Why We’re the Best Therapists in Austin
Incorporated in 2007, Just Mind is a boutique mental health clinic with a mission to remove the stigma sometimes associated with therapy, both through the environment we create and the unique attitudes of the associates who work with us. Our team receives regular clinical education from visiting guest experts and group supervision. Our therapists each have up to 30 years of experience and a wide array of specialties, and certifications. We pride ourselves on fostering a space for our clients that is comfortable, knowledgeable, and relatable. Read our testimonials from clients to see why we’re the best therapists in Austin. Just Mind is led by husband-and-wife team William and Teri Schroeder, who are Austin counselors as well. Below, you can see a list of our counselors and psychologists.
Austin Counselors
Teri Schroeder, LCSW
Teri is a licensed clinical social worker with 15+ years of experience providing counseling and therapeutic services to adults and teenagers. She spent 10 years working in non-profit agencies and schools before transitioning to private work. She strives to empower clients to find their own inner strengths and overcome obstacles in life, particularly in healing from trauma. Her focus includes adult/childhood trauma, PTSD, grief/loss, life transitions, depression, anxiety, teen/adolescent issues, family-of-origin issues, LGBTQ issues, and self-esteem difficulties. Teri believes every person has the capacity for growth and change, and she helps clients find greater balance, personal insight, and resiliency. Her style is empathic and collaborative, and she is a certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) Consultant-in-Training. She uses EMDR, cognitive-behavioral therapy, somatic techniques, mindfulness, and expressive arts in her work.
William Schroeder, LPC, NCC
William is a professional counselor with 12+ years of experience. He works with creatives, teens, techies, and people who feel like life is out of alignment, and specializes in autism spectrum disorder (ASD, previously known as Aspergers) and ADHD. He particularly enjoys helping people to develop new chapters in their lives after relationships end, and helping people understand anxiety. He thinks of what he does as helping clients deepen their emotional intelligence. William’s style is warm, humanistic, and solution-focused in his approach to helping people overcome obstacles. He has completed Level Two of Gottman training, basic training of Interpersonal Neurobiology (accessing neural networks), advanced training in ADHD, mindfulness, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is the founder of Just Mind and the Austin Mental Health Group, which has more than 2,100 therapists as members.
David Jenkins, LCSW
David’s understanding that life involves all of who we are—mind, emotions, and body—is a foundational principle in his work. His counseling experience includes work with children 9+, adolescents, adults, and families, and he particularly enjoys focusing on relationships, family, and men’s issues. He helps men channel into their deeper emotional world and explore it in a way that is non-threatening but allows for deep work. With couples, David helps each partner to channel into their emotional world and use it as a bridge to link with their partner rather than as a wall that isolates. David has completed Level One of Gottman training and is trained on "Treating Trauma and Affairs" with John and Julie Gottman. David is EMDR trained.
Marian Thompson, LCSW
Marian enjoys working with individual adults and couples and focuses on a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, life changes, sexuality, and relationship difficulties. She works from a strengths-based approach, using a mixture of counseling theories to fit the needs of each particular client, including mindfulness, somatic experiencing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic approaches. She has completed Level One of Gottman training for couples counseling. She has also completed her externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy, an evidence-based therapy for couples. She is sex-positive and strives to create a non-judgmental environment for clients of all orientations and lifestyles.
Eva Escobedo, LPC
Eva started her career as a therapist more than 20 years ago in New York City working with a population challenged by chronic mental illness. She completed a master’s degree in Rational Emotive Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute, and a master’s degree in Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapy at CIEEXH. In 1994, she started a private practice in Mexico City where she gained invaluable experience working with clients who were facing relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, infertility, infidelity, loneliness, substance abuse, trauma, sexual identity, career planning, and parenting issues. Upon moving to Austin she completed the Professional Counseling Program at Texas State University in order to gain licensure in Texas. Eva is a TBRI® Practitioner and a Circle of Security® Parenting Facilitator. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, and French.
