Trauma Counseling and EMDR - Kat Elrod, LPC

Feeling lost?
Overwhelmed and disconnected?
You are not alone.

Sometimes we get stuck and we don’t know why.

Sometimes we know exactly why,
but we can’t figure out how to start moving forward.

Counseling is an opportunity to share your struggle with someone who not only cares, but can help you uncover the whys and hows.

I want to help you learn new ways to listen to yourself, care for yourself and discover the wisdom that is already within you. EMDR can take you even further and promote a deep healing from the past, shifting the ways you feel about yourself and your life.

Ask me about your struggle and let’s find out if I can be of help to you. I understand how reaching out can be an intimidating task. I invite you to take that first step.

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Sometimes I wake up and have to remind myself: There is nothing wrong with me. I have patterns to unlearn, new behaviors to embody and wounds to heal. But there is nothing wrong with the core of me and who I am. I am unlearning generations of harm and remembering love. It takes time.” – Yolo Akili
Counseling

I strive to provide a respectful and caring space where your deepest fears and greatest dreams can be explored. Talking about your concerns through counseling can provide great relief, and professional feedback can stimulate new awareness, healing, and growth.

My counseling approach is a flexible and intentional integration of many therapy styles, using the STAIR Method. This method weaves the brilliance of many different therapy approaches together using neuroscience as a foundation to best promote self trust, brain integration and overall resilience.

Read more about the therapy concepts and models integrated into my practice:
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Experiential Therapy
Mindfulness
Attachment Theory
Somatic Therapy
Sand Tray/Collage
Self Compassion
Memory Reconsolidation
Parts Work (similar to Internal Family Systems)
EMDR

I am certified in EMDR and use this tool for processing trauma frequently with clients.

I wonder if it is possible for us to begin to let go of our expectations about the shape in which healing may arrive…”
Bonnie Badenoch

Areas of Special Focus

• Worthless/not good enough feelings
• Painful childhoods
• Relationship struggles
• Sexual abuse survivors
• Trauma
• Complex PTSD
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Life Changes (moving, changing jobs, divorce, becoming a parent, etc)
• Creative Individuals
• Therapists and other Helping Professionals
• Highly Sensitive People
• Grief and Loss
• Personal Growth

I am only seeing individual adult clients at this time.

Check out this list of crisis hotlines, therapy groups, podcasts, and local resources
About Kat

It is a great joy and honor to connect with people’s humanity and encourage the healing and strength necessary to live life in a new way.

I have been counseling for over 15 years and it is still my passion to be with people on this heartbreaking and messy journey of life. Continuing education, my own therapy and professional consultation are some of the ways I take care of myself so I can try to be the very best I can be for you.

Training Highlights

• Self Trust and Integrated Resilience (STAIR Method) Level 1-3, 2023-2024
• Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems, 2023
• Internal Family Systems Online Circle, 2023
• Memory Reconsolidation, Translating Neuroscience into Art, 2023
• The Neurobiology of Feeling Safe, Part 1 & 2, 2022
• Heart of Trauma and the Year-long IPNB Intensive with Bonnie Badenoch, 2021-2022
• Level 1 Coherence Therapy Training with Bruce Ecker, 2020
• Brains in Session, Tracking Neural Networks and IPNB Treatment Planning, 2019-2020
• Attachment-Focused EMDR Training with Laurel Parnell, 2019
• EMDR Certifcation, 2016
• EMDR Basic Training with Rick Levinson, 2013

Consultation

• IPNB-Focused Consultation Groups with Juliane Taylor Shore, 2019 – Present
• EMDR-Focused Peer Consultation Group, 2017 – Present
• General Clinical Peer Consultation Group, 2010 – Present

Experience

• Private Practice in Austin, established 2010
• Board Approved Supervisor for LPC Associates, 2011 – 2016
• Counselor at Jewish Family Service in San Antonio, 2006-2010
• Honored with “Intern of the Year”, 2007 and “Going Beyond the Call of Duty” award, 2009
• Individual and Group Counselor at a California Domestic Violence Shelter, 2002-2004

Education

• Master’s of Science in Counseling, California State University Northridge, 2004
• Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology, University of North Texas, 2002

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself exactly as I am, then I can change.”
Carl Rogers
Fees and Payment

Fees

Individual counseling with Kat is $175 per session. Sessions are typically 50 minutes, once a week or every-other-week. Extended sessions and intensives are available at the same rate per hour scheduled. Intensives are a small group of extended sessions scheduled close together.

If you are in a position to help others, I have the option available of paying a sponsorship rate of $200-250 per session. The entire amount that you pay over my current rate ($25-$75) will be applied as a discount to sponsor someone who is unable to access quality therapy without assistance.

Payment

I keep a credit card on file and run that card each session to make payment quick and easy. I can also accept cash, check, HSA cards or Zelle at the time of service with a backup card on file.

Insurance

I am considered an out-of-network provider with insurance. Some insurance plans offer reimbursement to members for a portion of the fees paid when using out-of-network providers. Please check your benefits and request a detailed statement from me (called a Superbill) so that you may submit a claim to your insurance company.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy”
Brene Brown
Connect

Address

3355 Bee Caves Road
Building 6
Suite 605
Austin, TX 78746

Located near the intersection of Bee Caves Road and Walsh Tarlton, just up the street from Downtown Austin, Mopac and Loop 360.

*Virtual sessions are also offered for anyone in the state of Texas*

Phone

512-779-7101

Email

kat@katelrod.com

*Email is my preferred way to communicate and will receive the fastest response*

Schedule

Here are two easy ways to get started working with me. You can choose to “Request Appointment” or “Schedule Now” with my online calendar.

Request Appointment

You can send a general request by clicking the button above and providing details and specifics about what you are looking for. We will coordinate your first appointment over email. This is also how you can join my waitlist and/or receive referrals if I’m full or not the best fit for your needs.

Schedule Now

I also welcome you to access my online calendar and immediately schedule yourself for your first session. Choose “Schedule Now” above to access my calendar for the next few weeks. If there are no times showing up, please “Request Appointment” above to double check my availability and/or be added to my waiting list.

Would you like to have a free 15 minute conversation over the phone or virtually before scheduling your first appointment? Choose “Schedule Now” above and there is an option to directly schedule your consultation.

The most important questions don’t seem to have ready answers. But the questions themselves have a healing power when they are shared. An answer is an invitation to stop thinking about something, to stop wondering. Life has no such stopping places, life is a process whose every event is connected to the moment that just went by. An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.“
Rachel Naomi Remen

Feeling lost? Overwhelmed and disconnected? You are not alone.

Counseling

Areas of Special Focus

About Kat

Training Highlights

Consultation

Experience

Education

Fees and Payment

Fees

Payment

Insurance

Connect

Address

Phone

Email

Schedule

Feeling lost?
Overwhelmed and disconnected?
You are not alone.