Welcome to my universe, new and old friends!
I am a former resident of New Orleans, Louisiana who moved to Austin,
Texas 13 years ago to complete my Masters Degree in Social Work.
I love my career as a social worker, and have specialized my practice as a mental health counselor.
Being from Louisiana, it is easy to have an "inhibition against
inhibitions", and I often meet people by breaking the ice/introducing
myself and/or inviting them to dance or into a conversation. I may have
met you that way!
I consider myself to be 'social connector',
which means that I enjoy referring people to one another and the
resources they need. I joke with people that I put the 'social' in being
a social worker.
I have published an Austin email newsletter, The Catalyst for Fun Newsletter, for about once a week for the last 7 years to about 1000 Austinites. It contains community, personal growth and activist resources and FUN events.
I invite you to Subscribe to the newsletter, and to send me submissions for it via the Contact Section of this webpage. !
Thanks for visiting my site! I look forward to sharing with you!
*About my counseling practice:
I am available to help you as a Professional Counselor by telephone and, if you are in Austin, Texas, in person.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I offer counseling using a solutions-focused, presence-centered method (ie: I focus on sharing practical resources and insights by session's end and focus on your ability to be in harmony with what is going on, NOW).
I also facilitate people in utilizing "The Work", which is spiritual teacher Byron Katie's method of self-inquiry. It is the most powerful process I have ever found to rid the mind of its negative thoughts and the emotions.
Through this process, anyone can learn to trace unhappiness to its source (our thoughts), and eliminate it there. Katie (as everyone calls her) shows us that all the problems in the world originate in our thinking, and, by using The Work, we can open our minds and set ourselves free.
"The Work is called self-help, but it is far more than that: it is self-realization, and it leads to the end of suffering. As we investigate a stressful thought, we see for ourselves that it's untrue; we get to look at the cause-and-effect of it, to observe in sobering detail exactly what modes of pain and confusion result from believing it; then we get a glimpse into the empty mirror, the world beyond our story of the world, & see what our life would be like without the thought; and finally we get to experience the opposite of what we have so firmly believed. Once we deeply question a thought, it loses its power to cause us pain, & eventually it ceases even to arise." *quote from Byron Katie in A Thousand Names for Joy ~
""I don't let go of my thoughts," Katie says. I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me."
I have made this list of Highlighted Resources of 'The Work' of Byron Katie to provide you with more information about Byron Katie's work.
About Amanda and The Work:
I feel fortunate to be a graduate of 2 of Katie's 9-Day Schools for the Work and additionally have staffed one of the schools. It would be my greatest joy to share this amazing method called 'The Work' with you, called by Katie, "Enlightenment for people in a hurry."
My Offerings: I offer Workshops and Free Introductory Sessions to The Work of Byron Katie, as well as
Private Sessions of The Work and General Counseling.
Contact me to find out more, or to schedule an appointment.
email her at : amandawinters@gmail.com or call 512-423-6529
Session Rates: $75 dollars first session (1.5 hours)
*Discounted session rates if you pre-pay for multiple future sessions.
Telephone counseling and Skype internet counseling available as well.
Amanda's office is in South Austin near the corner of Ben White and South Lamar.
You are invited to Study the Work with our Group:
Amanda facilitates The Austin Presence Meetup Group’s study of The Work of Byron Katie, a group which you may want to join if you want email updates of their upcoming events. Their meetings occur weekly on Thursdays from , 7:00 to 8:30 PM at The Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover, Austin, TX in Room 13 Please see this link for directions to the UU: http://austinuu.org/wp2011/about-us/location/ *Please verify dates and locations before coming to meetings, as they sometimes change.
A suggested donation of $5 to cover room rental
**********************************************************
**Other recommended Mental Health Resources: Please feel free to check out my Recommended Spiritual and Pscyhological Teachers List:
and my Free and Low-Cost Austin Resources for Mental Health. Also please see the Resources Page of this website for more.
***********************************************************
*Why I love Austin : I find Austin to be the most progressive, tolerant, community- activist oriented place I have ever lived. I could not have made it up. ...I have heard it compared to being 'stuck in the plush of the velvet rut' .Many people know it as the 'live music capital of the world'..however I also see it as one of 'the personal growth mecca of the universe'. One can catch a class on environmentalism, yoga, eastern or western spirituality, etc on any given night, for instance. It has led to my interest in non-dualistic spiritual philosophy, for exp (which is reflected by the books I recommend on my reading lists on this site). Austin is also full of warm, friendly people who often refer to one other as ' their chosen family' and there are always many folk singing, potluck parties ..as well as clean water to jump in, wildflowers and many great hiking trails.
