Trauma and PTSD therapists in Austin, TX
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Austin, Texas who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Carolina Castanos, PhD, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, PHD, LMFT
Trauma can be devastating. Memories that cannot be erased and keep coming back, a past that feels like the present, and constant tension, anxiety, depression. Trauma requires specific treatment, following certain steps in a safe environment or else therapy can be re-traumatizing.
28 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78735
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Amority Health - Rachel Cooper - Therapy for High-Achieving Women
Therapist, MS, LPC Associate
Support for processing trauma and its lasting impact on safety, emotions, and relationships, with a focus on rebuilding stability and regulation.
4 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Angelique Umutesi
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Healing from trauma and PTSD is a brave and deeply personal journey, and at Roots and Refuge Center, we are here to walk alongside you.
Whether you’ve experienced childhood trauma, military service trauma, loss, or any form of violence, we provide a compassionate space for you to process, heal, and rebuild your life.
We understand that trauma affects every part of you — your mind, body, and spirit — and we offer trauma-informed care to help you reclaim your sense of safety, strength, and peace.
What We Offer
Trauma-Informed Therapy:
Safe, supportive, and empathetic counseling that respects the impact of your trauma and works with you to foster healing and recovery.
Personalized PTSD Treatment:
We offer evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help you process and heal from PTSD.
Mind-Body Healing:
Trauma affects the body, and we offer techniques such as mindfulness, breathwork, and somatic experiencing to help you reconnect with your body and release stored trauma.
Building Resilience:
Learn tools to manage triggers, build emotional resilience, and create a sense of stability in your daily life.
Healing from Religious or Cultural Trauma:
If your trauma is tied to faith or cultural experiences, we offer compassionate support to address the emotional wounds left by those experiences.
5 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Courtney Loyola
Counselor/Therapist, LPC
I specialize in complex trauma and PTSD, including childhood trauma, relational trauma, and long-term emotional abuse. Using EMDR and attachment-based therapy, we process unresolved experiences so they no longer drive current triggers, anxiety, or relationship patterns. Healing focuses on nervous system regulation, integration, and restoring a sense of safety and empowerment.
13 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78704
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Margaret Ann (Bonny) Gardner
Therapist, Ph.D., L.M.F.T.
36 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78750
PTSD/Trauma
Sydney Fowler
Counselor/Therapist, MT-BC, LPC
I work with individuals experiencing trauma and PTSD, including symptoms such as intrusive memories, avoidance, heightened reactivity, and emotional distress. Trauma can have a lasting impact on how individuals feel, think, and relate to others, and treatment focuses on safely processing these experiences while building stability and coping skills. I utilize a trauma-informed approach, incorporating talk therapy and offering EMDR when appropriate to support adaptive processing and reduce symptom intensity. My goal is to help clients feel more grounded, regain a sense of control, and move forward with greater confidence.
5 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Kevin Brown, Therapy in Mindfulness
Counselor/Therapist, LPC
One way to understand trauma is as 'too much, too fast' or 'too little, for too long.' Trauma often leaves us with experiences that feel too overwhelming to fully process, so we find ways—consciously or unconsciously—to avoid the pain. We may reshape our lives around that avoidance, not realizing how much it’s influencing us. Trauma can show up in many ways: anxiety, fear, emotional shutdown, or patterns we struggle to change. A somatic approach to healing trauma focuses on resourcing the nervous system, creating the safety needed to turn toward the pain in a regulated way, and processing the emotions and beliefs that have formed around it. This is the work of integration—the path to reclaiming yourself, so your life is no longer defined by what happened to you, but by how you choose to live moving forward.
18 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Heinig Health and Wellness Counseling
Psychologist, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, M.S. Health Psychology, M.A. Clinical Psychology, PSYPACT Providers
We provide evidence-based treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using treatments such as Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Written Exposure Therapy (WET). Our goal is to support individuals in processing distressing experiences and reducing the lasting impact they may have on daily life. Our psychologist focus on creating a safe, structured, and supportive environment where clients can work through traumatic memories at a manageable pace. Using proven therapeutic methods, we help individuals reduce symptoms such as hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and emotional distress, while strengthening coping skills and emotional regulation. Treatment is tailored to each person’s needs, with the goal of restoring a sense of safety, stability, and overall well-being.
7 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Christine Fatherree @ Unwritten In Stone Psychotherapy PLLC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Trauma can result from big or small events. The result for both is that the event remains frozen in our brain bodies affecting our present day. The use of EMDR allows the brain to reprocess and resolve traumatic events.
6 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Catherine Bitney
Psychologist, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
Working on trauma is very difficult. I commend all my clients who show up to do this kind of work. It's a long road and often starting therapy stirs things up and can make things more challenging for a short while. If you're plagued by trauma responses, please find a therapist you trust. These things don't typically just go away and there is a lot of evidence that trauma therapy works!
15 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Roderic Burks - Integrative Mental Health
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, MS HSc, MA, LMHC, LPC
Trauma and PTSD can leave lasting effects on your emotions, relationships, and sense of safety. I help clients explore the impact of these experiences through a trauma-informed, parts-based approach, honoring the ways your system has adapted to survive. Together, we work toward healing, regulation, and reclaiming a sense of safety, self-trust, and empowerment in your life.
