Austin is a compassionate and skilled provider with experience working with adolescents, adults, and families, including her background as an outpatient therapist. She has addressed a variety of emotional disorders, including a focus on eating disorders and phobias. She excels in helping patients understand their emotions, develop coping strategies, and feel empowered to address their unique challenges. She recognizes therapy can be intimidating, so she meets clients where they are, respecting their pace while gently challenging them to grow. Austin believes that experiencing discomfort is not inherently negative but a crucial aspect of building tolerance toward unwanted emotions. She views negative emotions not as fundamentally bad but as barriers that can be understood and changed.

Valuing collaboration, Austin fosters a positive therapeutic alliance to facilitate meaningful changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Her approach emphasizes goal setting, motivation enhancement, emotional awareness, trauma resolution, and uncovering each individual’s unique strengths, guiding clients to bridge the gap between their current and desired behaviors. With a focus on cognitive-behavioral techniques, Austin sees problems as separate from people and believes in harnessing skills, experiences, and mindsets to manage difficulties. She is dedicated to supporting self-determination and helping patients view themselves positively, seeing their problems as challenges to overcome rather than personal failings. Austin brings a balanced perspective to therapy, aiming to transform the process from a daunting task into an empowering and fulfilling journey. Austin enjoys self-care, creative projects, and spending time in nature.