Specialized Trauma & Grief Counselors in Austin
High-quality, specialized therapy.
Engaged, compassionate therapists.
Blue Note Psychotherapy was born out of the need for a different therapy experience, especially for those navigating grief, trauma, cancer & medical diagnoses, and other significant life changes.
SPECIALIZED CARE
Our practice’s focus on specific challenges allows us to cultivate deep expertise in them. Each member of the Blue Note team has years of experience in their specialties in order to support you in the often unique nuances of what you’re going through right now. We are also committed to ongoing training, consultation, and education in our areas of specialty.
Genuine support
The people close to you—and sometimes even other professionals—may not know how to support you right now. Our team isn’t afraid of the uncomfortable emotions, the big questions, or the realities of what you’re facing. We won’t be full of platitudes or fatalistic optimism; instead, we’ll meet you right where you are, be there with you, and help you find a way forward.
Put simply: You will be cared for here.
Meet our team
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Emily Harrison
Emily works with adults, couples, and families and holds expertise in supporting clients facing experiences of loss. Notably: cancer, chronic illness, trauma, relational instability, grief, and major life transitions.
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Erin Spalding
Erin is a grief expert who works with teens, young adults, and adults of all ages. She has extensive experience navigating clients through grief, loss, trauma, identity questioning, and life transitions.
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Jocelyn Chamra Barrera
Jocelyn is a bilingual (English & Spanish) clinician, and works with children, teens, and adults. She has expertise in supporting clients through loss stemming from experiences of infertility, grief, adoption and foster care.
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Molly Young
Molly works with individuals of all ages, couples, and families, and specializes in helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, grief, childhood trauma, and the legal system.
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Jackie Trevino
Jackie works with teens and young adults, and is specialized in issues of chronic illness, anxiety, grief, loss, and the impact of major life transitions.
Our approach
At Blue Note, we believe…
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We believe in supporting clients through intuitive processing, believing that your body & mind know what they need—we’re just here to help you discover it.
Loss is part of being human, but each of us experiences it differently. There are no “must do's” or “definitely-not’s” on this journey. You’re allowed to feel the way you feel, full stop.
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There is nuance to what you’re experiencing right now. You’ll get the most out of therapy if you’re doing this work with someone who has specific expertise and experience to understand it.
Why Blue Note?
In music, a blue note is a note that cannot be written, only felt. It is entirely expressive, always moving and always shaped by the context of the music and the musician. No one blue note—just like no one human experience—is the same. And, like grief, the blue note does not last forever, even if we return to it over and over. It will transform and there will be new notes, original melodies, and special harmonies.
Ready to get Begin?
Match with the right therapist for you.
You’re coming to therapy with unique experiences, needs, and goals. When you schedule a free consultation with us, you’ll have an opportunity to share more about what’s going on so we can connect you to the therapist who is best suited to support you or your child. If you’re already interested in working with a specific therapist on our team, you’ll have the opportunity to indicate that so you can be connected directly with them for your consultation.