Louise Sawaki, MA, LPC - Integrate Counseling

I come to counseling from a lifelong passion to be a helper. I became a licensed professional counselor in 2015, after a career of 30 plus years working in Austin mental health nonprofits, serving children, families, and youth. Through the years of helping people face many kinds of crises, I became convinced that everyone has a story, and began to understand how every story counts. As a trauma-focused therapist, I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and incorporate dialectical behavior therapy, family systems, as well as narrative methods. I integrate traditional talk therapy, mindfulness practices and body awareness to help clients connect the past and the present moment in order to express their authentic self in the fullest way possible.