Therapy for Women
in Austin Texas

Depth-oriented therapy in Central Austin for smart, curious women in their 20s and 30s. Whether you're struggling with motherhood, life transitions, or unsatisfying relationships, you deserve support that gets to the core.

Maybe your 20s and 30s feel less like "figuring it out" and more like falling apart. Or motherhood isn't what you imagined. Or maybe you keep finding yourself in the same relationship dynamics, wondering why you can't seem to break the pattern.

By most measures you might be doing fine, but inside, it doesn't feel fine. You're anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself—or just stuck in a way you can't quite articulate.

This is exactly where therapy can help. The kind of therapy that helps you understand yourself at a deeper level—connecting the dots between your past, your patterns, and the life you're trying to build.

Dr. Emily Turinas, licensed psychologist in Austin Texas specializing in postpartum therapy

Hi I'm Dr. Emily Turinas

I'm a licensed psychologist in Austin, and I work with women who are ready to do more than just manage symptoms—they want real insight and lasting change.

I bring a psychodynamic lens to therapy, which means we're not just addressing what you're feeling, but understanding why. We'll explore how your past relationships shape your present patterns, how your experiences have influenced your sense of self, and how to move forward with clarity and intention.

I'm an Austin native and UT PhD graduate, so I understand this city and the unique pressures facing women here. I offer both in-person therapy near Zilker Park and virtual sessions throughout Texas and beyond.

What makes my approach different: I build relationships with my clients that go deep. I want you to feel truly understood—not just heard. The kind of understanding that helps you finally connect the dots and create change that lasts.

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Who I Work With

I work with women in their 20s and 30s who are navigating life's hardest transitions—and I mean really navigating them, not pretending to have it all figured out. You don't need to have your life together to be here. In fact, most of my clients come to therapy precisely because things feel messy, confusing, or overwhelming. Maybe you're a new mother who's struggling more than you expected and tired of faking that everything's fine. Maybe you're in your late 20s or early 30s feeling completely lost about who you are or what you want. Or maybe you keep ending up in the same painful relationship patterns and you're exhausted by the cycle. You can show up exactly as you are—uncertain, struggling, imperfect, human. The therapy room is where you get to be honest about what's really going on. If you're curious about yourself, ready to dig deeper than surface solutions, and want a space where you don't have to perform—you're exactly who I work with.

Motherhood & Perinatal Mental Health

Becoming a mother can be one of life's most challenging transitions. The gap between what you expected and what you're living can feel massive and isolating.

Postpartum anxiety. Birth trauma. NICU experiences. Pregnancy loss. The identity shift of motherhood. The exhaustion of pretending everything's fine when it's not.

With specialized training and personal experience with pregnancy complications and NICU trauma, I understand both the clinical and lived reality of perinatal struggles. Therapy offers space to process what you're going through, work through the trauma, and find your way back to yourself.

Therapy for Young Adults in Austin

Your 20s and 30s are supposed to be when life comes together. Instead, it can feel like everything's falling apart.

You're navigating career uncertainty, relationship confusion, post-grad overwhelm, or the pressure to have it all figured out when you absolutely don't. Maybe you're dealing with failure to launch, quarter-life crisis, or just this pervasive feeling of being stuck.

Feeling lost doesn't mean you're failing. It means you're in transition.

Therapy helps you understand the deeper patterns keeping you stuck—not just what to do differently, but why you do what you do. We'll work on building clarity, confidence, and a life that actually feels like yours.

Individual Relationship Counseling in Austin

If you keep ending up in the same relationship dynamics—anxious attachment, avoiding intimacy, choosing emotionally unavailable partners, repeating family-of-origin patterns—there's a reason.

Individual relationship therapy (this isn't couples counseling) helps you understand your attachment style, explore how you learned to relate to others, and develop healthier ways of connecting.

You can break these patterns. But it requires understanding where they came from and how they're serving you (even when they're hurting you). That's the work we'll do together.

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What Therapy Looks Like With Me

Depth, not just surface. We're not just managing symptoms. We're exploring the root causes—understanding how your history, relationships, and experiences shape who you are today.
Insight that creates change. Real change happens when you truly understand yourself. I help you connect the dots between all the aspects of your life so you can move forward with intention.
A relationship that matters. Therapy works best when you feel deeply understood. I build strong therapeutic relationships because that connection is where the real work happens.
Practical tools + deeper understanding. You'll learn coping strategies and practical skills, but always grounded in a deeper understanding of yourself and your patterns.

"Her (Dr. Turinas) analytical skills are remarkable, allowing her to see every angle of a situation, which makes her an incredibly effective therapist... She has a proven track record of doing exceptional work with diverse populations, and her warmth and empathy shines through."

Kristie Wood Ph.D.

Areas Served

Serving South Austin, Central Austin & Surrounding Communities. Live Oak Psychology is located in South Central Austin (78746) near Zilker Park, providing convenient therapy services for women and young adults throughout:

South Austin: Zilker • Barton Hills • Travis Heights • Bouldin Creek • South Lamar • South Congress
Central Austin: Downtown • Clarksville • Tarrytown • West Campus • Hyde Park
West Austin: Rollingwood • West Lake Hills • Tarrytown
Other Areas: Mueller • East Austin • North Austin

Virtual therapy available throughout Texas and 40+ states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Whether you're looking for a therapist near Zilker Park, a psychologist in Westlake, or virtual therapy in Texas, Dr. Turinas provides specialized mental health care with flexible in-person and online options.

Live Oak Psychology

Emily Turinas Ph.D.

512-766-9871

EmilyTurinasPhD@gmail.com

In-Person Therapy: 2525 Wallingwood Drive 7D, Austin, Texas 78746

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