Therapy might be right for you when…
Adults come to WHCP for individual therapy at every stage of life and every level of struggle. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy — and you don't need to have everything figured out before you call.
Our adult therapy clients often come in for:
Anxiety, chronic stress, or a mind that won't stop
Depression, low mood, or emotional flatness
Trauma — recent or long-ago — that keeps showing up
Shame and the feeling that you're not enough
Major life transitions: career changes, divorce, loss, becoming a parent
Relationship patterns that keep repeating
Perinatal mood disorders — postpartum depression, pregnancy anxiety, infertility grief
Phase-of-life reckonings: mid-life, empty nest, identity shifts
Burnout — from work, caregiving, or simply doing too much for too long
A desire to know yourself better and live more intentionally
Our Approach
Our therapists are trained in a range of evidence-based approaches and match what we use to what each client actually needs.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
ART is a brain-body therapy that uses eye movements to help people reprocess distressing memories, emotions, and physical symptoms — often in just 2–5 sessions. Multiple WHCP therapists hold ART certifications, including Master Practitioner level. Particularly effective for trauma, anxiety, phobias, and depression when talk therapy hasn't been enough.
Attachment-Based and Internal Family Systems (IFS)-Informed Work
For clients whose early relational experiences shaped how they move through the world today, attachment-focused therapy helps build secure, authentic connections. IFS-informed approaches help clients understand the different 'parts' of themselves that can be in conflict.
Daring Way™ / Rising Strong™ — Shame Resilience
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, this certified training helps clients explore vulnerability, shame, and what gets in the way of wholehearted living. Nickie Haine was trained as Certified Daring Way Facilitator and continues to use the material in her work with individual clients..
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps clients develop a different relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings — not by eliminating them, but by learning to act in alignment with personal values even when hard emotions are present. Particularly useful for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and shame.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & DBT Skills
CBT helps clients understand how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected — and how to shift the patterns that aren't serving them. DBT adds practical skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Rather than dwelling extensively on the history of a problem, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy centers on identifying what's already working, clarifying concrete goals, and building practical steps toward the life a client wants. It's a collaborative, forward-moving approach well suited to clients who want focused, efficient progress.
Meet our Adult Therapists
Our adult therapy team brings decades of combined experience and a depth of specialized training that sets WHCP apart and allows us to reach and support a full range of clients.
Nickie Haine, LCSW-S
Co-Owner · Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor · Master ART Certified · EMDR Trained · Certified Training in the Daring Way™ · IFS Informed Parts work
Nickie brings 25+ years of experience and a deeply direct, attachment-focused style to her adult therapy work with both men and women. She specializes in trauma and complex trauma, anxiety, depression, shame resilience, perinatal mood disorders, and phase-of-life transitions. She blends listening with active guidance and real tools — helping clients not just understand what's happening, but move through it.
Dr. Amy Acosta, PhD
Co-Owner · Licensed Psychologist · ART Certified · PhD in Counseling Psychology, University of Houston
Dr. Acosta's approach is client-centered, strength-based, and deeply collaborative. With 20 years serving adults, teens, and families in Houston, she specializes in anxiety, depression, eating disorders and body image, relationship challenges, and navigating major life transitions. She brings both clinical depth and genuine warmth to every client relationship.
Jill Wiseman, LPC-S
Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor · Certified Master ART Practitioner · Training in Gottman Method & Relational Life Therapy for Couples· MA in Marriage and Family Therapy
Jill's pragmatic, future-oriented style helps adult clients develop practical strategies for the challenges of everyday life. She specializes in anxiety, depression, ADHD and executive functioning, grief, life transitions, and relationship and communication skills. As a Master ART Practitioner, she often uses ART to clear emotional clutter before building forward-focused skills with clients.