Family Therapy

We are not only family therapists, but trainers and educators. All of our staff are involved in community education, helping to inform parents, teenagers, teachers, couples, and clinicians of the impact of family therapy mental health and well-being. 

Are you looking for competent family therapy services to help you parent a challenging teenager? Are you a recently blended family working to knit together different parenting approaches? Do you have an adult child at home struggling to embrace adulthood? Family therapy is a service that helps individuals and families cope and heal from issues like trauma, grief, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. 

Think our approach to family therapy may be what you need, but you're not sure where to start? Our friendly office staff can help direct you to the care you are looking for. Call 512-329-6611 for a safe and confidential consultation today.

Here are just a few of the challenges we can help address in family therapy:

• Parenting

• PTSD

• Blended family challenges

• Adult children at home

• Adult sibling relationships

• Couple and marital stress

• Trauma

• Grief and loss

Couples Therapy

When we treat couples and marriages, we don't just help individuals, we help relationships. Whether you need marriage counseling, help resolving conflict that doesn't seem to end, or help recovering from the trauma of infidelity, we are equipped to help your relationship.

What makes our approach to couples therapy different? We are couple and family therapists trained to understand behavioral and mental health challenges are also relational challenges. We are specifically trained in the steps required to help marriages and relationships recover from high-conflict, abusive relationships, and couples thinking about divorce.

Wondering how couples therapy works? We encounter many folks who aren't sure what to expect from marriage counseling or couples therapy, many of whom have had a bad experience in the past. We know that couples therapy depends on two key factors. First, the relationship you develop with a clinician will set the tone successfully changing as you want to. Second, we know that couples therapy is a goal-driven process. We will collaborate with you to identify healthy goals for you to reach. Once you reach your goals, couples therapy is complete. Call us today to talk to us about what clinician might best suit your needs.

Here are just a few of the challenges that our couples therapy services can help:

• Marriage counseling
• Infidelity
• Trauma
• Substance abuse
• Divorce recovery
• Blended families
• Infertility
• LGBT Relationships
• Premarital counseling

Counseling For You

At the Austin Family Institute, we are dedicated to treating the concerns that you bring to therapy. Whether you bring your family, your relationship, or yourself, our goal is to help you achieve the change that you are hoping for. Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Have you experienced a recent loss of a loved one, not sure how to grieve? Do you need help overcoming addictive behaviors? Our staff are trained to help you through even the most challenging of life's obstacles. 

If you've never looked for a counselor or therapist before, then you have just discovered how difficult it can be to find someone you can trust. There are so many faces online, you may not be sure who will be right for you. Fortunately, you can leave the difficulty of that choice to us. Our office staff are not only trained administrators, but compassionate and effective people who will help match with a clinician that has experience with the kind of help you are looking for.

At AFI, we are about change. Our desire is to help you find the change you seek. Whether you are looking for the highest-quality care from highly experienced clinicians or high-quality care that is offered on a sliding-scale, we can direct you to the help you seek without the added burden of uncertainty. Call us today at 512-329-6611 to learn how simple it can be to get started.

Here are just a few challenges our counseling services can help with:

• Sexual concerns
• Chronic pain
• Developmental disabilities
• Abuse and trauma
• Self-harming behaviors
• Life transitions
• Later-life issues
• Military families
• ADHD

Group Therapy

We provide group psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Group therapy is unique to each group’s needs and is likely to change as those needs change. Potential benefits of group therapy include improvement of relationships, coping skills, and the client’s mood. Symptoms or feelings of depression, anxiety, fear, and anger may diminish as the process gets under way. Call the Austin Family Institute office at 512-329-6611 for more information about our available groups.

Here are just a few challenges GROUP THERAPY CAN HELP WITH:

• Sadness

• Grief and loss

• Low self-esteem

• Emotional trauma

• Life transitions

• Self exploration

UPCOming GroupS at AFI

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Community Workshops

Great Start Couples Workshop

Who: For couples who are in committed relationships, considering engagement, newly engaged, newly married, or wanting to improve their relationship.

When: 5-6 Saturdays per year - call or email for more info on upcoming workshop dates!

Where: Austin Family Institute at 7035 Bee Caves Rd, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78746

Cost: $40 per couple for materials

Food: Coffee and light snacks provided. Lunch is on your own, during a 1-hour break mid-workshop.

Bonus: This is an approved Twogether in Texas premarital workshop. A workshop completion certificate can be presented to a Texas country clerk for Up to $60 off their marriage license fee and a waived 72 hour waiting period

To learn more or sign up for this workshop, please email info@austinfamilyinstitute.org or call us at (512) 329-6611