Ossenia Jeff

I received both my Bachelors and Masters in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. I have been in private practice for more than 10 years. Prior to private practice, my career began as an inpatient therapist on locked units at psychiatric facilities Cambridge Hospital (currently Sun Behavioral Hospital) and West Oaks Hospital. In addition to my inpatient work at West Oaks Hospital, I was a group facilitator with both adolescents and adults for the outpatient extension of the hospital: The Excel Center. My work at The Excel Center involved daily group therapy in both the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP).

Because of my work with the acute psychiatric population in intensive treatment settings, I am able to work as a generalist practitioner. I work with most issue from depression, anxiety, and OCD to trauma, addiction and relationships struggles... just to name a few.

My treatment method involves helping you gain insight, take action, make changes, and accept if change is not possible. I will help manage your struggles as well as help you through the normal stressors that often accompany transitions in life.

I take the bio-psycho-social approach towards helping you, your family, and your relationships. I believe the helping process is a person-centered process. It does not simply start and stop with the therapist, but it involves tapping into your internal and external resources.

I will help you gain insight into your strengths, struggles, and root causes to your problems. I help set goals and identify specific actions to accomplish your goals. You will learn to stay focused on the process rather than the end result. When you become committed to new, healthier actions, change happens!

Our first few sessions will involve gaining insight into the problem by obtaining a detailed history and review of current symptoms. What are barriers to change? i.e. unhelpful thoughts, difficulty taking action, lack of acceptance, inner child wounds. We will then develop a plan to manage presenting symptoms and resolve current stressors.