26 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Brave Young Minds
Psychologist
Our therapists are trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support you in feeling and processing your emotions following traumatic and stressful experiences.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78752
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Jillian Mahatha
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Ph.D., LCMHC, NCC, ACS, CCTP
I specialize in supporting children, adolescents, and adults who have experienced trauma or are navigating the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I provide a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to help clients process their experiences, develop healthy coping strategies, build resilience, and work toward healing and emotional well-being. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.
14 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Benjamin Conner Trauma To Peace Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, LPC, EMDR, Veteran
The word trauma is often used only for the "Hollywood" version. Your brain responds with traumatic patterns of thought and behavior to many things it cannot understand and solve in the moment. If you think I am not good enough, I am not valued, I am a failure, it's not safe to feel, it's not safe to be me...all of those messages and more are a part of traumatic response. There are techniques that help reprocess those messages and lead to internal peace. "I am" is a powerful thought process that comes from post traumatic growth. That work is something we can do together.
6 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Aubrey Richardson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Trauma is not just what happened. It is how those experiences continue to live in your body, your relationships, and your sense of safety.
Many of my clients grew up in environments that looked “fine” on the surface, but required them to become a “little adult” far too early. They learned to anticipate needs, manage emotions, stay hyper-aware of others, and take on responsibility that was never theirs to carry. This often develops in the context of emotional neglect, subtle instability, or environments where love and safety were inconsistent or had to be earned.
Because of this, you may not always identify your experiences as trauma. You may just know that you feel constantly on edge, overly responsible, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from yourself.
These patterns do not just live in your thoughts. They live in your body. You may notice chronic tension, difficulty relaxing, hypervigilance, or feeling like you can never fully “turn off,” even when things are objectively okay.
In our work together, we focus on helping you understand how these early patterns shaped the way you relate to yourself and others, while also addressing the somatic impact of living in a prolonged state of stress. Using mindfulness, somatic awareness, and evidence-based approaches, we work to reduce reactivity, rebuild a sense of internal safety, and create more sustainable, balanced ways of living and relating.
You adapted in ways that made sense at the time, but you do not have to keep living that way now
7 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Shannon Stern, LPC-S, LMHC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, LMHC
Trauma symptoms include: flashbacks, sleep troubles, negative beliefs about yourself, feeling unsafe, dissociation, hypervigilence, and more. Trauma symptoms can arise from moments of danger or threats to safety, or moments in childhood that caused great emotional distress. EMDR and IFS can be helpful in addressing these memories and helping your brain and body feel safe again.
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78731
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Heath Collins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-S
Is trauma taking over your life and preventing you from doing the things that you love? Do you find yourself reliving painful memories, or avoiding situations that make you anxious? I would love to provide a safe place for you to explore your history and to learn how to take control of your story so that you can move towards living a life that's full of meaning.
11 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Norma J. Perez
Psychologist, PhD
I have been working with individuals who have trauma and PTSD for over 20 years. For many years this was my main focus and as a evidence-based therapist I learned many different ways of treatment and developed a hybrid approach that I taught to other therapist for years. I start by helping you reduce your symptoms, then if your willing we re-process your trauma and help you look at it in a different way by identifying what is your "stuck point" and working to move that along. That in itself can also reduce remaining symptoms. With what is left, I help you move forward with your remaining symptoms and do what make you happy, despite of your symptoms. It may make you anxious to do something but at the end of the day, the joy you felt makes it worth it. Again, remember, you would be doing this with much less anxiety than when you started therapy. This a is a proven approach that has worked with so many individuals with trauma.
22 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78734
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Diann Sanford
Psychologist, Psy.D, LP, LPC
Many individuals have experienced trauma and PTSD but have not received treatment. Some individuals only experience a few trauma or PTSD symptoms, and do not meet the requirements for a full diagnosis; yet their symptoms significantly interfere in their personal well-being, life, marriage or other relationships. Drawing upon many evidenced based approaches, I will tailor a therapeutic solution that fits you and your circumstance to help you heal, let-go, and come into a new way of being.
This will allow you to become fully functioning in your own life, marriage or relationship. Many of my clients have been victims of rape, violence, or have experienced the hostilities of war and are seeking a new approach to treatment. They want to be free of the intrusive and unwanted memories that impede their present health.
12 Years Experience
In-Person in Austin, TX 78750
Online in Austin, TX
PTSD/Trauma
Richard J. Rathbun
Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT
I have been trained in both CBT and EMDR for the treatment of Trauma and PTSD.
36 Years Experience
Online in Austin, TX (Online Only)
Austin's explosive tech-industry growth has brought an influx of young professionals navigating burnout, identity shifts, and the pressures of rapid lifestyle change in an increasingly expensive city. The city has a large LGBTQ+ community and strong demand for affirming therapists specializing in gender identity, relationship dynamics, and life transitions. The University of Texas and major hospital systems including Ascension Seton and St. David's HealthCare provide substantial mental health resources alongside the city's growing network of private practices. Many Austin therapists offer telehealth, making it easier to find care across the wider metro and surrounding Hill Country communities.
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Austin, TX Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Austin, TX average 15 years of experience and charge around $188 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (76%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (36%), and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (33%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$188
Accept insurance
48%
Offer sliding scale
37%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 43% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 76% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 32% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 31% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 30% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 28% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 68% | Young Adult |
| 51% | Senior |
| 44% | Teen |
| 20% | Children |
Client Focus
| 53% | Women |
| 39% | LGBTQ+ |
| 37% | Men |
| 27% | Christian |
| 26% | Military / Veterans |