Therapy for Westlake families.
The office is about five miles north, across the river in Northwest Hills. Far enough to be outside the neighborhood, close enough to make a weekday appointment work.
The distance is the point, for some families.
West Lake Hills and Rollingwood are small, and people know each other. That is much of what makes them good places to live, and it is also why a fair number of families would rather not run into a neighbor in a waiting room three streets from home.
Being on the other side of the river solves that quietly. So does telehealth, which removes the waiting room from the equation altogether — a genuine consideration for teenagers, who are often far more worried about being seen going to therapy than about the therapy itself.
None of this changes what is protected. Confidentiality is a legal obligation and a professional one, set out in full in our Notice of Privacy Practices. But privacy in practice is also about not being spotted in a parking lot, and that is a reasonable thing to factor in.
Teenagers in a high-achieving district.
Eanes ISD is one of the strongest districts in Texas, and Westlake High School has the results to show for it. That is genuinely good for the students who go through it. It also produces a specific kind of pressure that shows up in a therapy room often enough to be worth naming.
What tends to come in from families here:
- Anxiety that looks like achievement — the student whose grades are excellent and who is not remotely okay
- Perfectionism that has stopped being useful and started running the person
- Eating disorders and body image, which are more common in high-achieving, appearance-attentive environments, and frequently missed because the student is still performing well
- Burnout in teenagers, which parents often read as laziness right up until it is not
- Self-harm, usually hidden longer where a family feels visible in its community
Amber talks to teenagers directly rather than around them, which is usually what earns their attention in the first session. Parents are brought into the work with a clear arrangement about what is shared and what is not, agreed before anything starts.
Doing well on paper and not okay are not opposites.
A lot of the students who most need support are the ones whose transcripts suggest they do not.
Specialist eating disorder care, locally.
Amber is a Certified Inclusive Eating Disorder Specialist, which matters because eating disorders are their own clinical territory and treating them without that training can entrench the illness rather than shift it.
The weight-inclusive part matters as much. Care here does not treat body size as the measure of health or the goal of treatment, and nobody is told they are not sick enough to deserve help — a message that lands especially hard on students who are still functioning.
Read more about eating disorder care, including what treatment involves and when a higher level of care is the honest answer.
Practical details for Westlake and Rollingwood.
- Office — 6850 Austin Center Blvd, Bldg 2, Office 320, Austin, TX 78731, roughly five miles north (about the office)
- Telehealth — secure video anywhere in Texas, if the drive or the visibility is the obstacle
- Hours — weekdays including evenings, which is what makes after-school appointments workable
- Fees — $160 self-pay, sliding scale on application, and eight in-network plans
- Ages — children from six, preteens, teens, young adults, adults, and families
If something has been off for a while.
You do not need a diagnosis or a crisis to make the call. Fifteen free minutes on the phone, and you will know whether this is worth continuing.
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