"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
There is a field. I'll meet you there."
-Rumi
Healing happens in connection with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us.
I care about helping people suffer less when they don’t have to. I do this by offering a space of deep presence and listening, where individuals and couples can experience healing and growth without needing to change or perform. My practice, Somatic and Trauma Therapy, is rooted in empowerment and guided by interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, and attachment theory, as well as wisdom drawn from Indigenous healing traditions and Eastern philosophies. I use somatic and embodied techniques to help people feel, process, and release stored tension and trauma. In both individual and couples work, I support people in gently turning toward and befriending the thoughts, feelings, sensations, impulses, and memories they’ve learned to avoid. My goal is to help people experience their inner worlds and their relational worlds as a home rather than a place to escape.
I believe healing is both personal and collective, and that when individuals and couples reconnect with themselves and each other, the whole is nourished. In a time shaped by climate instability, housing insecurity, poverty, deportations and displacement, shrinking access to clean air and water, rising bigotry, genocide, and ongoing violence and war, collective healing feels more essential than ever.
Providing you with a comfortable space to relax
All your appointments will take place in a soothing office environment with a waiting area, a fully private room, and complimentary tea and water.
In-person and hybrid options
The office is conveniently located in the South Lamar area of Austin, TX. Can’t always make it into the office? No worries, we can always meet through teletherapy.
Justin Haber (They/He), LPC
I started my career in a very different field, earning a B.S. in Biological Systems Engineering with the hope of helping water-impoverished communities access clean and sustainable water. But along the way, my own mental health struggles led me on an unexpected journey inward. I dove deeply into Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and through that exploration, I uncovered a deep calling: to sit with others in their pain, to listen with presence, and to support people and couples in accessing healing and inherent wholeness.
That calling eventually brought me to the field of mental health. I earned my M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2021, and today I work with individuals and couples by blending theories of neurobiology and counseling, attachment theory, Indigenous healing practices, Eastern philosophy, and a warm, humanistic lens.
I don’t pretend to have the answers, but I’m here to help you listen to your own or to each other, offering support, curiosity, and powerful therapeutic tools as you navigate your path. My goal is to create a space and relationship that feels safe, collaborative, and empowering; an environment where individuals and couples can be fully seen, heal from trauma, repair disconnection, and grow new ways of relating to themselves and one another.
Outside of therapy, I’m a big fan of movement and play. I love dancing (ecstatic dance and contact improvisation) and being active through sports like pickleball, soccer, mountain biking, and basketball. I'm also drawn to more meditative activities like slacklining, juggling, and hula hooping. Music is a huge part of my life. I especially enjoy live folk, rock, jazz, bluegrass, soul, and jam bands. Nature, creativity, and spirituality all help me feel grounded, and I regularly turn to meditation, yoga, journaling, and time in nature to reconnect with myself. I’m a bit of a hippie, but hey, we are in Austin, what can you expect? ¯(ツ)/¯ That said, I’m human too. I sometimes unwind with TV, movies, YouTube, and other forms of entertainment.
Friends and clients often describe me as warm, empathetic, curious, and playful, qualities I strive to bring into the therapy room each day. I do my best to show up with authenticity and presence, meeting people exactly where they are and bringing my full self to the therapeutic relationship. Part of that authenticity for me includes honoring the fluid nature of my own sexuality and gender, an ongoing practice of self-acceptance and curiosity that informs the compassion I bring to my work.