New Wave Counseling

Did you know that January is the month when the most people file for divorce? Did you know that one in two children will see their...

It's no secret that suicide and depression run rampant within the cisgender male population. Growing up, I watched several male family...

Why am I writing this blog? I have wanted to write on this topic for a very long time. Gaslighting is so ingrained in our culture, our...

A lot of people are becoming more and more ambivalent regarding the holiday seasons. A lot of my clients, friends, and family are filled...

It’s no secret that as healthcare providers, as compassionate humans, and as natural-born caregivers, it is our innate reaction to...

If you need immediate assistance in leaving an abusive relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233...

In the five and a half years of being a licensed marriage and family therapist, the concept of money has been omnipresent in all of the...

I’d like to begin this piece by saying that the irony of a gay therapist blogging about imposter syndrome was not lost on me. Anyone who...

Despite the snarky title of this blog, I actually fully support and admire anyone who chooses to leave the comfort of someone else’s...

Codependency is a very hot button for many therapists and non-therapists alike. Any time I have asked someone for inspiration on what my...

A very large part of the kind of work I do revolves around couples therapy. Being trained in this very powerful form of psychotherapy, I...

Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents A lot of people in the queer community (I am definitely one of them) imitate and satirize 1981’s...

Yesterday, I sandwiched my own personal therapy directly between four of my own clients. In lieu of keeping up with a weekly blog, I was...

What Is Sensory Overload? When you first hear “Sensory Overload”, pay attention to what happens in your body. Do you resonate with the...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2022. The day after “Independence” Day. And it’s a whopping 97 degrees in Austin, with no end of this heatwave in...

Why This is Personal To Me: I write my second blog in hopes that the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade (1973) would be looked...

As I sit here writing my first blog on my own website, it occurred to me that I am the first person in my immediate (and perhaps...