Couples Counseling
& OCD Counseling
in Fort Worth, Texas
What to Expect
At Authentically Rooted Counseling, I provide an integrated & wholistic counseling experience for Adults and Couples.
I view counseling like physical therapy, but for your emotions and your brain.
You can Google healthy coping strategies, but we all have trouble remembering what we read during a marital fight or wave of OCD.
Therapy is designed to integrate what your mind knows with your knee-jerk reactions.
Over the past 5 years have sought out dynamic therapeutic trainings to guide you to safe, nurturing, quick, and deep healing.
To my knowledge, I am the only marriage therapist in Fort Worth who treats Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with both couples and individual therapy.
I also specialize in Anxiety, Maternal Mental Health, Family of Origin Healing, Infidelity, Communication Coaching & Attachment Healing.
ACT Based Exposure Therapy
Internal Family Systems Informed
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
“We come together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.”
— Virginia Satir
In-person and remote options
My office is conveniently located in Fort Worth. Can’t make it into the office? No worries – I’ve got you covered with teletherapy.
Services
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Individual
Get ready to dig deep. You’ll map and heal your internal realities beyond your thoughts and feelings. No matter what you are going through, there is a path forward. When you reconnect to your inner compass and release stuck points, you’ll have new ways to respond to your external world.
For those struggling with OCD, I utilize ACT based exposure therapy combined with IFS.
50 mins | $150
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Couples
Life has a way of driving a wedge between lovers. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can learn to to reconnect after drifting apart or experiencing relationship ruptures. Once reconnected, you can maintain a sense of partnership through simple interactions while raising children, climbing the career ladder, and managing a household. Read more
50 mins | $150
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Discernment
Not sure if couples counseling is for you? Save time, money, and effort and gain clarity and confidence with Discernment Counseling. For 1-5 sessions you and your partner will meet with me together and separately. You’ll gain insight about your unique relationship patterns. With this clarity you’ll have the confidence to decide between 3 options for moving forward with your relationship, or not. Read more
80 mins | $225
Specialties
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Have you tried Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) before and still feel like you are “white knuckling it”?
I see individuals and couples struggling with OCD. I combine evidence based ACT Exposures and Internal Family Systems to get to the root of OCD and release you from the cycle. You do not have to keep playing compulsion “whack-a-mole”.
Anxiety
Whether it is generalized or social anxiety, I can help. Between ACT and IFS, I can guide you through external changes and internal exploration to get to the root of the problem.
Attachment
How is your attachment style impacting your life? Your relationships? Your communication? I can help you and your partner find out which of the four attachment styles you have developed with each other. I will form a treatment plan to help you heal from past and current attachment wounds.
Family of Origin
What you learned while growing up with your parents may have helped you get to adulthood, but it also may be what is tripping you up in your current relationships. Get to know yourself and your patterns more deeply and expand your skills.
Communication
Do you feel like everything you say gets dismissed? Or do you feel like you are constantly dodging crticisim and don’t know to stop the conflict anymore?
Learn how to communicate in a way your partner can hear with a Satir Model trained communication specialist.
Couples
By combining attachment science with Emotional Focused Therapy and Communication science supported by the Satir Model, I have learned how to help couples reconnect after many forms of hurt. Infidelity, lying, money mismanagement, and mental health struggles, are some of the obstacles couples have overcome by learning how to communicate differently in couples counseling.
Meet Your Therapist
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Amanda Averbeck, M.S.M.F.T., LMFT Associate
Supervised by Gena St David, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S
For nearly 15 years Amanda has professionally supported family change. After obtaining her bachelors degree, she worked at The Parenting Center as a Nurturing Parenting trained Family Life Educator.
In 2015 she returned to school at Texas Wesleyan University for a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Since graduating and opening her own practice, she has written a chapter on The Satir Model in an internationally used textbook edited by Dr Linda Metcalf.
To stay abreast of the latest techniques, she participates in an international bimonthly learning group with world renowned master therapist Jean McLendon. Additionally, she attends a supervision group with Melissa Mose to receive ongoing learning and support in the latest techniques for IFS, ACT, and ERP as they are applied to OCD.
Amanda is trained in ACT based Exposure techniques, is IFS informed, Level one trained in The Satir Model, Gottman Leader Trained, and EFT familiar.
She is passionate about providing the best possible care and is always learning.
When she am not counseling, Amanda loves to read, hike, puzzle, and have deep conversations with family and friends.
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What People Are Saying
“Amanda is compassionate, relational and thoughtful. She is well-versed in her area of expertise. I highly recommend her as a therapist!”
— Meaghan
“Amanda is a loving, sensitive and caring therapist…. Amanda is intuitive and insightful. She is an excellent therapist. I refer all of my couples and families to her.”
— Mary
“I have had the privilege of knowing Amanda as a friend and trusted colleague over the past 7 years. Amanda has the highest regard for her clients and a true passion for helping others. She is always at the top of my list when referring clients because I trust her wholeheartedly to provide the best care possible. She is a gem and anyone would be lucky to have her as their therapist!”
— Jennifer
FAQ
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The type of therapy I practice is called Experiential therapy. You will emotionally experience the change you seek in session. Rather than me becoming an oracle for advice, strategies and skills, I take on the role of emotional trainer actively guiding our conversation so you can experience an emotional change. This speeds up healing because once you have experienced change in session your brain will know how to recreate it outside of session.
Often couples and clients mention when they leave that they feel like they have just completed a workout. I am pleased to hear this because it means emotional muscles are getting strengthened and change is occurring.
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In order to provide the best service to you, I do not file insurance.
When filing insurance for couples therapy, the insurance company wants me to diagnose one partner with a mental health disorder. Often when a couple is seeking couples therapy, one person is not necessarily sick. The system and the cycle of communication is not working and need to be adjusted. So it is not fair to ask one partner to take on a diagnosis for life so the couple can do the work they both have responsibility to complete.
Furthermore, most insurance companies do not reimburse mental health professionals at a rate that is sustainable for a living wage. By charging the rate I do, I am able to be most present to you and your needs.
If you would still like to file insurance on your own. I can provide a receipt for reimbursement so you can file with your insurance. Please call your insurance company to find out your estimated cost prior to session.
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My rate is $150 for a therapeutic hour. I also offer an 80 min session for $225 upon request or when couples are engaging in Discernment Counseling for 1-5 brief sessions.
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Discernment counseling is designed for couples where one partner is ready to leave the relationship and one wants to save the relationship. Couples therapy only works when both partners are fully committed to the process and the relationship. I often suggest discernment counseling when there is any ambiguity about wanting to keep the relationship. For 1-5 brief sessions, you and your partner will meet with me to gain clarity and confidence about your relationship patterns and how to move forward either together or separately. Either way I will help you put together a concrete plan.
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Yes. The research suggests telehealth appointments are just as effective as in person appointments. My clients have even mentioned they prefer telehealth appointments because of the deep inner work done in session. They are able to go deeper from the comfort of their own homes.
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Therapist and partners are all in the virtual space together. Each partner signs in to the virtual session room from a separate room at home and from a different device. Sessions are most effective when you have childcare, adequate internet connection, are not driving, and have the television or other distractions turned off or put away.
If you do not have a way to sign in from multiple devices, signing in from one device is still effective.
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Yes I do! At this time I offer in person appointments on Thursdays at
6300 Ridglea Place
Fort Worth, TX 76116
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