PTSD Therapy in Austin & Round Rock

Kids, teens & adults · NW Austin · Round Rock · Online across Texas

It's over. So why doesn't it feel over?

Expert PTSD treatment in Austin, Round Rock, and online across Texas. You don't have to start alone.

Do I Need PTSD Treatment?

It made sense then. It's exhausting now.

After something life-threatening or life-altering, your system shuts down everything non-essential to survive. Usually, once the threat passes, it settles.
Sometimes it doesn't. Your body stays on high alert, and every reminder sends it back into survival mode. Over time you might numb out, dissociate, or feel depressed.

✦ EMDR-trained team

Signs trauma might be running things
You feel jumpy and startle easily
You feel numb or spaced out a lot
You don't seem like yourself anymore
Denial and avoidance work for years — until they don't. That's usually when people call us.

Delayed PTSD Symptoms

PTSD is a jack-in-the-box.

Denial and avoidance can work for years. Then a big change — a wedding, a safe relationship, your child reaching the age you were — and symptoms show up.

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It can come and go

Symptoms often surface during life transitions, even decades after the event.
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Triggers can be learned

Once you understand how PTSD works and start learning your triggers, it can be overcome.
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You don't have to white-knuckle it

Safety and skills come first. Memory work only when you're ready.

Benefits of PTSD Treatment

What our clients tend to walk away with.

We work with kids, teens, adults, couples, and parents — and we don't shy away from the hardest stories, especially sexual trauma.
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Sleep soundly

Nights stop being the enemy.
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Manage anxiety and stress

Grounding that actually works when it counts.
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Strong, connected relationships

You know how to ask for what you need — and set boundaries that hold.
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Believe in yourself

Feel strong and able to take on the world.
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Embrace your body

Feel alive in it again.
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Prepared for what's next

When hard things happen in the future, you'll face them stronger than before.

PTSD isn't a weakness.

It's caused by all kinds of experiences — many that people wouldn't count as “trauma.”

How PTSD Treatment Works

Feel, heal, thrive.

We go at your pace, start to finish.
1

Feel

Identify and tolerate your emotions; learn to shift into calm and safety fast. This makes the rest of the work safe.
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Heal

Work through what's driving the symptoms with EMDR and take the negative charge out of the memories.
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Thrive

Make real changes in your life and relationships — and celebrate how far you've come.

PTSD Treatment FAQ

What people ask before they call.

Anything we haven't answered? Call 512-400-4790 — you'll talk to Nia, not a phone tree.

Your first call is with a real person.

Nia, our Client Care Coordinator, will listen to what's going on and match you with the right therapist. No phone tree, no pressure.

PTSD Therapists in Austin & Round Rock

True Trauma Specialists

Complex trauma, sexual trauma, dissociation — this is what our team is trained for. Nia will match you with the right fit on your first call.
Heather Hammock LMFT
EMDR Certified
Round Rock & online
Adults & couples
Intensives only
Maegan Woytek LPC
EMDR Certified
Online across Texas
Adults & teens
Weekly sessions
Shauna Onabajo LPC
EMDR trained
Austin & online
Adults & teens
Weekly or intensives
Oliver Papa-Garcia LPC
EMDR trained
Round Rock & online
Adults & teens
Weekly sessions
Bailey Pellissier LMSW
EMDR trained
Austin & online
Adults & teens
Weekly sessions
Lily Nguyen LPC-Associate
Neurodivergence-affirming
Round Rock & online
Teens, adults & couples
Weekly sessions
Ivana Crumpton LPC-AssociateSupervised by Marshia Allen, PsyD, LPC-S, RPT
EMDR in training
Austin & online
Kids 4+, teens, adults & couples
Weekly sessions
Traci W. Pirri LCSW-S
EMDR Consultant
Austin & online
Adults & teens
Intensives only
Resident-level clinicians are supervised weekly by a senior trauma specialist — more eyes on your care, not fewer.

Weekly PTSD Therapy or EMDR Intensive

Weekly therapy, or a few focused days.

Both get to the same place. The difference is pace — and which one fits your life right now.
Most people start here

Weekly therapy

About an hour, once a week
  • 50-minute sessions, usually once a week
  • Steady, paced work: safety and skills first, then the deeper work
  • Shauna, Oliver, Maegan, Bailey, Lily, and Ivana
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Same work, compressed

EMDR intensive

Half or full days, back to back
  • Half or full days across one to five days
  • In our office, in your home, online, or at a retreat location of your choice
  • For people ready to go deeper — or who can't wait months
  • With Heather Hammock, Shauna Onabajo, or Traci Pirri
Ask about an intensive
Our money-back guarantee applies to weekly and pre-intensive sessions, not to the intensive itself. We'll explain how that works before you book.
How intensives work →
Why people trust us
501(c)(3) nonprofit

✦ EMDRIA-approved consultant on staff

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Money-back guarantee
Not satisfied? We'll refund up to your first two sessions. Excludes intensives.
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Advanced therapies
EMDR-trained team with weekly complex-trauma consultation.
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Personalized treatment

Warm, practical, paced to what you can handle.

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Hope For The Journey is an excellent practice focused on PTSD and EMDR therapies. I've had an excellent experience with them and highly recommend them for anyone looking for help. Traci and her team is great!
Dr. Omar Akhter · Referring physician
Sliding-scale spotsStandard rate
We're a nonprofit, so cost shouldn't be the reason you wait. Sliding-scale spots with licensed clinicians and supervised residents are part of how we work.
See rates & how the sliding scale works →

You don't have to live with PTSD. Start your healing journey.

Get matched with a trauma specialist today. We'll go at your pace, from the first call to the last session.

PTSD Treatment in Austin, Round Rock & Online

Two offices, or anywhere in Texas.

Easy to reach from Northwest Austin, Cedar Park, and Georgetown — or meet online from home if that feels safer. Call 512-400-4790 and Nia will help you pick.

NW Austin

4131 Spicewood Springs Rd. Ste. L-1
Austin, TX 78759
In person · all ages

Round Rock

1101 Satellite View #501
Round Rock, TX 78665
In person · all ages

Online across Texas

Secure video sessions from home
Every therapist offers online