Who we work with, How we roll, & the impact our community feels.

Is Modern Therapy in My Area? Yep!

Modern Therapy is a unique in-person and virtual psychology and coaching practice based out of Houston, TX. Our team approach, insane level of dedication to good therapy, and special attention to the high functioning professional dealing with life are what make us MT. You can instantly feel our humanistic approach when we don’t make assumptions or pathologize you for very normal reactions to living on Earth. We’re here to be on your side, and to use our savvy backgrounds to ask the questions that help you feel completely seen, understood, and empowered to create change and live well.

Some people look at therapy like it's going to the doctor. That's awesome, but when it comes to MT, we're not your hospital. We're your personal trainer. We'll help you get to know your emotional self, where your injuries lie, and support you in your healing and strength to perform higher and healthier than ever before. 

Our clients come with an immediate life area they'd like support with, and they stay for continuous growth. We don't just help you move through an immediate challenge. We'll help you deepen your understanding of self and take your life even further. We live to help you live to your fullest.

Although MT works with a range of emotional concerns and growth-driven life goals, Modern Therapy has a special interest in working with motivated individuals with an open, reflective mindset, and are driven to live with meaning and purpose. All work is taken on with the respect, creativity, and heart that it deserves.

 Confronted with life at the moment? We're highly trained to help with:

  • Chronic and acute stress due to socio-political impacts / navigating distressing work environments / related challenges

  • Identity / Relationship to Self

  • Unique experiences related to LGBTQ+ (exploration, coming out, challenges within family or other systems, fertility and family formation, etc.)

  • Men’s issues / lack of emotional space to process internal experiences

  • Over-functioning / Over-work / High pressure experiences

Humanistic Philosophy

The real world calls for real therapy. In our fast-paced, solution-focused culture, it also calls for deep therapy. That's why we only hire the most passionate, growth-driven, insatiably curious therapists in Houston. We go the long haul in our commitment to helping you gain real insight and traction in your movement toward your goals while also helping you achieve a deeper, transformational experience. We want to truly hear you and understand you as you are. Therapy is a process. It unfolds as we delve into your experience in the world. Insights and tailored suggestions arise from there. We are sensitive in our approach to hearing your story and making room for all of you, including the areas of spirituality, culture, and other domains that shape who you are. We operate from a humanistic foundation and incorporate empirically validated techniques to assist you in reaching your goals.

this means Modern Therapy:

  • Will not judge you

  • Will treat you as the human being you are

  • Will always be honest and authentic with you

  • Will tailor sessions to speak your language and meet your unique needs

  • Will be sensitive in our approach to not pathologize or suggest medication when not necessary

  • Will use scientifically validated and research-supported interventions

  • Will help you better understand your experience in the world

  • Will help you confront and explore the deepest parts of yourself

  • Will help you explore a new relationship with human suffering

  • Will help by using the therapeutic relationship to gain greater insight

  • Will make room for your whole story and your unique experience in the world

  • Will help you better understand barriers to your goals and how to maneuver them

  • Will help you gain insight into your tendencies and help you learn better-coping strategies

  • Will help you actualize the life you envision for yourself

As you look for a therapist, do you ask yourself “is this space safe for me?”

Learn About Working With Us

We hear you and we’ve got you. Our team is highly diverse and contains many intersecting identities that allow us to hold the complexity of people with the care they deserve. You are safe to share any and all parts of yourself that you feel are misunderstood, minimized, generalized, marginalized, or mislabeled. We care to hear your story and help you feel heard and supported in the way you need it. While the MT team as a whole is dedicated to expanding our worldview in all ways to do our best for our clients, if you are seeking a therapist that has a more directly personal understanding of your experience in the world, please include that in your submission form and we will do our best to connect you with the best fit.

Volunteered Testimonials. Want to know what people have to say about working with us?

Here’s just a few of our many points of feedback on this incredible team. Please keep in mind, THAT therapeutic work is deeply honest and brave. we can get in touch with many feelings in therapy in the process of growth. Trusting the process and being open about what you feel and experience is everything in our attempts to fully see you and care for you the way you need it. We are MISSION-ORIENTED people with the deepest desire to help you tend to your life and story for your betterment. We’ve got this!

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“Holly allows me to show up and process every ounce of my analytical brain. She gives me the tools to forge ahead on my homework and with getting through my stuck/overwhelmed/lost feelings which your mind can build without the proper tools. I'm a very driven and ambitious person so finding someone I can connect with on so many levels is a breath of fresh air. It feels really good to be heard, seen, and never be afraid to share what I'm going through.”

