Mindfulness-Based Therapy in Austin, TX
Cultivate Inner Peace
Mindfulness-based therapy grounds you in the present — freeing you from regret over the past and anxiety about the future. It’s our namesake for a reason: every AMC therapist is also a trained mindfulness teacher, and this work runs through everything we do.
4.9★
Average rating in our most recent client survey
15 years
Serving Austin since 2011
4,000+
Clients served
30 therapists
All trained mindfulness teachers
Jennifer Kirsten, LMSW
Supervised by
Gianna Viola, LCSW‑SI'm happiest swimming, hiking, cooking, or journaling in nature.
Looking for a therapist? We’ll help you find a perfect match.
Matcha is our matching tool. It’s free, there’s nothing to sign up for, and it takes about a minute.
- Narrow by insurance, availability, and how a therapist works
- Save the ones you want to come back to
- Or just describe what you’re going through, and let it find the fit
Learn to Pause
Mindfulness starts embarrassingly small: noticing one breath. From there, simple exercises like breath awareness and body scans train the skill of actually being where you are. People come to this work because:
- The mind narrates, rehearses, and replays all day long
- Stress reactions fire before there’s time to choose
- Relaxing feels like one more thing to fail at
- Meditation apps haven’t stuck — or feel hollow
- Racing thoughts crowd out sleep and focus
- Life keeps happening while attention is somewhere else
Curious? Reach out — a short conversation with our team can tell you a lot, with no commitment.
Disrupt Stress Cycles
Overthinking and worry run on autopilot. Mindfulness interrupts the loop at its first link — you learn to notice the spiral starting and redirect attention toward calmer, more grounded footing before stress compounds.
Is this meditation, or therapy?
Both, integrated. This is real psychotherapy with a licensed clinician — goals, progress, the whole structure — with mindfulness practice woven through as the core skill you build.
You won’t be handed a cushion and left to it: your therapist teaches, troubleshoots, and adapts the practices to your actual mind, including the busy, skeptical kind.
Wondering if it fits you? Ask for a call.
Build Daily Practice
The practice that changes your life is the one you actually do. We fit mindfulness into routines you already have — mindful walking, eating, even dishwashing — so presence becomes a habit rather than an appointment.
Formal sits can come later, or never. Consistency beats duration, every time.
Enhance Emotional Balance
Observing emotions with compassion — instead of suppressing or being swept by them — changes how you show up everywhere: at home, at work, with yourself. Feelings become information, not weather you’re trapped in.
How is this different from CBT?
CBT examines and restructures thoughts; mindfulness changes your relationship to thinking itself. Instead of debating the thought, you learn to see it as a thought — which often takes its power without an argument.
In practice they’re close partners, and most AMC therapists blend both. Your therapist will lean toward whichever your mind responds to.
Want a recommendation for your situation? Ask for a call.
Experience Lasting Clarity
Over time, you gain real insight into how your mind and body interact — and decisions start aligning with your values instead of your reactivity. That clarity outlives the course of therapy; it’s a way of being you keep.
We work with several insurance plans and offer clear self-pay rates — see Rates & Insurance, or get in touch and we’ll check your coverage before you begin.
The Mindfulness Journey
From first call to a practice that’s truly yours — here’s the whole arc.
1Reach out
A short, low-pressure conversation about what’s been going on. A few minutes, no commitment, no meditation experience required.
2Get matched
Matcha, our custom matching platform, pairs you with the AMC therapist best suited to your goals — every one of them a trained mindfulness teacher.
3Learn to pause
Breath awareness, body scans, and noticing — small practices that build the muscle of being where you are.
4Practice in real life
Mindfulness moves off the cushion and into your commute, kitchen, and conversations — where it actually matters.
5Clarity that stays
Decisions align with values instead of reactivity — a way of being you keep long after therapy ends.
What Mindfulness Work Includes
A toolkit, not a doctrine — your therapist adapts these practices to your mind.
Breath & body awareness
Breath practices and body scans — the foundation skills for noticing what’s happening while it’s happening.
Thought watching
Observing thoughts without judgment — or obedience. The thought loses its power without needing to win an argument.
Everyday practice
Walking, eating, waiting in line — presence built into the life you already have, no retreat required.
Self-compassion
Meeting what you notice with kindness — because awareness without compassion just breeds better-informed self-criticism.
Blended with CBT & more
Mindfulness pairs naturally with CBT, values work, and EMDR — your therapist blends what your mind responds to.
MCN for deeper settling
When a revved-up nervous system makes practice hard, Microcurrent Neurofeedback can help the body settle so mindfulness can go deeper.
Find the right therapist for you
Choose whichever way feels easier. Scroll down to meet the AMC therapists who practice mindfulness-based therapy and request someone by name.
Or answer a few questions in Matcha, our custom AI-assisted matching tool, and we’ll suggest therapists whose experience and availability may fit your needs.
What our clients are saying about us
The breathing technique, being gentle to myself, and learning to recognize when I am not living in the present moment, among other coping skills my therapist has been teaching me have helped me tremendously with anxiety. She is easy to talk to, gentle, and listens without judgement. I am so thankful I found her and recommend her to everyone.