Allison Smith
Counselor, M.Ed., LPC, RPT, NCCEmbracing the journey. At Our Lives Counseling, we support client through affirming and inclusive mental health counseling, serving Texans, starting at age 3 and continuing through the lifespan.
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Life's journey can sometimes be overwhelming, leading us to feel stuck or uncertain about how to improve ourselves or our situations. Therapy offers a nurturing path towards healing and growth, beginning with specific issues and progressively uncovering broader areas for meaningful change. I strive to ensure this journey is supportive, affirming, and thoughtfully challenging.
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I provide individual counseling to those experiencing a mood disorder, anxiety, trauma, suicidal ideations, grief and other concerns. I work with client's battling with their mental health, family concerns, stress, relationships, self-esteem and those experiencing a life transition. I have experience working in crisis situations, as well as, inpatient and outpatient facilities. I work with adults (18+) and I am willing to provide a free consultation prior to the initial visit.
My clients are often empaths getting support strengthening their boundaries and instincts. I especially enjoy working with people who are becoming parents - whether deciding if/how to start a family, conceiving/adopting, currently pregnant/with someone who is, or recently added to your family. I want to help you feel confident in your decisions, so that you can create your unique family and life, without the external 'shoulds'. These transitions need extra support and I'm here to help you.
Are you ready to be actively involved in healing your perception of dis-ease, and taking responsibility for creating the life you are meant to live? James Baldwin stated that not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. If you are ready to play an active role in your healing, wish to go beyond talk therapy, and desire to include spirituality and the body-mind connection in your personal growth work, then I may be the holistic theracoach for you.
Being human is often tough. Sometimes we lose our way and can feel stuck and overwhelmed. Sometimes we would like to change parts of our lives or ourselves but don’t know how. Therapy can be an empowering way to promote healing, growth, and wellness. Often, we initially seek treatment to address a specific concern and then begin to uncover other areas of our lives in which we want to make meaningful change. My goal is for this process to feel supportive, affirming, and appropriately challenging.
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My professional history involves working with individuals who have experienced trauma. Recognizing the impact of traumatic events on one’s mental and emotional well-being, I employ evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help clients heal and regain a sense of control over their lives. Through a trauma-informed lens, I provide a safe and non-judgmental environment where clients can process their experiences, develop coping strategies, and work toward post-traumatic growth.
I seek to walk with the clients I work with and create an environment that empowers them to not only cope with today but develop deep and sustainable change that will influence their lives as well as the lives of others in their communities. This background also prompts me to consider how structural inequities impact physical and mental health and how therapy can be one of many tools toward healing from historical and contemporary social issues.
I have a particular passion for working with survivors of childhood abuse, domestic, and sexual violence. I am also well versed in and absolutely love working with the LGBTQIA, BIPOC, and Kink/Poly communities. What I love about working with survivors is fiercely holding hope while delicately encouraging the sparks of change at a time that can be so dark.
My clients are those that want to better themselves in some way, but are not quite sure what they want or how to get there. I love working with those that are making major life transitions, such as going to college, getting a new job, moving to a new location, changing a relationship status, etc. Sometimes when we feel stuck in a particular position, our potential gets stuck with us. I love working with eager folks that are ready to start confronting their anxieties in life.
You struggle with feeling like no one gets you. Sometimes you struggle to understand yourself. It feels like "Groundhog Day," and you just want today to look and feel different... maybe even better. You've adapted and survived, often by stating that "it wasn't so bad," but at the same time, wondering how you ended up feeling so lost. You long for understanding, healing, and wellness. I look forward to helping you get there!
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What if you could live your life with confidence, trust, understanding, and intimacy? If you're having a hard time, feeling disconnected, or having communication problems, I want to help. While my practice specializes in challenges around sex, communication, intimacy, and infidelity, over the years I've also had the privilege of working successfully with people bringing a broad range of other concerns to my office, including anxiety, gender & sexual identity, trauma, and more.
**Accepting new clients for daytime weekday appts ** We all experience challenges, stresses and obstacles in life that leave us feeling stuck, confused or lost. Your mental health is important. How you experience your world and cope with your feelings, influences every part of you. Lately, you’ve noticed it’s difficult to concentrate or struggle to find the energy to begin tasks. It feels like you put on a mask everyday and it’s exhausting. I see you, I hear you, you don’t have to do it alone.
Whether you feel like you have reached rock bottom, you are going through a massive crisis, or your relationship has hit a very rough patch, you need help. Maybe your sexual behavior is out of control, or infidelity has shattered your relationship. Perhaps you have swept under the rug that sexual trauma, or you have been keeping yourself so busy to avoid grieving and feeling your feelings. It is time to take charge and get the life that you deserve: gain awareness, manage, heal.
Everyone’s pathway through life is uniquely their own, and I believe you are the expert on your own life. I believe your personal worldview and lived reality are absolutely integral to the therapeutic process. I work with couples and individuals both in-person and via telehealth. I embrace inclusivity of gender expression, sexual orientation, and alternative lifestyles, and am both sex positive and body affirming in my beliefs and approach.
Are the teenage years bumpier than you thought? Maybe your mind is loud with worries and you can't seem to feel rested; no matter how much sleep you're getting. You’re really feeling the pressure. You're tired of beating yourself up. Therapy can provide you with a space to sort inherited patterns into helpful and not so helpful piles, reduce anxiety, explore new ways of managing stress, and hone connection skills that make relationships smoother. I can help you release what's weighing on you.
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Do you find yourself asking questions like “what am I doing with my life?”, “what do I want?”, “where am I going?” Do you feel stuck, unsure of your place in the world? Do you live with fear, anxiety, and existential dread? You’re in the right place. I love sitting with clients as they wrestle these deep questions. I don’t have your answers (I wish I did!), but I can provide support, understanding, and tools to help you find the answers you need.
Individuals, couples and polyamorous people 18 years of age or over. I enjoy working with people who are invested in change and personal growth. I believe therapy can benefit almost anybody who is open to it, or even just wants to check it out. I have done lots of work with Women's Roller Derby members.