Austin Therapy and Testing | Anxiety, Trauma, and ADHD
Evidence-Based Online Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma & Neurodivergence in Austin and Across Texas
Online therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationships, plus ADHD and autism testing. Columbia-trained psychologist serving Austin with secure online care across all of Texas.
Dr. Jennifer Im is a licensed clinical psychologist, holistic health practitioner, and neurodiagnostic assessment specialist who brings elite, Columbia-level clinical training directly to clients throughout Texas via specialized online therapy. After receiving a full doctoral scholarship and earning her PhD in Psychology from Columbia University, she completed rigorous clinical training, advanced fellowships, and residency rotations within premier metropolitan medical systems, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Stony Brook University, and Columbia University Medical Center. Further specializing in advanced depth psychology, she completed intensive postgraduate studies at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. This elite medical and clinical pedigree equips her with deep diagnostic and psychotherapeutic expertise in treating complex trauma, chronic anxiety, and providing neurodivergent-affirming care for ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Her virtual private practice centers explicitly on the ambitious corporate professionals, founders, tech executives, parents, and high-achieving students who define the fast-growing Texas economy and want real, measurable psychological progress. Beneath the surface of your external success, corporate leadership, or academic achievements, you may be quietly suffering, navigating deep-seated patterns of anxiety, chronic burnout, or systemic pressures that have begun to restrict your life. These invisible survival strategies often quietly dictate your professional choices and personal relationships, leaving you feeling trapped or exhausted. You do not want a passive, unstructured environment just to talk; you want a rigorous clinician who meets you at your level, helps you break through subconscious ceilings, and guides you to expand your life in more aligned, authentic ways.
As a first-generation immigrant, Dr. Im understands firsthand the multi-layered pressures of intense cultural expectations, generational achievement, and intersectional identity. These themes resonate deeply across Austin's fast-evolving, innovation-driven community. Whether you are navigating the high-stakes pace of Austin's tech and startup sector or building a life and career here, her approach is explicitly neurodivergent-affirming and culturally attuned. She rejects rigid clinical templates, preferring highly tailored, progressive interventions built around the exact individual in front of her.
To facilitate true, lasting transformation, Dr. Im bridges the gap between advanced clinical science and body-centered wellness. She is EMDR-certified for trauma resolution and extensively trained across more than nine evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for modifying maladaptive thought patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for advanced emotional regulation. Recognizing that trauma and severe anxiety live deeply within the autonomic nervous system, she seamlessly integrates somatic tracking and mindfulness practices into her clinical work. Holding formal teacher certifications in both mindfulness meditation and yoga, she brings a profoundly holistic framework to virtual therapy, allowing you to heal not just through intellectual insight, but through deep, physiological integration. Available through secure, HIPAA-compliant online sessions in Austin and across Texas.
Licensed Psychologist & Assessment Specialist
A PhD from Columbia University and training at Columbia University Medical Center bring an academic-medical-center standard of care to Texas clients statewide, with no waitlist and no commute.
From CBT and DBT to EMDR for trauma, every method is research-backed and tracked toward measurable goals, so your time translates into genuine progress.
As a neurodivergent-affirming, culturally attuned psychologist, Dr. Im honors the full context of who you are, your background, your work, and your goals.
Integrative methods, lasting results
For Texas clients, lasting change comes from a dynamic, individualized plan rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Each modality below is chosen deliberately to fit your specific cognitive, emotional, and relational needs, and all of it is delivered through secure online sessions reaching the state's fast-growing metros.
Identifies the recurring thoughts and habits behind anxiety, low mood, and stress, then rebuilds them into healthier, evidence-tested patterns.
Develops practical tools for managing overwhelm and intense emotion, mindfulness, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, alongside genuine self-acceptance.
Certified EMDR work that safely reprocesses painful memories through bilateral stimulation, loosening the hold of old trauma.
Helps you make room for difficult feelings while moving toward what genuinely matters to you.
Grounded, body-aware techniques that settle a reactive nervous system and reconnect mind and body.
Traces present-day patterns back to their roots, building the kind of insight that produces durable change.
Comprehensive mental health services
Expert, evidence-based care for clients in Austin and across Texas, all delivered through secure online sessions. Two core service lines anchor the practice: psychotherapy and neuropsychological testing.
