Tim FoW

Before I counseled anyone, I was writing poems.

Poetry taught me the thing I still do for a living: finding the true sentence underneath everything a person carries into a room.

I'm a Black male therapist specializing in transition therapy virtually across Texas, which still isn't something you see every day in this field.

I say that not to make it about representation, but because for some of the people who find me, it's the first time therapy has felt like it was built with them in mind. Many of my clients don't share my background either, and cultural context matters just as much in that work.

I was raised in the Deep South and educated at two public research universities: The University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech University.

I've worked closely with clients across Latin American, African, Middle Eastern, and East Asian backgrounds, and I bring that same care to whoever is in the room. Learning didn't end with a degree. It's been ongoing since 2012.

I don't believe therapy has to feel clinical to be effective. I'd rather it feel like a cozy tea-time chat in your living room than a session on a clock. That doesn't mean it's soft. It means the hard conversations happen somewhere you actually want to be.

A couple of practical things worth knowing before we meet. Sessions don't always start exactly on time, since I'm often closing out back-to-back appointments. I have a 15-minute grace policy, the same grace I extend if you're running late. And to be upfront: I don't provide documentation for work accommodations, legal cases, emotional support animals, or leave requests. If that's your primary need, I'm not the right fit, and I'd rather tell you now than after you've booked.

🧵 IT STARTS WITH YOU:

I specialize in transition therapy: helping adults move through the hinge points of a life, virtually, across Texas.

My approach is holistic. I don't treat one part of you in isolation, I see the whole person who walked in the room.

I lean on socratic inquiry, which means I ask more questions than I answer. The insight that sticks is the one you arrive at yourself, not the one I hand you.

I'm trauma-informed, so we go into the hard material carefully. We de-layer what's in your past and present so it can inform your future instead of running it, and we come up for air on purpose.

I use narrative work too. We are the stories we tell ourselves, so we look closely at yours: what parts you actually wrote, and what parts you inherited without ever agreeing to them.

Another core method of mine is experiential: role-play, staged situations, real practice, addressing the root cause instead of describing it from a safe distance. Insight is cheap. Behavioral practice is what changes a Tuesday.

Lastly, I don't give advice. I offer perspective. I won't tell you what to do, I'll candidly highlight your options. I don't focus on one part of your life, I see the whole you.

⭕️ WHOLE-PERSON BASED CARE

During your first session, you'll complete a short holistic assessment, the baseline for our work together. It takes about 5 minutes and gives us both a starting point. We're not spending your first hour on paperwork.

We start with why now. Not why therapy in general, but why this week, and why me. Something moved, and that's usually the most useful place to begin. From there we map what you're carrying: the symptoms, the season, the people involved, what you've already tried, and maybe what you're not willing to try again. I'll ask more questions than you expect. That's the method, not indecision. Then we name the outcome. What does the other side of this actually look like? Vague goals produce vague therapy, so we get specific enough that you'll know when you've arrived.