Therapy in Houston, TX
For the People Who Feel Everything and Are Exhausted By It
At some point, survival became your normal. Living fully stopped feeling possible; you just focused on getting through the day. If you’re worn out by your own mind, your body, your emotions, you’re in the right place. Book a free consultation below, and let’s see how our team can support you..
Transform Your Struggle into Strength
Helping individuals, couples, and families navigate complex trauma
There's a particular kind of tired that comes from feeling everything deeply while the world keeps telling you to calm down, move on, or “just pray about it.” Here, we don’t fight what you feel. We learn to understand it and use it to build a life that finally feels like your own.
Trauma & PTSD therapy helps you stop reliving what happened and start reclaiming who you are, so the past stops running the present. That’s true whether we use EMDR, IFS, SSP, or another trusted therapy modality.
People-pleasing & boundary work give you space to finally put yourself first to say no without guilt, know your worth, and stop shrinking for everyone else’s comfort.
Therapy with us reaches the places that talk therapy alone can’t. The trauma that lives in your body, not just your mind, and the memories that still feel too close, no matter how much time has passed.
Together, we help you get out of your head, out of survival mode, and back into a life that feels safe enough to actually live.
When you’re tired of carrying everything on your own, therapy helps you break the cycle and find your way back to yourself.
Real healing looks like this: waking up without dread. Saying no without the guilt spiral that follows. Feeling calm and actually trusting it. It looks like knowing your worth without needing someone else to confirm it.
You’ve been holding it together for long enough. All you need to do is take the first step. Everything else begins there.
Your GROWTH Starts From the Inside Out
This practice was built on one belief: no matter what you’ve been through, what you’ve carried, or how long you’ve been surviving instead of living, you can always heal and blossom again.
Trauma & PTSD Healing
Wake up with a calm mind
Stop reliving the old trauma
Unlearn your old beliefs
Reclaim your inner self
EMDR Deep Reprocessing
Heal without reliving it
Rewire your brain
Heal beyond words
Finally move forward
Boundaries Without Guilt
Say no and mean it
Stop shrinking for others
Protect your worth
Build a life on your terms
IFS Therapy
Understand your inner reactions
More control over yourself
Greater self-awareness
Reduce overthinking
Anxiety & Depression
Quiet the constant noise
Overcome the hardest days
Regulate what you feel
Start feeling like yourself again
Safe and Sound Protocol
Release tension in your body
Master calm, grounded responses
Sleep more naturally
Achieve a stable nervous system
Your GROWTH Starts From the Inside Out
This practice was built on one belief: no matter what you’ve been through, what you’ve carried, or how long you’ve been surviving instead of living, you can always heal and blossom again.
Trauma & PTSD Healing
Wake up with a calm mind
Stop reliving the old trauma
Unlearn your old beliefs
Reclaim your inner self
EMDR Deep Reprocessing
Heal without reliving it
Rewire your brain
Heal beyond words
Finally move forward
Boundaries Without Guilt
Say no and mean it
Stop shrinking for others
Protect your worth
Build a life on your terms
IFS Therapy
Understand your inner reactions
More control over yourself
Greater self-awareness
Reduce overthinking
Anxiety & Depression
Quiet the constant noise
Overcome the hardest days
Regulate what you feel
Start feeling like yourself again
Safe and Sound Protocol
Release tension in your body
Master calm, grounded responses
Sleep more naturally
Achieve a stable nervous system
Your Partners in Growth
Therapists who walk alongside you throughout your healing journey
Faith Larson, LCSW-S
Trauma-informed therapist specializing in EMDR, IFS, and holistic approaches.
She helps clients process deep trauma, build healthy boundaries, and reconnect with their inner strength and resilience.
Shelby Sauer, LMSW
Trauma-informed therapist trained in IFS, EFT, DBT, and strengths-based approaches.
She fosters a warm, supportive environment where clients feel understood, empowered, and confident navigating life’s challenges.
HOLISTIC:
Holistic means to consider the whole being. In social work terms Holistic means that a person needs to be whole in four areas of life in order to achieve wellness. The four key areas are:
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL
HOPE:
Snyder et al.’s (1991) Hope Theory states that hope is cultivated when people have two key ingredients: multiple pathways to goal achievement and agency of choices needed to build motivation.