Diana Schaefer, LCSW
Diana is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience providing counseling to couples, adults, teens, and children in hospitals and non-profit agencies. She started in private practice in 1993 and recently relocated from New York to Austin, Texas. Diana believes in providing a respectful, non-judgmental, and caring environment for clients to explore and heal old wounds, reduce anxiety and depression, enhance communication in their relationships, and assist them in reaching their personal goals to have a happier, more fulfilled life. Diana is certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and uses this approach to help clients process traumatic events in their lives. She also has advanced training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy). She helps couples to recognize their cycle, or “dance,” and how to change their “steps” to get out of it. She also uses mindfulness techniques and cognitive-behavioral therapy in her practice. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Sapana Donde, PhD
Dr. Sapana Donde is a licensed clinical psychologist with 10+ years of experience working in diverse clinical and community settings with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her specialty areas include depression, anxiety, stress, ADHD/ADD, interpersonal violence, childhood and adult trauma, acculturation and immigration, identity development, child welfare and adoption, career counseling, parenting issues, and spirituality/spiritual ambivalence. Sapana utilizes a warm, strengths-based, collaborative, creative, and flexible style. She enjoys integrating Somatic Experiencing® and an understanding of neurobiology with traditional therapeutic approaches to help clients discover and harness their innate resilient capacity to survive, heal, and even thrive after going through adverse life experiences.
Patricia Walker, LMFT
Patricia wants you to know what needs to change in your life in order to have the life you want. She listens to your hurts, grief, anger, and communication challenges, and helps you to move from your pain to hope by exploring and identifying your goals and helping you create a plan using your new insights and skills. She uses more than 25 years of experience in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, family systems, and tools from Imago Therapy, Gottman Therapy principles, communication–conflict resolution skills, and compassion. She utilizes her warmth, insights, encouragement, and humor as she helps you develop confidence to make the changes you want and need in your life.
Charity Cortez, LCSW
Charity welcomes clients to express themselves, heal, and experience their lives with more confidence, vibrancy, and peace. Using the present moment as a foundation for exploration, she encourages clients to experiment with radical acceptance and self-expression within the safety of the therapeutic relationship. She is primarily focused on trauma resolution, self-integration, and self-actualization. Charity lends compassionate support to clients who experience anxiety, depression, grief and loss, shame, unresolved trauma, and existential concerns. Over 10 years of experience with people struggling with complex challenges informs her realistic optimism about the possibilities for growth in therapy and her flexible and creative approach. She draws from attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, EMDR, Internal Family Systems/parts work, and intersectional feminist theory. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Julie Osofsky, LPC
Julie has more than 11 years of experience working with individuals, families, and groups at outpatient, residential, and inpatient levels of care. Her clinical experience has been in helping individuals with a wide range of issues, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, substance-use disorders, eating disorders, self-harm behaviors, self-esteem, relationship struggles, and more. Julie utilizes an integrative approach, and she enjoys providing insight-based therapy coupled with skills-building, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) skills, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, assertiveness training, and education on self-compassion. She values each client as an individual and encourages them to tap into their personal strengths and provide themselves with kindness as they work toward increasing their emotional health.
Patty Monical LMFT, LPC-S, RPT-S
Patty Joy Monical is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Play Therapist (RPT), and PhD candidate in Counseling with more than 10 years of experience working with children and their families. Patty is passionate about helping children heal through play, their natural mode of expression and processing. She coaches parents to optimize their kids’ ability to thrive so families can experience peace and joy instead of chaos and conflict. Patty also uses EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with kids and adults to let go of past hurts and move forward with confidence and resilience. At the core of Patty’s philosophy is the belief that we all carry stories that can benefit from a little editing and rewriting so we can embrace life with love and zest!
Scott Allen, PsyD
Dr. Scott Allen is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has worked with individuals, groups, and families affected by autism spectrum, ADHD, and related disorders for more than 10 years. Scott‘s background is in the use of positive-behavior supports to teach skills and curb challenging behaviors. Scott’s passion is teaching individuals with ASD social skills through interest-based training. As with everyone else, individuals on the autism spectrum and with ADHD learn best when pursuing areas of interests, and most activities can be used as teaching tools. Through the use of interests and creative intervention strategies, Scott has helped young children all the way up to adults learn how to interact appropriately with others and pursue their dreams. Scott has a firm background in assessment, teacher/parent training, and program development. Scott tends to use a skill-centered, problem-solving approach in his work with individuals, groups, and families.
Emily Stone, PhD, LMFT-S
Emily Stone is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 20 years of experience working with adults, couples, families, children, and adolescents. She started her work as a therapist in California where she received her Master of Arts in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling after first finishing a Master of Divinity. After some time living abroad she settled in her home state where she ran her own private practice while completing her PhD in Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee. She has extensive experience through practice, training, and research in the areas of life transitions, depression, anxiety, anger, infidelity, couples work, trauma, spirituality, sexuality, parenting, grief, issues of diversity, sports psychology, and LGBTQIA related issues. She also has a special love for working with therapists and pastors as clients because healers need healing spaces, too. Her reputation as a therapist, supervisor and professor is one of being open, courageous in dialogue, curious, and respectful of each individual.
