Katherine Hyer, LCSW — Licensed therapist in Austin, TX
Accepting new clients — Austin offices & telehealth across Texas

Your Past Is the Key to Understanding Today

Anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles don't appear out of nowhere. I help you look at where it started — not just what you're feeling now — so we can create real, lasting change.

FREE15-MIN CONSULT
LCSW #63406SINCE 2020
Mon–WedTELEHEALTH
Adults • Teens • CouplesWHO I SEE

You Don't Have to Figure This Out Alone

I provide therapy for adults, teens, and couples dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, and life transitions.

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Anxiety & Depression

Understand the roots of your anxiety and depression — address the underlying patterns that keep you stuck, not just manage symptoms.

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Trauma & PTSD

Using mindfulness and Internal Family Systems (IFS), we'll gently work through past experiences that continue to shape your present life.

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Life Transitions

Navigating major changes — career shifts, relationship changes, grief — grounded in attachment theory and your personal history.

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Couples Therapy

Strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and understand the patterns that show up in your relationship. Rooted in attachment theory.

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Teen Therapy

Supportive, non-judgmental therapy for teenagers navigating anxiety, depression, school stress, identity, and family challenges.

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Relationship Issues

Explore how early attachment patterns influence your relationships today and build healthier ways of connecting with others.

What Starting Therapy Actually Looks Like

The hardest part is usually sending the first message. Here is what happens after that.

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A 15-Minute Call

You send a message through the contact form and I call you back within one or two business days. Fifteen minutes, no cost, no pressure. Ask me anything — how I work, whether I have worked with what you are carrying, what it costs. If I am not the right fit, I will say so and point you somewhere better.

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The First Session

Mostly me listening. What brought you here, what you have already tried, what things looked like before now. You do not need to have it organized or know where to start — that part is my job. Nothing you say in a first session obligates you to come back.

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The Work Itself

I am less interested in managing your symptoms than in understanding where they came from. We look at what sits underneath — how you learned to cope, why those strategies made sense at the time, and what it takes to change them now.

About Katherine

A Therapist Who Goes Below the Surface

Licensed clinical social worker in Texas since 2020, with an MSW from the University of Southern California. I work with the parts of you that learned to cope, the patterns you picked up early, and what it takes to change them now.

Your past is the key to your current struggles. I help adults, teens, and couples understand how their history shapes their present — and how to rewrite the patterns that no longer serve them.

More About Me

How I Think About This Work

Thirty-odd pieces on the patterns that bring people to therapy. A good way to see how I work before you ever pick up the phone.

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The Quiet Cost of Always Being Fine

There's a version of coping that looks fine from the outside. But always holding it together takes a toll.

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When You've Done Enough

Running on empty isn't a flaw — it's information. Your limits are warning lights, and they're trying to tell you something.

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How Your Attachment Style Shows Up in Your Adult Relationships

Your attachment style shapes how you love, how you fight, how you reach out — and how you pull away.

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Free 15-minute phone consultation. Let's talk and see if we're a good fit.

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