In over thirty years of working with people, this is what I’ve found to be my truths and my approach to counseling.

When we look for a counselor:

• We’ve tried everything we know to do to solve our problems and whatever we are doing is not working.
   

• We often feel trapped in a situation and can see no way out.
   

• We want someone who will listen first and then give us tools that work better than the ones we are using.
   

• We want someone who can give us hope that we will find our way out of the mess we’re in.

I work best with people who:

• Appreciate that what I have to share is not just coming from my training but also from decades of having made my own mistakes, sometimes over-and-over, and learning from those mistakes.
   

• Want me to give honest feedback--not brutal honesty, but honesty from my heart.
   

• Want an interactive counselor--someone who will give feedback and suggest possibilities.

Finally, my experience of counseling is our working together to solve your problems. I won’t change you. I don’t have that power. I can, however, help you change yourself to create a better life.​

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~ Jim Hoadley, MEd, LPC, LMFT 
     Founder, Austin Anger Management