Beth

Mx Beth Cortez-Neavel

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

I am supervised by Michelle Silva Segura, LMFT-S, LPC-S, SEP. My specialties are working with intimate partnerships (including consensually non-monogamous and kink), gender identity, sexual identity, navigating your place in the LGBTQIA+ community, teen dating violence, and/or sexual trauma.

About Me

I offer a space where you can gently explore challenging experiences and identity questions. We can navigate intimate partnerships, including non-monogamous and kink dynamics. We also explore gender or sexual identity, helping you find your place within the LGBTQIA+ community. I also support those healing from teen dating violence or sexual trauma. My aim is to help you feel truly heard, fostering understanding and a path forward.

Approach

Building on that sense of being heard, I guide sessions with gentle curiosity and clear pacing so we can name what feels unsafe, what sustains you, and the small shifts that matter. Sessions take place in English in my Austin office, where I hold a calm, private space and offer straightforward check-ins between meetings when helpful. I blend attuned noticing, paced processing, and somatic-informed tools to move through stuck patterns and difficult memories. This way of working often fits people navigating non-traditional intimacy, identity questions, or healing from relational trauma.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • Child / Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy for children and teenagers using age-appropriate methods, such as play, art, or adapted talk therapy, to address emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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  • Family Therapy

    A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

    A therapist in training working toward full licensure in marriage and family therapy, practising under clinical supervision.

  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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  • Sex Therapy

    Specialised therapy addressing sexual concerns such as low desire, performance anxiety, pain during sex, or mismatched needs between partners.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Elderly
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Body Image

    How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.

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  • LGBTQI+ Support

    The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.

  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.

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Professional Title:

  • Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

    A therapist in training working toward full licensure in marriage and family therapy, practising under clinical supervision.

Qualifications


Texas State University

Registrations


Behavioral Health Executive Council

LPC Associate & LMFT Associate

Service Area


Austin Family Counseling

In-person

Westlake

Austin, Texas

United States

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