**Please see my Austin Recreation Guide and many other Austin Resource Files brown tab at the top of this webpage, to see more about Austin!
I invite you to join my networks on Facebook and LinkedIn found
by searching for "Amanda Winters in Austin" or hitting the links below!
I am available to help you as a Professional Counselor by telephone and, if you are in Austin, Texas, in person.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I offer counseling using a solutions-focused, presence-centered method (ie: I focus on sharing practical resources and insights by session's end and focus on your ability to be in harmony with what is going on, NOW).
I also facilitate people in utilizing "The Work", which is spiritual teacher Byron Katie's method of self-inquiry. It is the most powerful process I have ever found to rid the mind of its negative thoughts and the emotions.
Through this process, anyone can learn to trace unhappiness to its source (our thoughts), and eliminate it there. Katie (as everyone calls her) shows us that all the problems in the world originate in our thinking, and, by using The Work, we can open our minds and set ourselves free.
"The Work is called self-help, but it is far more than that: it is self-realization, and it leads to the end of suffering. As we investigate a stressful thought, we see for ourselves that it's untrue; we get to look at the cause-and-effect of it, to observe in sobering detail exactly what modes of pain and confusion result from believing it; then we get a glimpse into the empty mirror, the world beyond our story of the world, & see what our life would be like without the thought; and finally we get to experience the opposite of what we have so firmly believed. Once we deeply question a thought, it loses its power to cause us pain, & eventually it ceases even to arise." *quote from Byron Katie in A Thousand Names for Joy ~
""I don't let go of my thoughts," Katie says. I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me."
I have made this list of Highlighted Resources of 'The Work' of Byron Katie to provide you with more information about Byron Katie's work.
About Amanda and The Work:
I feel fortunate to be a graduate of 2 of Katie's 9-Day Schools for the Work and additionally have staffed one of the schools. It would be my greatest joy to share this amazing method called 'The Work' with you, called by Katie, "Enlightenment for people in a hurry."
My Offerings: I offer Workshops and Free Introductory Sessions to The Work of Byron Katie, as well as
Private Sessions of The Work and General Counseling.
Contact me to find out more, or to schedule an appointment.
email her at : amandawinters@gmail.com or call 512-423-6529
Session Rates: $75 dollars first session (1.5 hours)
*Discounted session rates if you pre-pay for multiple future sessions.
Telephone counseling and Skype internet counseling available as well.
Amanda's office is in South Austin near the corner of Ben White and South Lamar.
You are invited to Study the Work with our Group:
Amanda facilitates The Austin Presence Meetup Group’s study of The Work of Byron Katie, a group which you may want to join if you want email updates of their upcoming events. Their meetings occur weekly on Thursdays from , 7:00 to 8:30 PM at The Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover, Austin, TX in Room 13 Please see this link for directions to the UU: http://austinuu.org/wp2011/about-us/location/ *Please verify dates and locations before coming to meetings, as they sometimes change.
A suggested donation of $5 to cover room rental
**********************************************************
**Other recommended Mental Health Resources: Please feel free to check out my Recommended Spiritual and Pscyhological Teachers List:
and my Free and Low-Cost Austin Resources for Mental Health. Also please see the Resources Page of this website for more.
***********************************************************
*Why I love Austin : I find Austin to be the most progressive, tolerant, community- activist oriented place I have ever lived. I could not have made it up. ...I have heard it compared to being 'stuck in the plush of the velvet rut' .Many people know it as the 'live music capital of the world'..however I also see it as one of 'the personal growth mecca of the universe'. One can catch a class on environmentalism, yoga, eastern or western spirituality, etc on any given night, for instance. It has led to my interest in non-dualistic spiritual philosophy, for exp (which is reflected by the books I recommend on my reading lists on this site). Austin is also full of warm, friendly people who often refer to one other as ' their chosen family' and there are always many folk singing, potluck parties ..as well as clean water to jump in, wildflowers and many great hiking trails.
**Please see my Austin Recreation Guide and many other Austin Resource Files brown tab at the top of this webpage, to see more about Austin!
I invite you to join my networks on Facebook and LinkedIn found
by searching for "Amanda Winters in Austin" or hitting the links below!
Party Pics: Streetcar in New Orleans, Under the Rainbow at the Jazzfest and Dancing with a Lil New Friend!