One-on-one therapy that draws on CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, attachment, and somatic methods, tailored to your story and what you want to change.
Full evaluations for ADHD, autism, learning differences, and psychological questions, producing board-compliant documentation for accommodations.
ADHD, autism & neuropsychological evaluations
For Texas clients, a comprehensive evaluation is a deep clinical investigation, not a quick checklist or brief screening, and it is conducted entirely online. These evaluations map neurodivergent profiles across the lifespan, with particular depth in late-identified adult ADHD, autism (ASD), and the high-masking professionals and students throughout the state's fast-growing metros who need formal documentation for accommodations. Standardized, validated instruments are administered through a secure portal, producing board-compliant reports suitable for workplace accommodations, school IEP and 504 plans, and exam accommodations on the MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT.
Academic & learning support
Psychoeducational assessments identify specific learning disorders, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, and produce the documentation needed for IEPs, 504 plans, and standardized testing accommodations on the MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT.
Clinical & diagnostic evaluation
When symptoms overlap, a targeted psychological evaluation differentiates between conditions that mimic one another, such as anxiety, complex trauma (PTSD), mood disorders, and depression, and clarifies the most effective course of treatment.
What sets this
practice apart
From Columbia-level training to specialized assessment expertise, Texas clients choose this practice for a combination of rigor, warmth, and genuine flexibility. Here is what sets it apart.
A Columbia University PhD and clinical training at Columbia University Medical Center mean Texas clients work with a psychologist educated at the level that defines the field, delivered conveniently online.
A concentrated focus on ADHD, autism, and neuropsychological evaluation, including the board-compliant reports Texas clients need for workplace and standardized-testing accommodations.
Fluency across nine-plus evidence-based methods, CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, attachment, CPT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and motivational interviewing, combined to fit you rather than a formula.
Neurodivergent-affirming and culturally attuned throughout, with care shaped around the full identity, history, and goals each client brings.
Care reaches Texas clients across the state's fast-growing metros through a HIPAA-compliant platform, no commute, no long waitlist, the same clinical standard as in-person work.
A proactive, solution-focused structure that tracks real progress toward your functional goals, rather than open-ended, passive talk.
Serving Texas and 40+ states
Through PSYPACT, Texas clients receive the same doctoral-level care online that an in-person client would, fully and legally under Dr. Im's licensing and PSYPACT authorization. For people across the state's fast-growing metros, that means specialized care with no commute, easier scheduling, and the privacy of being seen from home.
Care for every stage of life
Dr. Im works with people across Austin and all of the surrounding region, at every stage of life. Each receives care that is evidence-based, goal-oriented, and genuinely tailored, never generic.
Developmentally-attuned assessment and therapy for young people across Texas, covering ADHD and autism evaluation, learning concerns, anxiety, and early academic and social pressure, with thoughtful family involvement.
The heart of the practice: adults across Texas working through anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relationships, and late-identified ADHD or autism, with care that is rigorous, affirming, and built for real life.
High-achievers throughout the state's fast-growing metros, executives, attorneys, physicians, founders, and graduate students, seeking confidential, strategic support or formal accommodation documentation.
A career built on
rigorous training
A foundation built across leading academic medical centers, brought to Texas clients through secure online care.
Transparent fees,
flexible access
Dr. Im is a private-pay, out-of-network provider for Texas clients. Every fee is listed transparently below, with a superbill issued after each session for potential insurer reimbursement.
Therapy
50-minute individual therapy session. Weekly or biweekly scheduling available. Superbill provided for out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
Private Pay & Out-of-Network
As a private-pay, out-of-network provider, a detailed superbill is provided after each session for potential insurer reimbursement. Choosing private pay protects your privacy and ensures your treatment is never limited by insurance authorization.
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Assessment Services
The essential assessment for identifying learning disabilities and securing academic support.
The gold standard for academic/workplace accommodations and complex diagnostic clarity.
A comprehensive clinical deep-dive for those seeking formal documentation for medical records, therapy, or medication management.
Efficient clinical insight for personal understanding without the need for a formal written document.
Comprehensive testing for mood, anxiety, personality, and cognitive functioning, designed for diagnostic clarity and informed treatment planning.
Financial concerns should never be a barrier to quality care. Please reach out to discuss your situation, options are available and explored with discretion.
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