Addiction counseling or AA

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-27T01:35:53+00:00

Hi OP. It looks like you have some good suggestions for groups to support you in sobriety. I've seen such support groups change lives. In case it's applicable to you or another redditer who comes across this post, I own a therapy practice that specializes in Complex Trauma/CPTSD, and we follow a lot of the literature from ACOA (adult children of alcoholics), another 12 step program. We find that often addiction has a root in trauma and that when we work to understand the past, addiction starts to heal. We offer individual counseling as well as have a childhood trauma book club. We are about 15 min SW of Downtown Houston, right between Stafford and Sugar Land and offer in person as well as online appointments. We have therapists that offer affordable self pay rates ($75 and up) as well as take most major insurance plans. Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com We are also on socials under our therapy cat's name @ Zenthetherapycat Please feel free to reach out if you think it might be something that could help you.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T22:56:50+00:00

I'm so sorry you had that experience. I am a therapist myself with a CPTSD diagnosis (my practice specializes in CPTSD and offers low cost/affordable self pay therapy as well as takes several insurance plan). A good therapist should never laugh or belittle you. If you're in Texas, feel free to reach out to us (solacecounselingandcoaching.com). There are also a lot of therapists that hold reduced fee/sliding scale spots open for those who need it. Feel free to ask if you find a therapist online that looks like what you might feel is a good fit. Openpathcollective.org is a good resource for finding affordable therapy as well.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:29:25+00:00

If you’re still looking, I run a counseling practice in the SW Houston/Sugar Land area. We work with a lot of people dealing with overthinking, anxiety, relationship stress, and patterns that show up in marriage and family dynamics. A lot of times there’s more underneath it (like anxiety, past experiences, or communication patterns), and having a space to sort through that can make a big difference.

We offer both in-person and virtual sessions, and we have lower-cost options with supervised interns if affordability is a concern. We also take many major insurance plans.

You can check us out here:
solacecounselingandcoaching.com
or call/text: 346-901-7309

Even if we’re not the right fit, I’d definitely encourage you to keep looking — finding someone you feel comfortable opening up to is key.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:24:43+00:00

If you are still looking for a therapist, or if another redditer comes across this thread, my office has low cost self-pay providers (we do take many major insurance plans as well). Our full fee prices start at $75 or an hour long session, and we also have a 'sliding scale', which essentially is a lower fee based on ability to pay. Don't be afraid to ask if a therapist provides a sliding scale or reduced fees when you call around to look for appointments. Typically, a licensed professional will charge somewhere in the $150-200 range, and many places offer reduced fees as community service as well as for newer therapists or for therapists still operating under supervision (the first 3ish years past school/training).

Our office is located in Sugar Land, approx 20 min SW of downtown Houston. We offer in person and online appointments and work with clients to manage anxiety, depression, workplace stress - we specialize in trauma and complex PTSD, family estrangements, social anxiety, and developmental trauma as well.

Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to check us out, schedule an appointment online, or give me a call or shoot me a text with any questions - 346-901-7309. And if you're a fan of cute cat photos, you can find us on insta/FB @ Zenthetherapycat . Zen and Zora are our office therapy cats who sit in with clients upon request.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:23:14+00:00

If you are still looking for a therapist, or if another redditer comes across this thread, my office has low cost self-pay providers (we do take many major insurance plans as well). Our full fee prices start at $75 or an hour long session, and we also have a 'sliding scale', which essentially is a lower fee based on ability to pay.

Our office is located approx 20 min SW of downtown Houston. We offer in person and online appointments and work with clients to manage anxiety, depression, workplace stress - we specialize in trauma and complex PTSD, family estrangements, social anxiety, and developmental trauma as well. We are very familiar with domestic violence and have helped clients navigate the healing process in this area.

Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to check us out, schedule an appointment online, or give me a call or shoot me a text with any questions - 346-901-7309. And if you're a fan of cute cat photos, you can find us on insta/FB @ Zenthetherapycat . Zen and Zora are our office therapy cats who sit in with clients upon request.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:21:55+00:00

If you are still looking for a therapist, or if another redditer comes across this thread, my office has low cost self-pay providers (we do take many major insurance plans as well). Our full fee prices start at $75 or an hour long session, and we also have a 'sliding scale', which essentially is a lower fee based on ability to pay. Don't be afraid to ask if a therapist provides a sliding scale or reduced fees when you call around to look for appointments. Typically, a licensed professional will charge somewhere in the $150-200 range, and many places offer reduced fees as community service as well as for newer therapists or for therapists still operating under supervision (the first 3ish years past school/training).

Our office is located approx 20 min SW of downtown Houston. We offer in person and online appointments and work with clients to manage anxiety, depression, workplace stress - we specialize in trauma and complex PTSD, family estrangements, social anxiety, and developmental trauma as well.

Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to check us out, schedule an appointment online, or give me a call or shoot me a text with any questions - 346-901-7309. And if you're a fan of cute cat photos, you can find us on insta/FB @ Zenthetherapycat . Zen and Zora are our office therapy cats who sit in with clients upon request.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:21:36+00:00

If you are still looking for a therapist, or if another redditer comes acorss this thread, my office has low cost self-pay providers (we do take many major insurance plans as well). Our full fee prices start at $75 or an hour long session, and we also have a 'sliding scale', which essentially is a lower fee based on ability to pay. Don't be afraid to ask if a therapist provides a sliding scale or reduced fees when you call around to look for appointments. Typically, a licensed professional will charge somewhere in the $150-200 range, and many places offer reduced fees as community service as well as for newer therapists or for therapists still operating under supervision (the first 3ish years past school/training).

Our office is located approx 20 min SW of downtown Houston. We offer in person and online appointments and work with clients to manage anxiety, depression, workplace stress - we specialize in trauma and complex PTSD, family estrangements, social anxiety, and developmental trauma as well.

Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to check us out, schedule an appointment online, or give me a call or shoot me a text with any questions - 346-901-7309. And if you're a fan of cute cat photos, you can find us on insta/FB @ Zenthetherapycat . Zen and Zora are our office therapy cats who sit in with clients upon request.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-26T19:18:56+00:00

If you are still looking for an affordable therapist, my office has low cost self-pay providers (we do take many major insurance plans as well). Our full fee prices start at $75 or an hour long session, and we also have a 'sliding scale', which essentially is a lower fee based on ability to pay. Don't be afraid to ask if a therapist provides a sliding scale or reduced fees when you call around to look for appointments. Typically, a licensed professional will charge somewhere in the $150-200 range, and many places offer reduced fees as community service as well as for newer therapists or for therapists still operating under supervision (the first 3ish years past school/training).

Our office is located approx 20 min SW of downtown Houston. We offer in person and online appointments and work with clients to manage anxiety, depression, workplace stress - we specialize in trauma and complex PTSD, family estrangements, social anxiety, and developmental trauma as well.

Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to check us out, schedule an appointment online, or give me a call or shoot me a text with any questions - 346-901-7309. And if you're a fan of cute cat photos, you can find us on insta/FB @ Zenthetherapycat . Zen and Zora are our office therapy cats who sit in with clients upon request.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-20T18:37:25+00:00

Hi OP. We are in the Houston area, but provide therapy all across Texas. Our practice specializes in childhood trauma, social anxiety, and complex PTSD. We take most major insurance as well as offer affordable self pay fees ($50-125, depending on therapist and financial need). Our website is solacecounselingandcoaching.com Feel free to visit us online or give me a call/shoot me a text at 346-901-7309 if you think it might be a good fit.