Greg Spayd, LPC
Greg’s love of people has always driven his work. His career as a counselor began in 2000, and he has worked with adults and couples in private practice and in higher education. Greg uses a number of different approaches with clients who have interest in deepening their understanding of self and their relationships, and increasing meaning in life. He has a deep interest in working with people living with chronic illness as well as those seeking counseling for depression and anxiety. Though his orientation is Existential Humanism, he employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Strengths-Based therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and he has completed Level Two of Gottman Method training for couples therapy.
Nancy Pounds, LPC
Nancy has a passion for helping adults and couples navigate the stressors and issues that inevitably come up in life. She sees the world through a psychodynamic lens, which means she believes events of the past directly influence the present. She uses a combination of CBT, logotherapy, EMDR, and Hypnotherapy to help clients discover deeply held beliefs so they can be examined and challenged to create a happier, more confident self and lead to more fulfilling relationships. Nancy is EMDR trained and certified in Hypnotherapy. She employs a collaborative approach to counseling and views clients as experts in their own lives. She has extensive training in the area of trauma, grief, and crisis, and her focus includes self-esteem, boundaries, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
Ron Grace, PsyD
Dr. Ron Grace is a licensed psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and adults who are faced with a variety of challenges, including anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflicts, stress/adjustment issues, and ADHD. He also conducts family and couples therapy sessions. Ron adopts an integrative psychotherapy style in order to tailor each treatment experience to the unique needs of each individual, often including elements of positive thinking, mindfulness, and relaxation techniques. He believes in a collaborative approach in which the therapist and client work together to reach their goals in a warm, positive, and empowering setting.
Thomas Dong, LPC
Thomas enjoys working individually with both adults and adolescents to understand and reduce anxiety, cope with change, cultivate self-love, engage in dynamic self-care practices, and help clients develop a personality that best reflects the values, beliefs, and lifestyle that defines their life goals. He strives to help clients become more comfortable with the present, and aims to empower clients toward more intentional living while developing general satisfaction in interpersonal relationships. He may integrate and use any evidence-based skills that include CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness strategies, and/or family systems therapy techniques to match specific client needs. Thomas is trained in the Gottman Method (Level Two) for couples therapy work.
Alan Nelson, LPC
Alan combines warmth and empathy with down-to-earth pragmatism and a sense of humor to create a relaxed, informal environment where the spectrum of human experience can be explored in safety and with curiosity. Alan focuses on working with adult individuals struggling with anxiety, anger, depression, process addictions, self-esteem, relationships, and recovery from sexual and physical trauma. He also has experience in working with creatives, young people transitioning into adulthood, and spirituality. He loves walking with clients as they discover their strengths, find their purpose, and move toward their full, embodied potential. Alan is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. His primary theoretical lenses are through interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and polyvagal theory.
Tiffany Dang, LPC
Tiffany has a passion for helping her clients navigate through areas in life where they feel disoriented and lost. Her desire is to help people implement emotionally healthy change that leads to healing and growth. She sits with each client as the unique individual they are and counsels through a process-oriented exploration of the relationship between the past and how it informs present ways of relating. She is also EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) trained and incorporates this into her counseling when it is a good fit for the client. Tiffany specializes in working with individuals in their struggles with anxiety; depression; grief and loss; shame and guilt; spiritual, identity, and relationship issues; and sexual abuse and trauma.
Loren Lomme, LPC, RPT
Loren works with children, adolescents, and parents using play therapy, sandtray therapy, and art techniques with a focus on how nervous system regulation affects behavior and emotions. She also works with parents to help guide them in more effective communication and relational skills, in addition to helping them problem-solve home and school difficulties. Although she works mostly with children and adolescents, Loren also works with adults using traditional talk therapy while incorporating aspects of mindfulness and emotion regulation skills as necessary. She focuses on issues including but not limited to: trauma, behavior difficulties, getting along with others, difficulty managing emotions, depression and/or anxiety, grief and loss, divorce, and parenting issues. Loren is also a TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) Practitioner. TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.
Adam Maurer, LPC, LMFT
Adam strives to create a safe environment where people can be authentic, understood, and accepted. He uses curiosity and his own authentic self to collaborate with clients, providing them with a safe space to discover their own paths. His work focuses on helping couples in conflict, as well as LGBTQ+ individuals and relationships. He has completed Level Two of Gottman training, and uses those techniques to provide couples with tools to communicate about issues that have been gridlocked. Adam is an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and has a background of working with issues such as coming out, HIV, addiction, transitioning, gender and sexual fluidity, and non-exclusive relationships. With humor and empathy, Adam will help you consider ways to challenge old paradigms and develop new insights.
