Violet Crown Counseling
Tracy Deagan, CPTP, LCSW, LPCS
Welcome!
I'm Tracy Deagan and I provide Counseling and Psychotherapy through my private practice Violet Crown/ Deagan Psychotherapy. My practice focuses on achieving more balance in clients' lives; within themselves, in their relationships, in their work, and in their community. I have devoted over 30 years to studying and practicing in the areas I am personally and professionally passionate about.
Over the past 35 years of practice I have gained expertise in the following areas:
Trauma: PTSD, CPTSD, Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family Dysfunction and Abuse, Neglect. Approved Provider of Cognitive Processing for CPTSD.
Moral Injury: psychological and spiritual distress that arises from witnessing, perpetrating, or failing to prevent actions that violate one's deeply held moral beliefs and values. Workplace, Systemic, Political, Professional Systems
Relationship Issues: Families, Couples, Relational groups; including non-traditional relationships such as Polyamory, Ethical NonMonogamy, Blended Families
LGBTQIAS2+: Issues related to coming out, handling political , familial, and cultural bias, transitioning, gender exploration, gender affirmation, including transgender transitioning.
Loved ones of LGBTQIAS2+ individuals
Dissociative Disorders: including Dissociative Identity Disorder
Mood Disorders: Anxiety, Depression
Neuroatypical Issues: ADHD, Autism, ASD, OCD
Areas of Expertise:
Check out my bio on the Psychology Today website!
Upcoming Ethics and Values Training 3-hour CEU training
Moral Injury and Trauma: Implications for Trauma Informed Clinical Practice
More detail available in this PDF
Join Us: Saturday, March 29, 2025, for this online training.
Email us through our contact form at www.violetcrowncounseling.com or call us at
507-509-2224 to attend or receive more information
Who I work with:
Age 13+ teens
Adults
Couples/Dyads of any type
Families and Relational groups i.e. Polyamorous, ENM, etc.
Therapists needing consultation, and/or LPC supervision
How I use my knowledge and skills to help:
IFS, Internal Family Systems Therapy
IFS therapy assumes that people have multiple parts, or sub-personalities, that can be in conflict with each other. These parts can include vulnerable parts that hold painful emotions, and protective parts that cope with those emotions.
The goal of IFS therapy is to help people heal from past trauma and correct problematic behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs. This can lead to improved relationships with others and increased feelings of calm, confidence, and compassion
CPT, Cognitive Processing Therapy
I am a CPT-P, a certified provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy, a treatment for CPTSD that takes between 12 – 30 weekly sessions. This method is a scientifically proven and evidence-based approach that helps trauma survivors decrease their trauma symptoms so that they no longer interfere with their daily lives and relationships.
Relational Cultural Therapy
One of the core tenets of RCT is the Central Relational Paradox (CRP). The CRP assumes that we all have a natural drive toward relationships, and in these relationships we long for acceptance. However, we come to believe that there are things about us that are unacceptable or unlovable. Thus, we choose to hide these things; we keep them out of our relationships. In the end, the connections we make with others are not as fulfilling and validating as they otherwise might have been.
Collaborative Couples Therapy
This innovative approach to couples therapy is a non-adversarial therapeutic model that encourages partners to incorporate their conflicts and relational ideals into their relationship. This therapy uses patient-therapist collaboration, supportive therapeutic intervention on behalf of each partner, and challenges each person’s self-negative inner dialogue and patterns to help couples move to a collaborative, connected stance.
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Kind Clinic - https://kindclinic.org/services/
Planned Parenthood Clinic - https://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/texas/austin/78704/south-austin-health-center-2397-91620/gender-affirming-care
Low Cost HRT / Transgender Health Clinic Information:
My sought after private, seasonal outdoor office in my garden
Our 'deer' neighbors visiting the office
Fees:
My standard fee is $150.00 per hour.
I am not an "in-network" provider for any insurance company. My licensure and experience, however, are accepted by all insurance companies that allow out-of-network providers. This may lead to reduced fees for you even though I am not a "preferred provider" aka "in-network." Please ask your insurance company if this type of reimbursement is possible. Sliding scale fee arrangements may be possible, please ask.
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