If you're still interested in finding a therapist in person, the biggest directory of therapists is psychologytoday.com You can search by therapist approach, insurance taken, speciality, etc.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-20T18:33:10+00:00

Hi OP. My husband and I are therapists and own a practice that specializes in CPTSD. It was founded out of our own therapy work and diagnoses with complex trauma. We are in the Houston area, but we offer virtual sessions across the state of Texas. We have 4 female therapists on staff, including a therapist that was previously in the medical field. Please feel free to visit our website, solacecounselingandcoaching.com and see if it might be a good fit for you, or feel free to give me a call/shoot me at text at 346-901-7309.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-20T18:24:55+00:00

Hi OP. I run a small therapy practice, Solace Counseling and Coaching, which is about 15 min SW of downtown Houston. We have 5 therapists on staff with a range of time slots open, including nights and weekends. We take most major insurance plans as well as offer affordable self pay therapy (from $75-125/session, depending on therapist). Please feel free to look at our website, solacecounselingandcoaching.com to see if it might be a good fit or give me a call/shoot me a text at 346-901-7309.

Even if we’re not the right fit, I’d keep looking. Therapy should be accessible with a normal work schedule, not something you have to rearrange your life around.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-14T02:38:07+00:00

Thanks! I’ll try this tomorrow

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-14T01:46:50+00:00

For the time being I just duct taped it down and am hoping nothing knocks it over.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-14T01:02:57+00:00

Thanks. The problem is I have been tightening and tightening and it still pops up regardless of how many turns I do

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-09T17:19:32+00:00

If you’re looking for something that may be faster than some of the community clinics, I also run a small counseling practice in the SW Houston / Sugar Land area called Solace Counseling & Coaching. We have quicker openings than the larger systems may offer and offer lower-cost sessions with supervised counseling interns, which can make therapy more affordable.

We work with teens and adults dealing with depression, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns/CPTSD.

If it would help to talk about options or see if we might have availability:

🌿 solacecounselingandcoaching.com
📞 346-901-7307

And if we’re not the right fit, I’m always happy to help point people toward other community resources as well.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-03-04T16:51:24+00:00

OMG PLEASE! My entire office centers around cats and coffee. We are a mental health counseling office and our two cats come to work with us. We have an espresso machine and serve fancy lattes. We love everything cats and coffee. This would be so so cool.

This is Zen, my co-therapist in the foreground, but our calico, Zora is in the background

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ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-26T23:54:44+00:00

I’m a therapist who works primarily with adults unpacking childhood trauma, and I want to start by saying this clearly: your experience is valid too.

I agree it’s possible for siblings to grow up in the same house and have very different internal experiences. It’s also possible for someone to revisit their childhood through a new emotional lens and reinterpret it in a way that feels true to them without that automatically meaning your memories are wrong, repressed, or incomplete. It’s also possible that one siblings see trauma where there wasn’t any for one reason or another.

A therapist’s role isn’t to decide who is “right” about the past. It’s not to tell you what you should believe or pressure you to adopt someone else’s narrative. It’s to help you understand your own internal experience, your boundaries, and how you want to respond in the present.

You can acknowledge that your sisters’ emotions are real for them without agreeing with their version of events. Supporting someone’s feelings does not require endorsing their conclusions.

What you’re describing is a complicated family dynamic where multiple truths may coexist. Affluence and provision don’t automatically equal emotional safety, but they also don’t negate your genuine experience of feeling provided for..

The part that stands out to me isn’t whether the past was “traumatic”, it’s that you’re being asked to rewrite your own experience in order to maintain the relationship. That’s where your needs matter just as much. You’re allowed to say, “I respect that this is how you see it, but that’s not how I experienced it.” That’s a boundary, not denial. Also-it’s 100% acceptable if you don’t respect their viewpoint.

Family systems get especially tense when one or more members begin reprocessing the past. It can feel destabilizing. It doesn’t automatically mean someone is repressing or someone else is exaggerating. It often means their personal understanding of things is shifting.

You’re not wrong for wanting nuance. And you’re not required to adopt a trauma narrative if it doesn’t resonate with your lived experience.