Eileen Kinney Lindgren, LMFT
Eileen gets that our primary relationships form the blueprint for relationships throughout our lives. That is why she is passionate about early support for children and adolescents and for helping parents show up as their best selves during this critical developmental time. Her calm, authentic presence helps clients feel safe and together they explore issues and identify roadblocks that can get in the way of realizing one’s full potential. Whether it is through play therapy, sandtray, and creative expression with children, or mindful talk therapy with adolescents and adults, Eileen works collaboratively and at the client’s own pace. As a mother herself, she enjoys working with women in all stages of life transition. Her interdisciplinary approach draws on attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, mindfulness, strengths-based approaches, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and body-based work.
Rebeka Villarreal, LMSW
Rebeka is committed to building supportive and strong therapeutic relationships with clients. She is passionate about supporting individuals as they discover their authentic selves and move toward inner peace. To accomplish this, she partners with clients to understand their narratives, life circumstances, and internal architectures. Rebeka facilitates learning that leads to new ways of thinking and communicating, enhanced coping strategies, and increased ability to manage emotions. Rebeka specializes in helping people navigate life transitions, co-parenting, self-esteem, grief and loss, infertility, and helping people get “unstuck.” Rebeka works with clients from a neurobiological perspective and utilizes mindfulness, accountability, honesty, and humor to engage clients.
Kellie Caroselli, LPC Intern
Kellie enjoys working collaboratively with adolescents and adults as a compassionate, empathetic, and open-minded therapist. She works with clients to overcome a variety of setbacks and challenges and helps them recognize how to be advocates for themselves. Kellie’s welcoming attitude and passion for helping others allow her to assist clients to build on their best qualities, find and grow their strengths, and improve their resilience. Although her approach is influenced by client-centered, strengths-based, and relational theories, she aims to meet her clients where they are, and together they figure out what will work best for that individual in that specific instance. Her focuses include life transitions, self-exploration and finding purpose, career counseling, stress management, grief and loss, anxiety, and depression.
Kellie is supervised by Eva Thomsen, M.Ed., LPC-S
Ian Hammonds, LPC Intern, LMFT-Associate
Ian‘s passion lies in working with couples on their communication, intimacy issues, conflict management, trauma, and life transitions. Ian also enjoys working with queer folks (LGBTQ) both as couples as well as individuals, where he helps them through such issues as coming out, family trauma, parental abuse, love addiction, and substance abuse. Ian has extensive experience in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, the Gottman Model, family systems, love addiction work, and substance abuse. Ian’s warm, empathic, and inviting nature provides space for clients to feel safe enough to be authentic while also providing ways to gently challenge in order to bring about change and growth.
Ian is supervised by Kirby Schroeder, LPC-S, LMFT-S
Kelly Edwards, LMFT-Associate, LPC Intern
Kelly believes in the ability of individuals and couples to change. Change is difficult, but with the right tools and support, it is possible. In therapy, he provides a welcoming and non-judgmental space for clients to process their struggles. Kelly supports clients in working toward healing from past wounds and living authentically in the present. He believes it takes courage and vulnerability to be our true selves, and provides comfort and support so that clients may stand in their truth and live in a way that feels fulfilling. Kelly is relational in his approach with clients, and considers the therapeutic relationship to be one of the most meaningful relationships that exists. The therapy he provides is evidence-based and informed by neuroscience, narrative therapy, and feminist psychology. Kelly is also bilingual in English and Spanish.
Kelly is supervised by Juliane Taylor Shore LPC S, LMFT S
Susan Gurney, LPC
Susan is passionate about counseling and working with clients to address their specific needs. She has a particular focus in areas such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD, previously known as Aspergers), ADHD, anxiety, social skills, depression, and relationship issues. Susan loves helping clients begin to discover who they are and become their true, authentic selves. In particular, Susan has more than two years of experience working with clients on the autism spectrum at The College Living Experience. Susan’s work with the ASD population has provided her with the ability to tailor the therapy experience to each client. She utilizes out-of-the-box techniques—such as board games, video games, and other interest-based activities, along with humor—to create a collaborative experience. Through these media, she works to help address the underlying needs of her clients and to address issues like social skills, anxiety, and depression. Susan has also worked with ASD clients in career development.
Kelly McGettigan, LPC Intern
Kelly’s approach to counseling is person-centered and grounded in the science of interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory. She works from the perspective that the relationship between therapist and client can offer the safety needed to decrease emotional distress, collaboratively explore concerns, and develop new relational patterns. She sees adolescents and adults who are experiencing relationship challenges, life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and physical health issues, as well as individuals wanting to cultivate more meaning, clarity, and confidence. In addition to talk therapy, she uses mindfulness practices, creative arts, and sandtray with clients who are interested in learning about themselves through experiential therapies. Kelly has completed Level One of Gottman training and incorporates aspects of Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) in her work.
