- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness techniques
- Client-centered work
About Ava
Ava Weaver is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 26 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing trauma, mood disorders, anxiety, parenting questions, and relationship and family concerns, including blended family issues. Ava draws on a long career in mental health settings and education to guide practical problem solving.
Ava began her career after earning a Master of Science in Counseling from Texas A&M and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from East Texas State University. She has worked in regional mental health authorities and a psychiatric hospital, and she has classroom experience teaching special education. Those roles shaped how she approaches stress, trauma, and behavior concerns.
Her style is interactive and solution-focused. She offers direct feedback and clear strategies clients can try between sessions. Techniques are drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness practices to address symptoms and everyday challenges.
Ava has experience with trauma-related care and has participated in trainings linked to trauma processing. She uses methods aimed at helping people name problems, test small changes, and measure how those changes affect mood and routines. That includes attention to mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, as well as anxiety and addiction-related struggles.
People often seek her help for parenting strain, relationship tension, grief, and the practical stresses of life transitions. She can talk through communication difficulties, loyalty conflicts in blended households, and the impact of past abuse on current relationships. Her background in education also informs work with learning and developmental concerns.
How Ava Uses Approaches in Online Sessions
Ava pulls from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and mood swings. Mindfulness work helps people notice stress responses and learn simple attention skills to respond differently to strong emotions.She treats approach selection as a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust what is used based on what helps most. That means sessions may include repeated experiments with new skills, checks on progress, and practical homework that fits daily life.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to bring real-life situations into discussion. Shorter check-ins can support crisis management or momentum between longer sessions, and video or phone choices can reduce travel time or help maintain continuity when schedules change.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, addictions, parenting and family concerns including blended family issues and grief.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is interactive and solution-focused, offering clear feedback and practical strategies drawn from client-centered, CBT, DBT, Jungian, and mindfulness ideas.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience working in regional mental health centers, a psychiatric hospital, and public school special education settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients outside the United States?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.