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What We Offer

Therapy for
where you are.

Whether you're carrying something heavy or simply ready for change, there's a way in. Destany works with a range of concerns and brings several evidence-based modalities to each session.

Destany Schadder, LPC, R-DMT, MA  ·  Austin, TX  ·  Telehealth in TX & WA

Areas of Focus

What brings
people here.

These are some of the experiences Destany most commonly supports. If you don't see your situation listed, reach out — the work often begins where categories fall short.

  • Anxiety & Overthinking

    Quieting the mental spiral, building tolerance for uncertainty, and finding steadiness when your mind won't slow down.

  • Trauma & Emotional Relief

    Gently processing what the body has been holding — moving toward relief, integration, and a felt sense of safety.

  • Burnout & Stress

    Reconnecting with what matters when exhaustion has flattened everything. Therapy that helps you recover — not just cope.

  • Identity & Self-Worth

    Exploring who you are beneath the roles you carry, and rebuilding a relationship with yourself rooted in something real.

  • Relationship Ruptures

    Working through the aftermath of betrayal, conflict, or disconnection — in partnerships, families, and with yourself.

  • Life Transitions

    Support for the in-between moments — new chapters, endings, and the disorienting space when one life is becoming another.

  • Life After Divorce

    Navigating grief, identity shift, and the quiet rebuilding that happens when a partnership comes to an end.

  • Life After Loss

    Holding grief without rushing it — integrating loss in a way that honors what was while making room for what comes next.

  • Depression & Low Mood

    Meeting flatness and heaviness with compassion, and exploring what the body and mind need to find movement again.

  • Postpartum Mental Health

    Support for the emotional complexity of early parenthood — including anxiety, grief, identity shifts, and the unexpected.

How We Work

Two pathways,
one intention.

Each modality offers a distinct doorway into the work. Many clients find both weave together naturally over time.

ST

Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy works with the body as an equal partner in healing. Rather than just talking about experiences, we pay attention to physical sensations, posture, breath, and movement — the places where stress and trauma live long after the event has passed. It's a gentle, attuned way of working that often reaches what words alone cannot.

EMDR

EMDR Therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a structured, evidence-based approach for trauma and distressing memories. Using bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps the brain reprocess stuck experiences — reducing their emotional charge and allowing you to integrate them without being overwhelmed.

Heiser Counseling

Body-centered therapy for the whole person.

Destany Schadder, LPC, R-DMT, MA
Licensed in Texas & Washington

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