Services

In addition to being a passionate advocate for YOU and believing that you hold the keys to your own success (consider that a bonus service, a little extra just for you), I offer therapeutic services for individuals, couples and non-traditional partnerships as well as families that are facing issues they may not (as yet) realize they are already fully equipped to manage.

I can help you overcome obstacles in the realm of-

  • Self-esteem
  • Career
  • Grief/loss
  • Parenting
  • Childhood Issues
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Sexuality
  • Gender
  • Multiculturalism

There are other relational problems such as poor communication, continuous conflict, affairs, and desire discrepancy (to name a few) that I am trained to help you overcome as well.

Relationships are the core of every human experience. People rarely operate in a vacuum, and often find themselves interacting (or not!) with those around them. I subscribe to the belief that every, single, individual is special and unique, colorfully molded into the person they are today by the rainbow of experiences they have lived through.

During treatment, I will work with you to create lasting solutions, built on your own strengths and resources to help foster success and the changes in your life you want to see.

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy, as the name implies means that a session is one-on-one. There will be as many or as few sessions as you need in order to explore and resolve the issues you may be facing.

Whatever your life struggles may be, I can help you navigate the tough decisions, challenging dilemmas and painful situations that find their way into your experience.

During individual therapy we will discuss the barriers you face and together come up with creative ways to break through them. I will assist you to create lasting solutions to the very real problems every individual encounters at some point in their life.

Couples and Non-Traditional Partnerships

This is an effective therapeutic medium for improving intimacy, communication, and the overall health of your relationship(s) whatever those relationships may look like.

Relationships are challenging under the best of circumstances. Over time, values, needs and expectations can often change dramatically.

Sometimes issues like-

  • Individual Differences
  • Poor Communication
  • Sexual and Emotional Intimacy
  • Financial Hardships
  • Life Stressors

or just differing and changing needs can come between you and the fulfilling relationships you desire.

I can help by providing a safe environment for you and your partner(s) to explore core issues vital to a healthy relationship, and help you to establish new ways of being together and enjoying each other. This makes it possible to reconnect or rekindle the trust, love and sexual intimacy that you once shared and start the path to healing.

Family Therapy

Family relationships can be a very important component to psychological health and well-being. The dynamics of relationships include and extend well beyond just those between you and a partner.

Problems can include issues with communication, relating, supporting, and accepting one another. A session might include children, siblings, as well as other extended family members or anyone else that may be emotionally invested in the outcome of a problem.

I can help your family with-

  • Resolving Relational Conflicts
  • Overcoming Anger Management Issues
  • Improving School Performance or Behavioral Challenges
  • Addressing Co-parenting or Blended Family Concerns
  • Child Development Issues
  • Concerns of Aging
  • Coping with Family Members Struggling with Mood Disorders

Whatever you are facing, I will work closely with your family to help figure out creative ways to manage challenges, changes, needs and expectations. I will help you find your way to unique and personalized solutions designed just for you.

Hypnosis

Clinical Hypnosis is one approach I offer that can be helpful for some clients. Clinical hypnosis is an altered state of awareness, perception or consciousness, and is used for treating mental health issues or medical problems within a highly relaxed state. This allows for a potential increase in receptiveness to hypnotic communication and suggestion (depending upon the individual).

Through exploration and discussion, we will uncover your needs and goals and from there determine the communication and suggestions to be used. You will retain full awareness at all times during your hypnosis session.

I look at hypnosis in a clinical setting as an opportunity to teach; equipping my clients with self-hypnosis skills they can use as a building tool for problem management in their daily lives. Whether the issue is anxiety, depression, phobias, self-esteem, memory/concentration, pain, childbirth, or surgery, hypnosis can help with managing it.

Sexology and Sex Therapy

Within your lifetime, it’s a sure bet that sexuality has been a part of your experience in some way or another. Ideas, beliefs and experiences regarding sexuality or others sexuality serve to impact all life, either directly or indirectly.

Because it can be such a big role in one’s life, there are a number of difficulties that can lead someone to seek therapy.  There are also a number of issues that arise naturally in the course of treatment that can and should be addressed.

I can help you overcome obstacles in the realm of-

  • Men’s Sexual Health
  • Women’s Sexual Health
  • Transgender Sexual Health
  • Orgasm Difficulties
  • Cancer & Sexuality
  • Sexual Orientation and Identity
  • Asexuality
  • Aging & Sexuality
  • Disabilities & Sex
  • Non-monogamy, Open and Poly Relationships
  • Infertility Related Relationship Concerns
  • Infidelity
  • Alternative Forms of Sexual Expression
  • BDSM/Kink
  • Desire and Arousal Concerns
  • Sexual Compulsion
  • Painful Sex
  • Erectile Difficulties
  • Pacing Performance in Sexual Intimacy
  • Pleasure Enrichment

To help resolve issues and concerns, I focus on honoring sexuality as a positive expression of human experience and providing sex-positive and affirmative counsel.

When you meet with me, you can feel safe and secure discussing sensitive topics in a non-judgmental atmosphere. My single goal is to help you become the happiest and healthiest version of you possible. Fair enough?

Public Speaking and Education

With this service I offer dynamic and engaging presentations on sex, relationships, gender, communication and the overall health of your relationship(s). Common workshops might cover improving communication, rekindling sexual intimacy, improving intimate partnerships and more.

I also offer workshops on a variety of workplace environment issues (e.g., stress management, conflict management, burnout, harassment, and authority problems. You can book a workshop lasting anywhere from 1 hour to 2 days, tailored to your needs and the ideas you would like presented. I’m flexible, engaging and well-able to deliver a well-rounded presentation that will provide you, your partners or your work team with the tools needed to take charge of challenges.

If you’re interested in learning more about how my services could potentially help you, feel free to call my office at (512) 850-2287 or email me with any questions you have at mmhargrave@me.com.

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401 E. 53rd St., Ste 102
Austin, Texas 78751
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