“Lindsay has been the most amazing addition to my life. She has helped me grow to love myself and be proud of myself so quickly. She has taught me priceless life lessons that help me through my hard times while helping me grow when I feel on top, as well. She is the best therapist in the whole world. She's perfection and I wouldn't change one thing about how she does her job. She has helped me in countless ways.”

“I started therapy just a few months ago (back in Feb), and within the first few sessions, I discovered a whole other perspective that's been there this whole time, but I've never taken it my whole life. There were also past events in my life that I hadn't thought about in a long while that have had a major impact on how I act in my relationships, & Nathaly was able to get that out of me within the first session. My mental health journey is just getting started, and I am so happy to have found MT! I am also super grateful to have been able to click with Nathaly right from the start. I feel that she already knows me (& also remembers more about my story than I do sometimes)! She's super attentive to details and aspects of my life which I appreciate so much.”

“Madeline is amazing! I transferred to Madeline while Meredith was on maternity leave, [and previous to that, I’d been to] another therapist outside of the practice. She took me in as a client and the transition was practically seamless - a few opening questions and right into the work. It’s abundantly clear that Modern Therapy is one hell of a special place. I thought I struck gold…

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“Kellie brings genuine curiosity and care to our sessions, and also provides helpful tools when they're needed. Our conversations have covered so many difficult topics - work issues, family dynamics, personal values, and tendencies - and she's somehow able to identify patterns in scenarios that seem completely disparate on the surface. I think that allows her to make recommendations and to give advice that addresses the whole person, not just a one-off difficult situation. She's also just so caring and nice, which makes talking about the hard stuff a lot more comfortable.”

“I have loved my sessions with Margot! I started therapy feeling like the weight of the world was on my shoulders with some big life changes that had happened in the past year. As Brené Brown would say, I was on Day 2 or in the middle and couldn’t go back but couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Margot has helped me navigate these changes and helped me replace my doubt/anxiety with fortitude and self-confidence. I am truly grateful for her and look forward to our sessions each week.”

“Love virtual....it allows me to be my most "comfy" self and fit it in where it makes sense.”

”Nat has been such a GEM. I was hesitant to pay privately for someone after failed insurance-covered attempts...but prioritizing my mental health has been huge. Knowing I have Nat in my corner has made the giant changes in my life feel doable.”

“Therapy has been life-changing, and I’m a lot happier in my day-to-day life thanks to Lisa. She listens and makes me feel validated, but also isn’t afraid to push back when she needs to. She is good at both high-level discussions and also great at helping me think through and plan the details. I always look forward to my sessions with her.”

“DANA IS AMAZING! I went into therapy so anxious and scared of the whole process. It took me nearly a year to finally reach out to Modern Therapy and being matched with Dana must have been the universe looking out for me. Dana has been a reliable, thoughtful, and well-prepared therapist since day 1. I can tell that she has really taken the time to dig deep into my story and regularly reminds me of how pieces of my story interweave together. She has been a significant reason for my anxiety being under control after a lifetime of struggle. I finally feel like I am moving productively forward in the areas I’ve been stuck. I’ve made significant inroads with my husband, my family, and my friends as a result of the skills Dana has taught me. Dana is just the best!”

“When I met Phil, I was in a tough place coming off a divorce the previous year, in a job where I was miserable, and trying to navigate my first new relationship in years. In the last 8-9 months, I started a new job, ended that toxic relationship, found a woman I love, and have a whole new confidence in myself. Phil is great and I felt/feel very comfortable sharing all aspects of my life with him while having no fear of judgment.”

“True to her words, Stephanie is wholeheartedly in and ready to meet her clients wherever they are. Even when guiding her clients through the most intense of human experiences, she does so with such diligence and a much-appreciated unflappability.”

“I’m a huge fan of Rachel. This is my first time working with a therapist close in age to me and that is REFRESHING. I appreciate how she is objective often and knows when I need her subjective feedback. She holds space for empathy and validation without siding entirely with me, others, or the situation at hand. I’m grateful she reminds me of topics that still need addressing in a compassionate way.”

“I’ve been seeing Holly since July 2019. Before that, whenever I thought about therapy, it was with extreme skepticism. I didn’t think it was something that I would ever need, that I was too strong. I’m so glad I was wrong. Holly is the light in my week. Whenever I feel everything has become too much, she helps me see that there’s always a way out. I have never felt so supported and safe. I have been surprised to learn so much about myself that I didn’t know was there- and in a way that has been comfortable for me. She has completely changed my life and I’m so grateful to have found y’all.”

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