Austin Haedicke
My practice focuses on athletes, first responders, healthcare workers, and high-threshold professionals navigating trauma, distress tolerance, and identity conflict. I have over a decade of experience working in acute mental health and outpatient settings providing relational and attachment-based psychotherapy.
Integrative psychotherapy and performance coaching for athletes, first responders, and healthcare workers.
Outside of the clinical context I am a BJJ black belt and functional fitness coach, and consultant to NCAA athletics programs and premiere fitness organizations.
First session
In our first session we will map the overall landscape of where you've been, who you are, and where you like to go. My expectations for clients are to show up, be as honest as you can with me, and gentle / patient with yourself. Many of the problems we will encounter did not develop overnight and will not resolve that way either. In turn, my obligation is to show up, pay attention, tell the truth, and monitor outcomes.
Strengths
I emphasize radical clarity and clinical depth using a holistic approach based on attachment theory, interpersonal psychotherapy, and integrative wellness (including nutrition, fitness, and breath work). I have more than 10 years of experience working with trauma and personality disorders and frequently employ psychodynamic, person-centered, attachment theory, DBT, and mentalization-based interventions.
Ideal clients
Athletes, first responders, healthcare workers and professionals who demand a disciplined, non-judgmental, and active approach to mental health. You've built a high standard for yourself and a high-output life designed around action, sport, or duty; but underneath you're red-lining, uncertain about the future, and unsure of yourself. Whether you're an athlete, first responder, healthcare worker, or high-performing professional, your identity is tied to your ability to perform under pressure. But, living in constant sympathetic overdrive, obscure schedules, and acute or chronic stress eventually catches up. You're exhausted, detached, and we haven't even mentioned trauma. I'm here to help you recalibrate your identity and leverage your strengths towards the future.
Ongoing work together
Ongoing work is a collaborative dialogue and expedition. As needed, we alternate between deep relational exploration (processing trauma, attachment patterns, and identity) and practical skills application (somatic down-regulation, distress tolerance, and lifestyle alignment). Every session is designed to sharpen your self-awareness and increase your real-world capacity to navigate high-integrity demands and fulfilling relationships without burning out.
Treatment methods
Attachment-based
Attachments are the root of our connection to other people. Their influence and impact on our development is immeasurable. Understanding how attachment "styles" develop and impact on our tenancies, both maladaptive and to cope, is an extremely valuable tool in therapy.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use DBT skills to help clients develop skill to tolerate distress, regulate their emotions, improve interpersonal relationships, and cultivate mindfulness.
Psychodynamic
One of the most important interventions a therapist can provide is listening. I try to listen as carefully as possible to my clients and provide unique reflections that both evoke insight within the client (in a way they may not have heard what they were saying before) and to highlight repetitions or oddities of speech or behavior that are curious either by their presence or absence.
Humanistic
Above all, my goal is to help my clients. As such, I am open to a diverse array of tools, methods, and practices to achieve the goal of becoming a better version of themselves.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- GeorgiaLicense LPC011834