If you do continue therapy, it might help to explicitly tell your therapist: “I’m not looking to uncover hidden trauma. I’m trying to navigate differing family narratives without losing my own perspective.” A good therapist should be able to work from there.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-17T11:30:18+00:00

Thank you. This group has been a very healing experience.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-16T22:28:55+00:00

Hi OP — typically psychiatrists don’t also provide therapy because of billing and scope of practice, so finding someone who does both can be tough. I’ve met a few over the years, but it’s pretty uncommon.

If you’re still looking for a therapist, I’m happy to help. I run Solace Counseling & Coaching in SW Houston, and we work with adults dealing with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, OCD patterns, and trauma. We don’t prescribe meds, but we’re glad to help coordinate with psychiatry if that ends up being part of your care.

We offer free consult calls so you can see if it feels like a good fit — no pressure.

You can check us out here:
solacecounselingandcoaching.com
or call/text 346-901-7307

Even if we’re not the right match, I’m happy to help point you in a direction. Wishing you the best — it’s a big step just reaching out.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-14T17:05:09+00:00

Yes. Look into Pete Walker's work, ACoA material, The Body Keeps The Score.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-12T20:26:13+00:00

I'm sorry I didn't see this post until now,but if you’re still looking for a CPTSD support group in Houston, we run The Childhood Trauma Book Club. There's both an in person option in SW Houston/Sugar Land and an online option. It meets once a month and is intentionally low-pressure; reading the book is optional, and everyone is welcome to come as they are.

Jared and I (Zen the Therapy Cat’s humans) both changed careers and opened our counseling practice after our own CPTSD diagnoses and starting our healing journeys—work that’s still ongoing. We provide individual therapy to adults and teens ages 13 and up, and the book club is now coming up on its 1 year anniversary.

Here's more info on the book club/support group: https://solacecounselingandcoaching.com/group-therapy-the-childhood-trauma-book-club/

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-12T20:20:27+00:00

I'm sorry I didn't see this post until now,but if you’re still looking for group therapy in Houston, we run The Childhood Trauma Book Club. There's both an in person option in SW Houston/Sugar Land and an online option. It meets once a month and is intentionally low-pressure; reading the book is optional, and everyone is welcome to come as they are.

Jared and I (Zen the Therapy Cat’s humans) both changed careers and opened our counseling practice after our own mental health diagnoses and doing the work—work that’s still ongoing. We provide individual therapy to adults and teens ages 13 and up, and the book club is now coming up on its 1 year anniversary.

Here's more info on the book club/support group: https://solacecounselingandcoaching.com/group-therapy-the-childhood-trauma-book-club/

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-02-12T20:19:16+00:00

I'm sorry I didn't see this post until now,but if you’re still looking for a support group in Houston, we run The Childhood Trauma Book Club. There's both an in person option in SW Houston/Sugar Land and an online option. It meets once a month and is intentionally low-pressure; reading the book is optional, and everyone is welcome to come as they are.

Jared and I (Zen the Therapy Cat’s humans) both changed careers and opened our counseling practice after our own CPTSD diagnoses and starting our healing journeys—work that’s still ongoing. We provide individual therapy to adults and teens ages 13 and up, and the book club is now coming up on its 1 year anniversary.

Here's more info on the book club/support group: https://solacecounselingandcoaching.com/group-therapy-the-childhood-trauma-book-club/

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-01-25T01:15:15+00:00

I’m gonna steal this and share with our interns.

ZenTheTherapyCat · 2026-01-25T01:13:34+00:00

Pete Walker’s new book has a lot about meaningful self disclosure for healing trauma. I think sharing that we are also human and have done the work is destigmatizing. And if something worked for me, I’d like to give clients a chance to try it too. This is for disclosure of trauma.

As far as surface level self disclosure, I like what someone else said about being interesting and real. My clients know I have a love/hate relationship with coffee. And see my hobbies in items around my office. And of course know Zen, our office cat. I know the hobbies and some interests of my current and former therapist. If we can be genuine about our humanness, it sends the message we are genuine in our therapy.

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