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Ivana Crumpton, LPC-Associate · Therapist in Austin
Hi, I'm Ivana.Creativity, games, and EMDR can help you make big shifts.
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With a background in drama therapy, I use expressive arts, play, and games alongside EMDR to help kids, teens, and adults work through hard things in a way that feels doable. I'm in Austin and online across Texas.
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About Ivana Crumpton, LPC-Associate
Kids and teens don't always have the words for what they're carrying.
They have behavior, big feelings, and stomachaches. I meet them where they are, with art, play, and games, so therapy feels less like being questioned and more like something they can take part in.
Hope For The Journey's Feel, Heal, Thrive process keeps that safe, and I tailor it to the kid or teen in front of me. You won't get cookie-cutter treatment from me. I use counseling that works, and I care that real life actually changes for the better. I want to work myself out of a job. When kids and teens heal, the whole family moves forward differently.
At a glance
WhereAustin office · Online across Texas
SeesKids 4+, teens, adults & couples
EMDRCurrently completing EMDR training
New clientsNow scheduling
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More about Ivana
Creativity opens doors that talking alone doesn't.
Before becoming a counselor I trained as a drama therapist at NYU, so creativity is part of how I work, not an add-on. With kids and teens that often means art, play, and games. With adults it can be a creative way into things that are hard to say out loud.
I'm LGBTQIA+ affirming. Whoever you are, we go at your pace: safety and skills first, then the deeper work — including EMDR — when you're ready.
Your first call is with a real person.
Nia, our Client Care Coordinator, will listen to what's going on and help you get started with Ivana. No phone tree, no pressure.
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Ivana's Specialties
Who Ivana helps — and how.
Kids 4–12
Play-therapy-informed therapy for anxiety, big emotions, and trauma, using art, games, and creative play.
Teens
A space where you don't have to perform, with creative, low-pressure ways to talk about hard things.
Adults & couples
Anxiety, depression, and old patterns that keep steering today — on your own or together as a couple.
LGBTQIA+ clients
Affirming care where who you are is welcome, not something you have to explain.
Ivana's Therapy Approach
Creativity, games, and EMDR, at a pace that works for you.
Sessions with me don't have to be all talking. Depending on your age and what you're working on, we might use art, play, or games so hard things feel easier to approach, with plenty of room for creativity along the way. I'm currently completing my EMDR training, and I also use TF-CBT and trauma-informed, attachment-focused work that builds safety, skills, and connection.
I help my clients to…
Kids who can name and manage big feelings
Use art, play, and games to work through hard things
Teens who feel understood
Adults who stop reliving the past
Care that fits who you are
What people say about our team
★★★★★
This practice is THE practice for your trauma needs. If you are hoping to find a therapist that is warm, compassionate, highly skilled and knowledgeable, and truly experts in trauma and EMDR, this is your place. If you want lasting results for your healing I can't recommend them enough. What a great team.
T.A. · Client · Google review
★★★★★
The therapists at Hope for the Journey are so wonderful! If you have been through hard things or past trauma, EMDR Therapy is amazing and it helped me a lot! They have a wonderful team of experts who provide EMDR Intensives & EMDR Therapy in Austin, Texas. I highly recommend them!
N.R. · Client · Google review
★★★★★
This is a great resource for support and treatment, especially for trauma. The owner and therapists are very knowledgeable and caring.
C.M. · Client · Google review
Reviews are reproduced verbatim from Google.
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Ivana's Training & Credentials
Training that keeps up with the work.
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Education & licensure
Texas LPC-Associate · License #103510
M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling — East Texas A&M University, 2026
M.A., Drama Therapy — New York University, 2020
B.A., Drama — New York University, 2017
Supervised by Marshia Allen, PsyD, LPC-S, RPT
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Trainings completed
Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
Play-therapy-informed approaches
Advanced training in complex trauma & dissociation
EMDR — currently in training
Ready to meet Ivana?
Nia schedules appointments with Ivana for kids, teens, adults, and couples in Austin and online. Call to hold a spot.
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We're a nonprofit, so cost shouldn't be the reason you wait. Sliding-scale spots with licensed clinicians and supervised residents are part of how we work.