My Name is Kelly Austin and I am the founder of Brookside Family Therapy.  My first career was as a teacher but I found I wanted to do more to help families, which is why I became a Marriage and Family Therapist. I figured if the family was doing better the children would be able to concentrate more in school.I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit so having my own counseling business was a no brainer for me. Then having others join me first as interns and residents soothed the teacher side of me.

• Specialties: Anxiety, ADHD, working with clients in transition in life, couples, sexual issues individual or couples, LGBTQ+ ally
• Populations: Ages 20 to up to Medicare individuals, couples and groups.
• Fees: First session $220 then $200
• Availability: Most days until 5 every other Sat. 9 to 1 
• New IN PERSON HOURS  Mon. 11-2, Wed. 11-4, Thurs. 11-6
• kelly@brooksidefamilytherapy.com
•  571-331-9704  office phone 571-445-0265 

In 2013, I graduated with my master’s in marriage and family therapy from Capella University. Throughout my career I have worked with addictions, depression, anxiety, ADHD and couple’s concerns. I work from a collaborative point of view because clients know their own stories better than I do.  We work together to form a plan to help you achieve your goals in a way that makes sense to you where you are in your life.

Providing a safe space for anyone to bring up the issues concerning them is most important to me.  I am body positive and LGBTQ+ friendly. I believe we all live in a glass house, so we had better not throw rocks around!                                

Clinical supervision is a passion of mine.  Finding a place to do my internship was difficult so I pledged to myself that I would be there to help others. I provide supervision for practicum students and interns as well as to those seeking licensure as LPCs or LMFTs. We are currently hybrid, doing both online and in-person sessions.  Some therapists are only online.  We use  zoom to do both group and individual supervision sessions.