Spring Life Counseling is considered “out of network” for all insurance companies.

Depending on what your out of network coverage provides, your insurance company may reimburse for sessions you have paid for. We suggest that you contact your insurance provider for more information on eligibility. Since all of this is done through your insurance, SpringLife Counseling can not guarantee any reimbursement.

Our well-trained graduate student interns and post graduate interns offer counseling services at lower rates. You can also apply for “special needs” financial assistance if you have a hardship. Let your counselor or the Intake Coordinator know if a lower fee is needed.

Our counselors are not typically available for walk-in appointments. To schedule an appointment, please complete the Appointment Request form. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, you may call: Travis County: Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) at 512-472-HELP (4357) Children: UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children's assessment hotline 24/7 at 512-324-0029 If this is an emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Some counselors are available for weekend appointments. If this is something you are interested in, please ask your individual counselor or the Intake Coordinator.

You may schedule an appointment for a minor (<18 years of age) if you are a legal guardian. Anyone over the age of 18 years will need to schedule an appointment for themselves.

Yes, our main office is located across the hall from the building elevator. Our other office locations are located on the ground floor and thus wheelchair accessible.

For the first appointment, we recommend scheduling an hour and a half. This ensures that you have enough time to go over paperwork, talk about your goals for counseling, and develop a treatment plan with your counselor. Before the appointment, you will be asked to complete Intake paperwork. Payment is collected at check-in.

Your counselor will begin by getting to know you in order to define your current counseling needs and partner with you to develop a plan that serves you. Together you may determine that your needs are more immediate and short term, but sometimes longer term patterns and experiences are surfaced which may require longer term work. Regardless, your counselor will seek to collaborate to determine what best serves you.

Psychological evaluations are provided by licensed clinical psychologists and psychiatric medication prescriptions are provided by medical doctors. Neither are part of Spring Life's staff of counselors.

Graduate Student Intern A Graduate Student Intern is a therapist who is currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited college or university. They are working towards completing 300 hours of counseling in a supervised practicum experience. Post Graduate Intern: Licensed Professional Counselor Intern (LPC Intern) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFT Associate) A post graduate intern is a therapist who has received a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited college or university and has 2-3 years of experience. Post graduate interns are supervised by CRC staff members who are board-approved supervisors. Therapist: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) An LPC/LMFT is a therapist who 3-5 years of experience. Senior Therapist (LPC or LMFT): A senior therapist at CRC is a licensed therapist who has 5 or more years of clinical experience.

CFLE: Certified Family Life Educator Family life education focuses on healthy family functioning within a family systems perspective and provides a primarily preventive approach. The goal of family life education is to teach and foster knowledge and skills related to communication, human development, decision-making, self-esteem and healthy interpersonal relationships to enable individuals and families to function optimally. https://www.ncfr.org/cfle-certification EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. A clinician who is EMDRIA Certified in EMDR has completed a training program in EMDR therapy, conducted clinical sessions in which EMDR was utilized, and has received consultation by an Approved Consultant. http://www.emdria.org/ IMH-E (II): Infant Mental Health endorsed, Level Two The Endorsement credential (IMH-E) supports and recognizes the development and proficiency of professionals who work with or on behalf of infants, toddlers, and their families. Professionals with IMH-E have participated in specialized in-service trainings, worked with guidance from mentors or supervisors, and acquired knowledge to promote the delivery of high quality, culturally sensitive, relationship-focused services to infants, toddlers, parents, other caregivers and families. http://first3yearstx.org/ RPT: Registered Play Therapist Play therapy is a model wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development. An RPT has had supervised clinical mental health experience utilizing play therapy as well as play therapy specific instruction. http://www.a4pt.org/ SEP: Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a short-term naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma. SE employs the awareness of body sensation to help people “renegotiate” and heal their traumas rather than relive them. With appropriate guidance with the body’s instinctive “felt sense,” individuals are able to access their own built-in immunity to trauma, allowing the highly aroused survival energies to be safely and gradually discharged.

Spring Life Counseling is part of the ministries of Spring Life Ministries, Inc. (SLM, Inc.). SLM Inc. is currently in the process of completing all of the required steps for application as a 501c3 religious organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service. SLM Inc. exists to provide counseling services and training that accelerates personal healing, growth, and change and to support churches, ministries, and other organizations to provide a continuum of care, equipping, and relational enrichment. continuum of care, equipping, and relational enrichment.

The Board of Directors of Spring Life Ministries approved the Statement of Faith below on November 17th, 2023. This statement was included in Spring Life Ministries’ Articles of Incorporation, approved by the State of Georgia on November 22, 2023. We as an organization affirm that there is one triune God, The Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the Son of God, came to earth as a man and died to save sinners. We believe that humanity was created in the Image of God, but is fallen and separated from God because of sin. We affirm that all who accept Christ as Lord and Savior are justified by grace through faith because of Him. We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God. We affirm that Christians are to teach and live in obedience to biblical truth. The Bible itself speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind and is the final source of all that we believe and teach. We believe that God created and sanctioned marriage to bring together a man and woman by joining them in a “one-flesh” union (Genesis 2:18-25). Marriage between one man and one woman for life uniquely reflects Christ’s relationship with His Church (Ephesians 5:21-33). Marriage also serves as the foundational unit of a stable society (I Corinthians 7:2). God’s creative intent provides for sexual intimacy only in the context of heterosexual, monogamous, lifelong marriage. We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God (Matthew 15:18-20). We believe that gender matters. God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These distinct, equal and complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27). God has made us male or female, and no alterations to or defilement of the physical form can change that. Only God’s power enables all persons to grow into increasing freedom from their sin nature. All persons are created in the image of God and must therefore be treated with love and respect. These persons have the freedom to make their own choices. When engaging with Christians or non-Christians who disagree with our view of godly sexuality, we will do so in a winsome, respectful, and loving manner.