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Austin, TX, USA
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I’m a licensed therapist (LMHC, LPC) specializing in attachment patterns, codependency, boundaries, anxiety, and relational burnout in high-functioning adults. I’m the founder of Begin Life Counseling, a virtual group practice serving clients across Texas. My work focuses on the emotional cost of over-functioning, achievement-based self-worth, and chronic self-abandonment — and what actually helps people change long-term, beyond insight alone. I frequently speak on topics including relationship dynamics, modern dating, burnout, people-pleasing, identity after major life transitions, and the psychological impact of work and productivity culture. I provide clear, grounded, non-sensational commentary that’s clinically informed and accessible to a general audience.
It’s notable because it introduces an original, named concept that immediately clicks. You coined a phrase that gives people language for an experience they already feel but haven’t been able to articulate, which makes the idea both memorable and widely relatable.
beginlifecounseling.com
It’s notable because this topic is the core of my clinical work and my own lived practice. Reframing isn’t just something I teach clients — it’s a central coping skill I use in my own life, and one I’ve seen create real, lasting change. I wouldn’t write about or promote a framework I don’t actively use or believe in myself.
beginlifecounseling.com
It’s notable because it directly challenges a deeply ingrained belief I see harm people in real time. When I encourage clients recovering from codependency, people-pleasing, or poor boundaries to prioritize themselves, it’s often met with confusion and guilt rooted in the idea that being “selfish” is morally wrong. This concept mattered to me because I’ve watched how reframing selfishness as a tool rather than a flaw has shifted people’s internal narratives — and their behavior — after reading and sharing it.
beginlifecounseling.com