Louise Zervas Houchin, LMFT

Hi! I'm Louise.
I want to hear about your life and to help you to navigate your path in ways that work for you. I use a client-centered approach and relational style in my work. I believe in the power of human connection, and feel that healing happens when we feel understood, seen, and appreciated for who we truly are.

Thanks for stopping by!
I'm here to help you get to know a more authentic and present version of yourself, through the lens of your experiences. We need someone to see us as we are, and to help us understand all the different parts of ourselves- in order to live our best lives. I work within the context of a respectful, safe, client-centered therapy space, in order to facilitate growth and healing.

I graduated from California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco with a Masters of Arts in Integral Counseling Psychology. I completed my undergraduate studies at University of Florida, Gainesville with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I have been seeing therapy clients since 2012, and I am licensed in California and Texas.

My practice integrates a mind, body, spirit approach to integrated healing. I find that a felt sense of safety and a regulated nervous system is inherent to healing, and that when we feel safe and seen, we are able to discover and understand ourselves in new and expansive ways.

Before becoming a therapist (CA LMFT #113358, and TX #205541), I worked in the independent music industry, in London, UK, NYC, and then San Francisco. I delight in seeing how people express themselves! I'm a lifelong artist who uses multiple media to express myself-painting, dance, music, play. Whatever your medium, expressing oneself in an authentic way, while navigating your life, is healing. Let's shine!

I became a therapist because I love working with people and hearing what lights their spark! I've been doing advocacy work and activism in one form or another since the early 1990s, speaking up for human, animal and environmental rights. Helping people to understand and speak up for themselves was a natural addition for me :) Watching the healing process unfold as I witness people in this work is an honor and a precious gift! Let's see what lights you up!

I've been working with individuals, couples, kids, and families in the therapy room since 2012, in both private practice and agency settings, before starting Flipside Mental Health. I'm an active advocate for Kinship care, and the rights of people raised in the adoption and foster communities. I have a deep understanding of family separation and the issues that arise around adoption, foster care, kinship care, and other relationships within families that are not "traditional" nuclear family systems, and I appreciate that families can look a lot of different ways.

Here are some of the issues I can help with:

Depression

Anxiety and Phobias

Issues that come up around family separation (adoption, foster care, kinship care)

Relationship Issues

Life Transitions

Family difficulties

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Complex PTSD

Professional/Career Issues

College/Graduate School Issues

Stress Management

Neurodivergence

Attachment

Spirituality

Gender Identity Support

LGBT Counseling

Grief and loss

I am looking forward to hearing from you. See you on the flipside!
-Louise