Narrative therapists in Gainesville, TX
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Vada Counseling
Counselor/Therapist
At Vada Counseling, all of our therapists are queer and/or trans, and we bring that lived experience into every session. We understand the realities you’re navigating, and you won't have to explain, defend, or translate your identity or experiences. Our work is grounded in liberation, cultural humility, and care that rejects pathologizing frameworks.
We focus on collaborative, transparent therapy where consent, autonomy, and shared power lead the way. Clients come to us when they want support that recognizes trauma, identity, and systemic harm without losing sight of individual strengths and self-determination. If you’re looking for care rooted in decolonizing and anti-carceral values, Vada Counseling offers a space where you can simply be, and be understood.
11 Years Experience
Online in Gainesville, TX
Narrative
Melinda Switzer - Beauty for Ashes Trauma Therapy and Treatment
Counselor/Therapist, Melinda Switzer, MA, LPC, NCC
As one who has experienced complex trauma myself, I believe I can relate to my clients’ experiences and needs. My philosophy is no one should have to live under the shadow of trauma and how it affects the body. Trauma can be tough on survivors, but there is help and hope for healing. Most trauma victims exhibit some signs and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This can lead to Anxiety, Depression, Disassociation, and a myriad of other mental illnesses. These are the areas I specialize in by offering healing and hope to my clients allowing them to be in control of their trauma and not their trauma being in control of them. Strong mental health is so important and can change the trajectory of your life by helping you go from debilitating disorders to manageable and healthy mental health.
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5 Years Experience
Online in Gainesville, TX
Narrative
Elizabeth Starnes
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, ATR-BC®, REAT
I work with adults navigating trauma and PTSD, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions. My approach is warm, person-centered, trauma-informed, and attentive to the ways experiences are held in the body. Along with conversation, we may use art, visual journaling, writing, movement, metaphor, or other creative practices to explore what can be difficult to express in words. No artistic ability or experience is needed.
Together, we can, at your own pace, explore how past experiences continue to shape your thoughts, relationships, emotions, and sense of self. This work is not about pressuring you to change or telling you who you should become. It is about helping you reconnect with your own voice, develop greater trust in yourself, and discover ways of moving forward that feel authentic to you.
My approach integrates talk therapy with expressive arts therapy, grounded in specialized training in art therapy and intermodal expressive work. This means we actively use modalities such as visual journaling, storytelling, movement, and other forms of creative expression as part of the therapeutic process—not just talking about your experiences, but engaging with them in ways that support deeper understanding and change.
Clients often describe me as steady, down-to-earth, and genuine. I value creating a space where you feel safe, seen, and able to show up as you are.
11 Years Experience
Online in Gainesville, TX (Online Only)
Narrative
Sarah Sustaita
Counselor/Therapist, MS, LPC Associate, LPCC
I became a therapist after experiencing how hard it can be to get help when your pain or your account of what happened doesn’t fit someone else’s explanation. Being dismissed can leave a mark of its own. It can make you wonder whether you’ll have to spend the next appointment convincing someone to believe you. At Inner Archive Therapy, you don’t have to arrive with a perfectly organized story. I’ll meet you with curiosity and make room for the parts of your life that feel complicated or contradictory.
1 Years Experience
Online in Gainesville, TX
Narrative
Renew Restoration
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S
I became a therapist because I understood, early on, what it felt like to keep moving when something underneath wasn't right. That experience shaped how I see people, not as problems to fix, but as individuals who adapted to what life asked of them.
For over seven years, I've worked with people who are capable, driven, and often very good at holding things together, while quietly carrying something heavier beneath the surface. Burnout. Disconnection. A persistent sense that the life they've built doesn't quite fit who they are anymore.
That's the work I care most about. Not just helping people feel better, but helping them understand themselves, the patterns, the adaptations, the survival strategies that made sense once and may be costing them now.
I wrote The Secret Life of Silent Suffering because I wanted to name what so many people experience but rarely say out loud. That same thread runs through everything I do: therapy, training, speaking, and education for other clinicians.
I believe healing is possible. Not as a return to who you were before, but as a gradual movement toward greater clarity, freedom, and alignment with who you actually are.
7 Years Experience
Online in Gainesville, TX (Online Only)
Narrative Therapy therapists in Gainesville, TX Statistics
Narrative Therapy therapists in Gainesville, TX average 14 years of experience and charge around $175 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (81%), Depression (70%), and Trauma and PTSD (65%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$175
Accept insurance
60%
Offer sliding scale
40%
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 58% |
In Person and Online |
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| 42% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 81% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 70% | Depression |
| 65% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 63% | Stress |
| 57% | Self Esteem |
| 55% | Loss or Grief |
| 52% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 55% | Senior |
| 41% | Teen |
| 18% | Children |
Client Focus
| 57% | Women |
| 51% | LGBTQ+ |
| 37% | Men |
| 33% | Christian |
| 30% | Black / African American |