I have been counseling for over 18 years and it is still my passion to be with people on this heartbreaking and messy journey of life. Continuing education, professional consultation and my own therapy are some of the ways I take care of myself so I can try to be the very best I can be for you.
Advanced Training
- EMDR Certification
- Self Trust and Integrated Resilience Certification
- Deep Brain Reorienting
- Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems
- Memory Reconsolidation, Translating Neuroscience into Art
- Interpersonal Neurobiology Intensive with Bonnie Badenoch
- Coherence Therapy Training with Bruce Ecker
- Attachment-Focused EMDR Training with Laurel Parnell
Ongoing Consultation
One of the most important parts of my work is continuing to learn and refine how I practice. I commit to this through training, but also through regular participation in deliberate practice and consultation groups.
- Deliberate practice groups support focused practice of specific skills in the same way a musician practices scales.
- Consultation groups focus on deeper clinical work and specialized modalities. I am currently in groups for EMDR, DBR, and the STAIR Method.
Experience
My work began in the field of domestic violence, as an individual and group counselor in a women’s shelter. From there, I spent many years in a community clinic setting, working with a wide range of ages, backgrounds and experiences. Much of that time included supporting victims of crime through a federal grant.
In 2010, I opened my private practice in Austin. Since then, my work has become more specialized in working with trauma, including completing EMDR Certification in 2016.
I have continued to train in neuroscience and experiential therapies and became certified in the STAIR Method to help integrate my various trainings in a way that is coherent, flexible, and intentional.
Sometimes it takes the most wounded wings, the most broken things
to notice how strong the breeze is, how precious the flight. – Andrea Gibson