Austin Young, LCSW

I’m Austin Young, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I’ve spent my career working at the intersection of eating disorders, trauma, and couples therapy — three areas that are often more connected than people realize. A lot of what I do is help people untangle the ways these struggles feed each other, and find a way through that actually sticks.

My practice is fully private pay and entirely via telehealth. That combination isn’t accidental. Private pay means no insurance company decides how many sessions you get, what goals you’re allowed to work on, or what’s “medically necessary.” Telehealth means geography stops being a barrier — whether you’re in a rural area with no eating disorder specialists nearby or a city where the right clinician has a six-month waitlist.

I hold a CBT-E certification, which is a specialized protocol for eating disorders developed at Oxford. Fewer than 5% of therapists are certified in it. I’m also certified in EMDR for trauma, and trained in both the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples. These aren’t just lines on a CV — they reflect a long-standing commitment to staying inside the evidence, treating specific things well rather than everything generically.

My approach is direct without being blunt, curious without being cold. I believe most people already know a lot about what’s keeping them stuck — they just haven’t had the right structure or support to move through it. That’s what I try to provide.