and awareness for healing trauma and stress.
Approach Description: My coaching and therapy combination enables action and activated healing to come together in an accelerated manner, helping you move beyond stuck layers and into beautiful possibilities.
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee 145-275
- Affordable sliding scale therapy: apply if you may be eligible.
- Giving Back to Community For the next 48 hours, I am offering my couples' and Individual sessions at a "community" price. To learn more, text COMMUNITY to my cell number: 832.319.8471. Or go to https://amy-noelle.com.
- Out of Network
- I do not accept insurance.
Education & Credentials
Amy-Noelle Shih Relationship Therapist and Life Coach, LPC, MA
- Female
- License # 67978
- Licensed in Texas
- Practicing Since 2010
Education: Amy-Noelle is a Relationship Therapist, Life Coach, *BodyWisdom Connector*, and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She received her Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology with a counseling specialization from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Amy-Noelle Shih Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Houston, TX 77027
- Available Online for residents of Texas
- Online Therapy Details: Online therapy is offered though Simple Practice - a professional coaching/therapy platform
When growth becomes hindered and stagnation impregnates the “relationship we-ness,” it can feel like the relationship starts to die in every failed bid and attempt to connect, be heard, be seen, and feel again what it means to feel close to your partner. The question that arises in an ever-increasing crescendo of verbal and nonverbal lacerations to the heart is whether you can feel the *feeling* of You— your heart—again as you navigate your unrecognizable-now-breaking relationship waters.