Therapist profile
Antoinette Allen, LCSW
Texas
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Addictions and Relationships
Continue with AntoinetteWhere Antoinette stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Texas / 62140
- NPI
- 1164138350
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Addictions support
- Relationship struggles
- Codependency focus
About Antoinette
Antoinette Allen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Texas with 10 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are dealing with addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She also supports people facing issues tied to codependency, attachment concerns, abandonment, and caregiver stress.
She keeps sessions practical and conversational. Antoinette uses talk-based methods to help people notice patterns, test new ways of behaving, and set small, realistic goals. Expect clear, straightforward feedback and a focus on what you can try between meetings.
Her methods include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy. She draws from these approaches to offer different ways of looking at a problem and different tools to change it. That might mean examining how past relationships shape current choices, spotting thoughts that increase anxiety, or building motivation to change substance use patterns.
Sessions often focus on practical skills like boundary-setting, communication, and coping strategies for mood shifts. Antoinette also pays attention to how life events and past losses affect current behavior and decisions. She invites people to try experiments in daily life and then review what happened in the next meeting.
Antoinette works in Texas and conducts sessions in English. If you want to start, you complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How Antoinette uses therapeutic approaches online
Antoinette commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in her work. CBT looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. It helps with depression, anxiety, and patterns that feed addictive behavior. Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping a person find their own reasons to change. It is practical for increasing readiness to address substance use or other behaviors a person wants to shift.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on what feels most important to the individual. That approach emphasizes listening and following the person’s priorities so that goals come from the client rather than being imposed by the therapist. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative step taken together in early sessions based on needs, goals, and preferences.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Ask which session formats are available and choose what fits your routine. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a work break, avoid travel time, or have shorter check-ins when life is busy. The therapist will help adapt the methods above to work within the session format you select.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. She works with people who struggle to say no and who end up putting others first at their own expense.
What approach does she use in sessions?
She blends Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative and Psychodynamic approaches to match the problem and the person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 10 years of professional experience as an LCSW working with addictions, trauma, relationship issues, and mood concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Can non-US or international clients work with her?
Yes. She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
Current session formats are not specified here. Confirm the available formats before booking to match your needs.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.