depression - trauma - anxiety - couples

Depth-oriented therapy in Houston, Texas

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Find grounding through therapy when you feel untethered.

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Work with someone you connect with

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    Lauren Palmer

    MA, LPC · Practice Owner

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with thoughtful, high-functioning adults who understand themselves pretty well but still feel stuck in anxiety, perfectionism, trauma, or painful relationship patterns.

    FOCUS AREAS

    High-Functioning Anxiety
    Trauma & Attachment
    Perfectionism
    Relationship Patterns
    Burnout & Disconnection

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    Alyssa Garcia

    MS, LPC-Associate, Bilingual English/Spanish

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults and couples navigating grief, relationship changes, and the tension between family or cultural expectations and figuring out what feels true to them.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Grief & Loss
    Trauma & EMDR
    Family, Culture & Belonging
    Relationships & Attachment
    Life Transitions & Identity

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    Chloe Espenan

    LMSW

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults, couples, and teens (13+) navigating depression, codependency, substance use, complicated relationships with food, and coping patterns that aren’t working anymore.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Depression
    Codependency
    Substance Use & Process Addictions
    Disordered Eating Patterns
    Anxiety & Self-Criticism

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    Michelle Saltzer

    MA, LPC-Associate

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults and couples who overthink, people-please, avoid conflict, and struggle to say what they need, especially in their closest relationships.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Anxiety
    People-Pleasing
    Self-Criticism
    Relationships
    Fertility, Perinatal & Postpartum
    Couples Therapy

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    Lauren Bigelow

    LMSW

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults and couples navigating burnout, grief, neurodivergence, chronic illness, and the exhaustion of being the person everyone else relies on.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Neurodivergence
    Chronic Illness
    Grief & Loss
    Burnout & Caregiver Fatigue
    Anxiety & Perfectionism
    Perimenopause

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    Haley Macek

    MS, LPC-Associate

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults, teens (13+), and couples who feel disconnected from themselves, stuck in painful relationships, or exhausted from trying to be who everyone expects them to be.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Anxiety & Depression
    Trauma
    Relationships & Attachment
    LGBTQIA+ Identity & Belonging
    Support After Sexual or Domestic Violence

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    Sana Maaz

    MA, LMFT-Associate

    WHO SHE WORKS WITH

    Works with adults and couples feeling lost, disconnected, or unsure of who they are anymore, especially in the aftermath of trauma, anxiety, or major life change.

    FOCUS AREAS

    Trauma & Attachment
    Anxiety
    Couples & Relationship Patterns
    Cultural Identity
    Life Transitions
    Self-Discovery & Identity Shifts

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 helping you overcome internal barriers and

live a connected,
intentional life.

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therapy that goes beyond insight

You don’t exist in a vacuum. The anxiety in your head, the tension you carry in your body, the relationships that shape you, the roles you’ve learned to play, and the world you’re trying to function in are all connected.

You may have already tried to outthink what you’re feeling, to reason your way back to understanding. You’ve had the conversations, read the books, and told yourself it shouldn’t be this hard. But insight alone doesn’t always change the patterns your mind and body have learned over time.

At Rooted Therapy, we look at the whole picture. We use evidence-based approaches like EMDR, IFS, ACT, somatic work, EFT, and the Gottman Method to work with the places where emotion, history, relationships, environment, and the mind-body connection meet.

Our clinicians know that sometimes you don’t need to understand yourself more. You need to actually feel the shift.

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in-person and virtual sessions

Whether you’re sitting across from us in our Montrose office or logging in from home anywhere in Texas, therapy here is about more than location. We’re here to create a space where you can drop the performance, tell the truth, and work through what’s been keeping you braced for impact for entirely too long.

In-person or online, we meet you where you are (literally and emotionally).

What We Help With

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    High-Functioning Anxiety

    Overthinking, burnout, panic, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and feeling like you can never quite relax.

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    Relational & Attachment Trauma

    Old survival strategies that continue shaping the way you connect, trust, communicate, and experience closeness.

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    Disconnection, Numbness & Depression

    When life starts feeling flat, heavy, or strangely distant from the version of yourself you remember.

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    Couples & Relationship Therapy

    Helping couples move out of painful cycles and rebuild safety, communication, and emotional connection.

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  • Neurodivergence & Chronic Overwhelm

    Neurodivergence & Chronic Overwhelm

    Support for ADHD, autism, sensory overwhelm, masking, burnout, and learning to work with (not against) your brain.

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