Couples therapy · Round Rock, Austin & online
NW Austin · Round Rock · Online across Texas
Couples Therapy in Austin & Round Rock The Honeymoon is over...but not for lack of trying
Trauma-informed couples therapy that helps you stop repeating the same fight, get close again, and enjoy each other — in person or online across Texas.
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or call 512-400-4790
Why couples therapy
Baggage from the past is holding both of you back.
You pull away or lose your temper even when all you want is to feel close. Your sex life is lacking. And if nothing changes soon, you know you'll keep making the same mistakes over and over.
Whether you're just starting out and want to get off on the right foot or you're nearing a break-up, our couples counselors are here for you. Investing in your relationship is an investment in your overall happiness and well-being.
Sound familiar?
The same argument, on repeat, with no resolution
One or both of you has a history of trauma that keeps showing up between you
Substance use has created trust issues and painful memories
You can't seem to talk things out and let it go
Intimacy has faded — or feels complicated
You want to feel like a team again
These are exactly the things a skilled, trauma-informed couples therapist can help you heal.
How it works
Non-judgmental, effective, and built for real life.
Our couples therapists are trained in evidence-based approaches and rooted in best practices for trauma, anxiety, and depression — because relationships don't happen in a vacuum.
Evidence-based
EFT, the Gottman Method, sex therapy certification, Solutions-Focused, EMDR, and more — matched to what your relationship needs.
Attachment-based & trauma-informed
We understand what old wounds do to a new argument, and how to heal them instead of managing around them.
Affirming & kink-informed
Allies for LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized couples. We won't put you or your relationship in a box.
Confidential & individualized
Your plan is yours. No cookie-cutter curriculum, no taking sides.
What changes
An investment in your relationship is an investment in you.
Studies show strong relationships are the #1 factor in life happiness. Here's what couples tell us changes:
01
The fight loses its grip
You recognize the pattern before it takes over — and choose something different.
02
Trust rebuilds
Old hurts get processed instead of re-litigated every time you argue.
03
Closeness returns
Physical and emotional intimacy stop feeling like a negotiation.
04
Trauma stops running the room
When one of you has PTSD, you both learn what helps and what hurts.
05
You communicate like a team
Hard conversations get shorter and kinder.
06
Playfulness comes back
Life gets easier and lighter — the way it was when you started.
It's not all up to the therapist. What helps couples therapy work: readiness for change, openness, honesty, and following through between sessions.
Sex therapy
Intimacy problems have causes — and they can heal.
Sexual abuse, negative messages in your youth, body image, libido changes, menopause… Without help, people suffer feelings of inadequacy and loneliness for years. Sex therapy with a trauma therapist means an expert at reigniting your sex life who also knows how to help you enjoy it when one or both of you has a history of trauma.
1
Understand
Name what's getting in the way — trauma, shame, messages you absorbed, changes in your body — without blame.
2
Heal
Process the roots with EMDR and attachment-based work, so desire isn't fighting old fear.
3
Reconnect
Rebuild touch, play, and trust at a pace that feels safe for both of you.
Common questions
What couples ask before the first session.
Anything we haven't answered? Call 512-400-4790 — you'll talk to Nia, not a phone tree.
Often, yes — when both partners are ready to do some work. Trauma histories, substance use, and years of the same fight are all things a trauma-informed couples therapist can help you heal. We'll also tell you honestly if we think a different kind of support fits better.
Most sessions are together. Your therapist may suggest occasional individual sessions, and if one of you needs individual trauma work we can coordinate — you won't have to choose between a trauma therapist and a couples specialist.
Yes, across Texas. Skip the commute, you don't have to be in the same location, and many couples find it's easier to say hard things when you're not face to face. Secure and confidential.
That's common. We help the partner understand what helps and what hurts, and help the person with trauma heal — see our Parents & Partners page for that side of the work.
Yes. Heather Hammock runs individual and couples intensives — a few focused days instead of months of weekly sessions. Ask Nia whether it fits your situation.
Couples and family rates are listed by clinician on our Rates page. We're self-pay and provide superbills; our nonprofit sliding scale is explained there too.
Yes — and kink-informed. Our therapists are allies for LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized couples, and we won't put your relationship in a box.
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.
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or call 512-400-4790
Our couples therapists
Trauma specialists who do couples work.
EFT, Gottman, sex therapy, EMDR — and the same first call with Nia to find your fit.
Clinical Director
Heather Hammock LMFT
EMDR Certified
EFT
Sex therapy
Offers intensives
New clients: individual & couples intensives only
Round Rock office · Online
Sees Adults & couples
Oliver Papa-Garcia LPC
LN
Photo coming
Lily Nguyen LPC-Associate
with Russell Kauitzsch, LPC-S, supervising
Neurodivergence-affirming
LGBTQIA+ affirming
Round Rock office · Online
Sees Adults & couples
Resident-level clinicians are supervised weekly by a senior trauma specialist — more eyes on your care, not fewer.
Two ways to work
Weekly sessions, or a couples intensive.
Both get to the same place. The difference is pace — and how much time you can carve out together.
Most couples start here
Weekly couples therapy
- 50-minute sessions, usually once a week
- In our Round Rock or Austin offices, or online across Texas
- Steady work on the pattern, the past, and the repair
Same work, compressed
Couples intensive
- Half or full days across one to three days
- For couples ready to go deeper — or who can't wait months
- With Heather Hammock, LMFT (EFT, EMDR Certified, sex therapy)
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.
Why people trust us
501(c)(3) nonprofit
Money-back guarantee
Not satisfied? We'll refund up to your first two sessions. Excludes intensives.
Advanced therapies
EMDR-trained team with weekly complex-trauma consultation.
Compassionate care
Warm, practical, paced to what you can handle.
“
Traci is smart, funny, caring and runs an excellent group practice. The therapists and staff at Hope For The Journey are professional and knowledgeable about their work and I would definitely refer clients or even loved ones to this practice for their mental health needs.
Kara C. · Client review
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.
Where we meet
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
Austin, TX 78759
In person · all ages
Round Rock
1101 Satellite View #501
Round Rock, TX 78665
Round Rock, TX 78665
In person · all ages
Online across Texas
Secure video sessions from home
Every therapist offers online
More ways we help
Check out our other services
Looking for a specific age instead?
Ages 4–12
Child & tween
Gentle, parent-involved therapy for younger kids.
Ages 18–25
Young adult
Therapy you book for yourself, on your own terms.
Not sure this is the right fit for your relationship? One call with Nia sorts it out.
You don't have to carry this alone. Let's get your healing started.
Schedule a consult call. We'll help you find the right therapist and build a plan that fits your life.
Get Help Now
or call 512-400-4790