Works with
- Anger
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Ava works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ava
Ava Weaver is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 26 years of clinical experience in Texas. She draws on a long history in mental health settings and education to help people facing stress, anger, depression, anxiety, and trauma. Ava speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Ava's background includes work in regional mental health centers and a psychiatric hospital setting. She also taught special education in public schools, bringing experience with children and adolescents into her broader practice.
Background and approach
Her training path includes a Master of Science in Counseling from Texas A&M and additional supervisory study at the University of North Texas. In sessions she leans toward an interactive, solution-focused style. She helps people identify patterns, test small changes, and develop skills they can apply between meetings.
She uses elements from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior therapy, Jungian ideas, and mindfulness as fits each person's needs. <brAva provides clear feedback and practical tools rather than only talking through problems. She often helps clients manage anger, cope with grief, navigate life transitions, or rebuild confidence after trauma.
She can also help with issues like addiction, parenting concerns, ADHD, career questions, and relationship struggles. Her goal is to tailor an approach to each person’s circumstances and goals. People meet with her for skill-building, coaching, symptom relief, or deeper personal work depending on what they want to accomplish.
Sessions are held in English and offered through a variety of online formats.
What Ava works with
Everything Ava lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ava's practice.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ava lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Ava integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in routine online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and helping a person find their own solutions, which can be useful for building confidence and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense feelings, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving communication. Together these approaches give options for short-term skill work or longer personal exploration depending on what someone needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try first, adjusting plans as goals and circumstances change. That teamwork helps match the style to the problem and the person's preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and skill coaching when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or quick skill reminders between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Ava
What kinds of problems does Ava address?
She helps people with trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, self-esteem, and related concerns like parenting strain and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is interactive and solution-focused. Sessions emphasize practical skills, clear feedback, and steps to try between meetings.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 26 years of experience in mental health settings, psychiatric hospital work, and public school special education.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.