Kelly is supervised by Seja Rachael, LPC-S
Common Questions
Professional Questions
Senior therapists have over 10 years of experience (some have 30+). Mid level therapists have 6-10. Junior therapists have 2-5 years of experience. Each level of therapist has different fee ranges associated with them. (We also suggest you take a look at their advanced trainings and backgrounds.)
An LPC Intern is a therapist who has completed their masters degree (which includes clinical time) and they are now seeing clients and have a supervisor that guides their growth and experience. School for LPC Interns is normally a 3 year process. LMFT-A (licensed marriage and family therapists associates) are in a similar period of their professional growth. Research shows that a key to getting better is how much of a rapport you feel with your therapist.
This really varies by the individual and the issue. Some people have issues that are more tricky and developed over time and these issues might take more time to work on. That said, if you are motivated, work on coping skills outside of session, and are focused on your goals you may have a very short time in therapy. Normally the shortest time tends to be around 2-6 months of weekly therapy. It really depends on the issue and the individual. If cost, time commitment, or just being uncertain is an issue, you should try Single Session Therapy.
No, we do not. We offer counseling for anger but that’s it. You will have to go elsewhere for court mandated anger management classes.
This is a common question and we do not write emotional support animal letters at this time. The liability is just too great and we feel like the laws around them are going to change as TSA is already moving in this direction to do dog bites in airports. My suggestion to you would be as follows: 1) Go through training with your dog and get them their AKC Good Citizenship. This will help both of you to be comfortable in a variety of surroundings. 2) To prepare for this, I would suggest working with K9 Working Mind. Tara has been doing this for over 30 years and has an incredible team of trainers. Go through basic all the way to advanced (this helps you to pass the AKC test). It’s not very expensive and it’s an investment in you and your dog’s life together. After this is completed, you can find therapists that will be comfortable in writing ESA letters. If you do not wish to do this, you can look at online options but just be aware of the liability that you carry. Each city is different with dog bite rules and some have a one bite euthanasia rule with no regard for severity and you will also be held personally liable. We want to keep you and your pups happy and safe.
No, we can not prescribe medication but our referral partners do. Some of our referral partners might require you to be seeing a therapist at our practice or to be seeing a therapist in general.
Random questions
Rates and Insurance
We currently take Whole Foods Insurance. More info can be found here: https://justmind.org/rates-and-insurance/
Our rates for individual therapy vary from $100-$165 and the rate depends on their years of experience. More can be found here: https://justmind.org/rates-and-insurance/
Our rates for couples range from $110-165 and the rate depends on their years of experience and training. More can be found here: https://justmind.org/rates-and-insurance/
Scheduling Related
We are located on Spicewood Springs in between Mesa Drive and Loop 360. Our exact address is 4807 Spicewood Springs Road, Bldg 1, #1140, Austin, TX 78759. We are across from the new Austin Board of Realtors building. If you put “Just Mind Counseling” in Google Maps or Apple Maps, it will also navigate you to us. https://justmind.org/directions-to-just-mind/
Our matching is done by our scheduling team who all have gone to school for counseling or received a degree in counseling. They listen to your to your needs and match that against our therapist availability, your schedule, and your payment or insurance preferences. The owners of Just Mind also regularly consult with the scheduling team to help with the process as well. It’s a bit of a puzzle but we try to give you the best options available options and the information you need to make an informed choice.
Therapists see clients from 9am till 9pm Monday through Friday and 9am till 8pm on Saturday and Sunday. Each therapist has a different schedule and availability. Our scheduling team will let you know of available options and who is the best fit. Evenings and weekends are most in demand, so please let us know ANY times you may be able to come (morning, lunch, etc). Make an appointment today!
Great question. Our scheduling team is available for regular business hours during the week (8-5pm). Inquiries are responded to as soon as we can but often this means we may have to email or call you back as there is not always someone immediately available. We do make an effort to respond quickly however but we suggest you look at other options if you are in crisis. Make an appointment today!
Nothing other than yourself and anything you think might be helpful to your therapist.
You just need to email or call your therapist. We suggest emailing them so it’s easier to plan for rescheduling. Just a reminder but Just Mind does have a 24 hour cancellation policy. You can call them or email them. Their email is (first name dot last name at Just Mind dot org).
Scheduling is open only during weekdays from 9am-4pm