- Practical solution focused
- Strengths based
- Trauma informed care
About Ava
Ava Weaver is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of clinical experience. She brings years of hands-on work in mental health settings and schools to help people facing difficult life challenges. Her background includes work in regional mental health centers, a psychiatric hospital setting, and time teaching special education in public schools.
Clients can expect a practical, interactive style that focuses on solutions. She offers supportive feedback and helps people identify steps they can take between sessions. Sessions aim to build on strengths and address day-to-day problems in clear, manageable ways.
Her practice includes care for trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, bipolar concerns, addictions, and grief. She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and codependency among other focuses. Ava adapts her approach to the issue each person brings rather than following a single formula.
Ava uses a mix of well-known counseling methods such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, Jungian concepts, and mindfulness practices. She blends these approaches to fit the person in front of her and the goals they set together.
Her formal education includes a Master of Science in Counseling from Texas A&M and a Bachelor of Arts in Education from East Texas State University. The overall aim is steady, practical progress toward clearer choices and more manageable daily life.
Approaches that guide online work
Ava draws on client-centered therapy to start, which puts the person's goals and experience at the center. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters most, and helping people tap their own strengths to move forward.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT offers concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress, and it can help people practice new ways of coping between sessions.
Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has helped before to decide which approaches to try. Treatment can be adjusted over time based on how helpful the work feels and what fits daily life.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, and allow for follow-up or check-ins without needing to travel. Licensed professionals can use video or phone options when those formats are available, and sessions are typically scheduled to align with the client's routine and commitments.
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Experience
26+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
Ava works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, and parenting stress. She also addresses relationship issues, codependency, ADHD, and career and self-esteem challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is interactive and solution-focused, offering practical feedback and concrete steps. She aims to build on strengths and help people make changes that fit their daily lives.
How long has she practiced?
She has 26 years of experience working in mental health centers, a psychiatric hospital setting, and public school special education.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas and holds a Master of Science in Counseling from Texas A&M.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options with the service before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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