Dr. Ashley “Elle” Staats has been a part of the Austin mental health community for over a decade. She earned her Masters in Counseling from St. Edward’s and her doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from Texas Tech University. She recently founded a new group practice, Bellwether Counseling, specializing in sexuality, gender, and relationships. She is passionate about accessibility to quality mental health services, social justice and representation, and ethical issues unique to the field of counseling. Dr. Staats moonlights as an adjunct professor at St. Edward’s in the Masters in Counseling program where she teaches Ethics and Relationships & Sexuality. She lives in Round Rock with her spouse, two kids, and new baby. She can be reached at dr.staats@bellwethercounseling.com or through AINC at president@austininconnection.org
Amanda Harvey, LPC Associate, JD is a Licensed Professional Counselor – Associate supervised by M. Michelle Hawn, LPC-S, in private practice in South Austin. Amanda enjoys working with individual adults grappling with existential questions or identity issues, adult adoptees, foster and adoptive parents, lawyers, and couples through an attachment-oriented, psychodynamic and relational approach. Amanda has completed Levels 1 and 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Somatic Experiencing® International Training through Intermediate II, Basic Mediation Training, and EMDR Basic Training. She also practices law part-time, and she lives with her spouse and two kids in South Austin. She joins our board as Treasurer. amandaharveycounseling.com
Carissa Cano, LPC-S, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in private practice in Austin. She received her Master’s degree in Counseling from St. Edward’s University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrative health. She has been in clinical practice for over a decade and specializes in somatic and intuitive psychotherapy. She has been trained in a vast array of modalities and created her own therapeutic approach. Through her work, she empowers her clients to awaken the healer within and learn how to create new stories that align with their truth. Carissa is currently the secretary at AINC. www.atxintuitiveconnections.com
Lauren Kamp is currently a Counseling student at St. Edward’s University. She has her undergraduate degree in International Relations. Lauren is passionate about social justice and inclusivity; and serving the LGBTQIA+ community as a future therapist. Lauren is currently co-chair of AINC’s Book Club. She can be reached at bookclub@austininconnection.org
Firoozeh Tuller, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Austin. She received her master’s degree in clinical social work at the University of Houston and completed her training at the Menninger Clinic. Firoozeh works with individuals struggling with trauma, anxiety, issues of self-worth or identity, interpersonal and relational difficulties, and individuals seeking spiritual, existential or personal exploration and growth. In the past 15 years, Firoozeh studied depth psychology, psychodynamic modalities, CBT, EMDR, IFS, AEDP and mindfulness and body-based treatment approaches, yoga, Buddhist psychology, and eastern philosophies. Her therapeutic approach naturally strives to integrate all aspects of the human phenomenon: mind, matter and spirit, unpeeling layers of conscious and unconscious mental and emotional patterns, leading individuals to discover their strengths, true potential and authentic self. She is currently completing a 2 year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program through the Awareness Training Institute and The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkley as taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, to be completed January 2023. Firoozeh is is currently co-chair of AINC’s Book Club, and can be reached at ftuller@mac.com.We’re recruiting!
Austin IN Connection is currently looking for new board members to join our incredible, hard-working team and we are asking for your help in finding them!
Our volunteer board members work together to further our mission of growing a community of Interpersonal Neurobiology and attachment science mental health professionals in the greater Austin community.
AINC encourages board members who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ to apply. Click here for more information!