About Austin
Austin Kerker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of practice experience who uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and relationship or intimacy issues. He aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk through what matters most to them and set realistic goals.
Austin frames therapy as a collaborative process and supports each person at their own pace. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral changes.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing is used when people need help tapping into their own reasons to change, especially around substance use or habits. Narrative and solution-focused ideas are woven into sessions to help people reframe problems and build workable next steps. Austin tailors the conversation and plan to each person’s situation.
He works with issues such as depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, career stress, compassion fatigue, grief around life changes, and low self-esteem. He also addresses themes like abandonment, codependency, impulsivity, jealousy, and forgiveness. People meet him for short-term coaching-style work or for longer-term therapy depending on their goals.
He supports practical coping skills, communication practice, and concrete problem-solving. His approach emphasizes clear goals, regular check-ins, and adjustments as progress is made. Austin practices in Florida and offers sessions in English.
He accepts international clients and uses flexible session formats to fit varied schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, collaborative relationship. The therapist listens closely and helps you set goals that feel meaningful. This approach is useful when someone needs support naming priorities and deciding next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral changes. It suits worries, low mood, and patterns that keep causing problems by turning them into manageable steps.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change, especially around substance use or habits that feel stuck. It uses curious questions and gentle reflection rather than pressure, so motivation grows from within.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. Decisions about pacing and techniques are made together and adjusted as progress is seen.
Online sessions allow flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let you work face to face when that helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins, regular coaching-style touchpoints, or when writing helps you think through things. These options make it easier to keep momentum and track small changes over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English