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Traci Pirri, LCSW-S · EMDR Consultant in Austin
Hi, I'm Traci.Everyone needs someone who believes in their ability to heal.
Founder & Executive Director · she/her/hers
As head of the Hope For The Journey team, I see a limited number of clients, mostly through EMDR intensives. I also lead trainings for therapists and communities.
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About Traci Pirri, LCSW-S
I love to work with hard-working, high-passion people who feel like something is holding them back.
Maybe something from their past. I help you improve your relationships and your quality of life, and really embrace your life to the fullest.
I've spent most of my career honing skills for healing trauma, which can feel very different from traditional talk therapy. If you're looking for something a little more direct, a little more creative, and a little deeper, you've come to the right place.
I work through Hope For The Journey's Feel, Heal, Thrive process, which keeps the work safe, and I tailor it to you. You won't get cookie-cutter or rigid thinking from me. I use counseling that works, and I care that your life actually changes for the better. My goal is to work myself out of a job, because when people heal, they parent, lead, and love differently.
At a glance
WhereAustin office · Online across Texas
SeesAdults & teens
New clientsEMDR intensives only
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Why I do this work
You deserve to not just heal, but thrive.
Too many people think PTSD, anxiety, and depression are life-long sentences. I've seen first-hand how false that can be — clients moving from daily or even hourly panic attacks to finishing grad school, getting married, and enjoying a family.
I also help nurture our mission: to empower ALL people to heal and thrive after trauma with counseling that works.
Your first call is with a real person.
Nia, our Client Care Coordinator, will listen to what's going on and explain how EMDR intensives with Traci work. No phone tree, no pressure.
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Traci's Specialties
Who Traci helps — and how.
Recovering perfectionists
Everything is starting to become too much. The more stress you feel, the more perfect everything has to be. You can have a life that feels alive — sometimes it just means clearing out the junk that's in the way first.
Failed relationship patterns
Your peers are getting married and having kids, and you feel stuck. Once you understand the reasons for your attachment style, you can unhook those experiences from today and be more fully, authentically you.
Exhausted helpers
You put everyone first and the spark that used to drive you is gone. Helpers — by profession or by nature — burn out at higher rates. We dig deep to root out what's holding you back and bring you back to yourself.
Creative types
If you've always been a little quirky or had trouble fitting in, you've found your place. I love helping people explore themselves and grow to like the person they see in the mirror.
Traci's Therapy Approach
There is always hope, with techniques that work.
As a certified EMDR provider, EMDR consultant, and supervisor for provisionally licensed clinicians, I've been humbled by how effective good trauma treatment is. My career has led me to keep seeking better options for healing trauma, calming anxiety, and releasing depression — Internal Family Systems, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, and more. I have a special passion for dissociative disorders and complex trauma.
I help my clients to…
Understand yourself
Embrace your own uniqueness
Build relationships that matter
Quiet your critical voice
Learn to play and enjoy life
Traci Pirri Reviews
★★★★★
Doing this work has inspired me in my relationships and has changed the very way I react to life.
Client
★★★★★
I've seen so many therapists over the years, but this feels different.
Client
★★★★★
Traci and her team at Hope for the Journey are amazing trauma therapists. Traci truly cares about creating an environment in which clients can heal and therapists can grow. You will be in great hands if you decide to work with Hope For The Journey. They are amazing.
R.B. · Colleague · Google review
★★★★★
I have had the opportunity to consult with the Executive Director Traci and she is a wealth of knowledge. Hope for the Journey offers EMDR therapy and EMDR intensives which are so valuable to help folks get unstuck and heal from trauma. I would recommend Traci and the clinicians at Hope For The Journey folks seeking excellent EMDR therapy in Austin Texas.
B.B. · Colleague · Google review
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Traci's Training & Credentials
Training that keeps up with the work.
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Education & licensure
Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Supervisor (LCSW-S), Texas
Founder and Executive Director, Hope For The Journey (501(c)(3))
Supervisor for provisionally licensed clinicians
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Trainings completed
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) — Certified; EMDR Consultant
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Motivational Interviewing
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trainings
Trainings for therapists and communities.
Therapist Trainings
Complex trauma training for therapists, from a clinician who treats it every day.
Community Trainings
Trauma-informed trainings for teams and organizations, from people who treat it every day.
Ready for an EMDR intensive?
Nia will tell you how intensives work with me and what the pre-intensive sessions look like — then we'll book it.
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Support our mission
Help more people heal, whatever they can afford.
We're a nonprofit. Fundraising and grants help keep counseling that works within reach for people who couldn't otherwise afford it. Your gift, or your time as a volunteer, is how ALL people get to heal.