Therapist in The Woodlands, TX
Therapy and counseling for Woodlands families, teens and young adults. Sessions happen by video, so there is no drive down I-45 and no waiting room to sit in between school and practice.
What we work on
Counseling in The Woodlands for the pressure nobody says out loud
Fifteen years of working with young people who look like they are coping, and the parents who suspect they are not.
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High achievers running on empty
AP classes, club sport, the college list. Doing well and feeling awful are not opposites, and plenty of teenagers here are managing both at once.
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Anxiety behind good grades
When the achievement is real and the panic underneath it is too. Nobody raises a concern about a student who is still turning in the work.
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Substance use that nobody expects
Vaping, drinking, prescriptions passed around. I am an LCDC, so this is familiar ground rather than something I refer out.
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Families that have stopped talking
Everyone is busy, everyone is fine, and nobody has had a real conversation in months. We work on getting those going again.
How this works for The Woodlands
Counseling in The Woodlands, without the drive to Houston
I am based in Houston and licensed across Texas, which means I work with people in The Woodlands exactly the same way I work with everyone else, by video.
For families up here that usually solves the real problem. A weekly appointment that involves I-45 at five o'clock is an appointment that gets cancelled. One that happens at the kitchen table does not.
It also matters that this is a community where people know each other. Sessions from home mean no car anyone recognizes outside an office, and no running into a neighbor in a waiting room.
I work with families in Sterling Ridge, Alden Bridge, Creekside Park, Cochran's Crossing, Panther Creek and Grogan's Mill, as well as Spring, Conroe, Magnolia and Tomball.
Who you would be working with
Meet Allie
I am Allie Haydon, and I have spent fifteen years working with teenagers, young adults and their families. Residential programs, outpatient treatment, alternative peer groups and recovery high schools, so very little lands as a surprise.
I hold three licenses, which is unusual. LPC-S, LMFT-S and LCDC. In practice that means when something sits across counseling, family work and substance use, which is usually where the real difficulty is, we can look at the whole picture rather than the part one license covers.
I am a straight shooter. I will tell you what I actually think rather than what is comfortable to hear, and I use humor when things get heavy.
How it works
Getting started
Three steps, and the first one costs nothing.
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Get in touch
Tell me roughly what is going on, in as much or as little detail as you want.
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A short consultation
Fifteen minutes to see whether this feels right. No pressure and no commitment if it does not.
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Start counseling
We meet by video and start with whatever matters most to you first.
Not sure if this is for you?
Most people are not sure at first. A short conversation costs nothing and you will know quickly if we are the right fit.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
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Often better, in my experience. Teenagers tend to open up more from their own room than from a chair in an unfamiliar office, and there is no awkward journey home afterwards. If I think your family would be better served in person, I will say so and help you find someone local.
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Teenagers from around thirteen, young adults, and parents. I also see families together when that is what the situation calls for.
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Sessions are confidential, and because they happen by video there is no office to be seen walking into. For a community this closely connected, that matters to a lot of families, and is a valid reason to choose sessions by video.
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That is fine. I am licensed across Texas, so I work with people in Spring, Conroe, Houston, Katy and anywhere else in the state.