HOLISTIC HOPE:
At Holistic Hope, our mission is to provide holistic and hope driven trauma informed, evidence based, psychotherapy, consultation, and training.
Support for Those Who Live In Survival Mode
Why Choose to Work with Us, Specifically?
Living with complex trauma is a real struggle.
You're carrying everything you've been through and still trying to show up for your life. That takes real courage.
With years of specialized training and our own lived experience, we created this space where you don't have to explain yourself. Or pretend you're okay when you're not. We work especially well with people who have tried therapy before and left feeling unheard.
Sessions here are real, grounded, and deep. Healing doesn't have to feel heavy all the time. Every client is met exactly where they are, with an approach that adapts to their true needs.
Using
And other evidence-based approaches, we help you move what's been stuck so you can live your life fully. Our goal is to meet each individual's unique needs, working with adolescents, young adults, couples, and families.
Our clients often say the same thing:
They finally feel safe. Our space makes them feel different here.
It takes real courage to sit in front of another person and be honest about your pain.
And it's one of the greatest privileges of our lives to walk alongside you in that process.
Something to Hold Onto
When you feel stuck or overwhelmed, these resources are here. Guides, planners, and videos built from the real challenges my clients bring into session.
A Place Where You Don't Have to Perform
This space is for the moments when you need support but don't know how to ask. When you've been holding it together for so long, you've forgotten what it feels like not to.
Our office is calm, warm, and filled with plants. There's no clipboard at the door. Nothing to perform. Just a space where you can finally exhale and someone who will sit with you through whatever comes next.
Steps After You Reach Out
STEP 1
Book Your First Call
Your first call is just a conversation. Real, honest, no pressure. You'll know by the end if this is right for you.
STEP 2
Talk About What's Been Hard
This first call is yours. Talk about what's been hard, what you're hoping to change, and what you need from therapy.
STEP 3
Build a Plan That Fits Your Life
Once you're ready, we'll build a plan that fits your life. The tools, the pace, and the process all mold to suit you.
STEP 4
Start Feeling the Shift
The heaviness starts to lift. Thoughts slow down. You stop saying yes when you mean no. You start to feel like yourself again.
What Therapy in Houston Feels Like!
Let Past Clients Do the Talking
I have seen Faith on and off for a few years now. She is the best psychologist that I have seen for trauma...
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Holistic Hope is truly exceptional. The therapists use evidence-based practices and bring both professionalism and compassion to their work...
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I wasn’t totally sure what to expect going into SSP therapy, but I am SO glad I tried it with an open mind...
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Faith is my go-to referral because I trust her with the people I send her way. I have received a lot of positive feedback...
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I participated in a special therapy group offered by Faith and I left each session feeling welcomed...
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As a fellow clinician, I've been consistently impressed by Faith's warmth...
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Houston Therapy FAQs
Because most therapy stays on the surface, and trauma doesn’t live there.
Here, we go deeper, stay longer, and use tools like EMDR and IFS that reach places talking alone often can’t.
You don’t have to be.
There’s no pressure to share everything in the first session. We move at your pace, and there’s no expectation that you arrive with it all figured out.
You just need to be willing to begin.
If you’re self-aware, ready to take an honest look at yourself, and willing to do real work, you’re probably exactly who this practice was built for.
The clients who thrive here are the ones done surviving and ready to actually change.
Yes. We accept BCBS and UnitedHealth/Optum.
We also partner with Mentaya for out-of-network reimbursement and offer a sliding scale.
Access to real mental healthcare matters to us.
EMDR helps you process painful memories without being overwhelmed.
You stay in control, and clients are often surprised at how much lighter they feel after sessions.
The Safe and Sound Protocol is a music-based intervention that works directly with your nervous system.
It gently shifts you out of fight, flight, or freeze, helping you feel safe again.
You can use it on its own or alongside therapy.
No. It never was.
Feeling deeply isn’t a flaw—it’s how you’re wired.
This is a space built for people who feel everything intensely and deserve support that actually matches that depth.
Start with a consultation.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before reaching out.
We’ll meet you exactly where you are—no pressure, no judgment.