About

Hi!

SO TRACY, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

This question has always been a tricky one for me to answer. Although my whole family is from Texas, I didn’t move here until 2007.

HUH? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

Well, my father joined the US Marine Corps before I was born and became career military. He served his country for an astounding 34 years! As a military family, we moved from base to base every few years. I was born in California, learned to ride a bike in Japan, and went to my first school dance in North Carolina. Looking back, I actually went to eight different schools between kindergarten and 12th grade. Whew!

After graduating high school in northern Virginia, I attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. I finally made my way to the Lone Star State in 2007 to begin graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin. After living in so many different places, I feel very lucky to call the city of Austin home. As the saying goes, “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.”

TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

I’m an award winning Licensed Psychologist in the State of Texas. In 2015, I launched my own company, building a thriving private practice in Austin. Readers of Austin Fit Magazine voted me one of the Best Mental Health Professionals in Austin four years in a row (2016-2019). I’ve been featured in wikiHow, Austin Monthly, Austin Woman Magazine, Life in Travis Heights, and on KVUE (ABC Austin) and KEYE (CBS Austin). For over three years, I served as the Clinical Director of Presence Wellness. I helped launched several psychology training programs and mentored aspiring psychologists.

I earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. I trained at Harvard University, completing an internship in Clinical Psychology through Harvard Medical School. In 2018, I received specialized training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.

In addition, I’m a 200 hour certified yoga teacher (Sukha Yoga), a 200 hour certified meditation teacher (Sukha Yoga), and a Level 2 iRest Yoga Nidra teacher (iRest Institute).

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN?

I love the performing arts, and I think in another life I was definitely on stage. I’ve been taking private voice lessons for over four years now, and it’s been one of the most vulnerable and transformative things I’ve ever done. Sticking with it has been challenging, emotional, and therapeutic. I totally geek out on learning proper technique and feel a sense of pride when I’m able to perform a song that I thought was way too difficult for me. I’m a huge Broadway fan and love supporting live theatre.

I also love to travel! I especially love traveling by myself into the unknown — trusting I can handle whatever shows up and meeting beautiful, unique souls along the way. I’ve been to every continent except Antartica and Australia. Peru holds a very special place in my heart and I make a yearly pilgrimage to the Amazonas region once per year. Eventually I hope to visit every country in South America!