In addition to our traditional therapy services, Colors of Austin Counseling also hosts mental health events and support groups for individuals and groups in our community. These events take place throughout the year and are led by our therapy team.
An invitation to slow down, notice, and create with intention.
Join Colors of Austin Counseling and Studio Emanate for a relaxed, hands-on experience centered on presence, creativity, and letting go of perfection.
You’ll set an intention, something you want to remember, release, honor, return to, or carry forward and then move through a guided creative process at your own pace.
Leave with something you created and a tangible reminder of the intention you chose to hold.
No pressure to get it right. Just space to slow down, create, and see what emerges.
The Unstuck Place is a 10-week experiential group inspired by emergent strategy, the body of work popularized by adrienne maree brown that invites us to learn from patterns in nature, practice adaptation, move at the speed of trust, and build change through small, relational shifts.
This group is for adults who feel stuck in a pattern, relationship dynamic, decision, transition, or season of life.
Each week explores an emergent strategy principle as a practice for moving through uncertainty, such as starting small, working with change, making space for the right work, learning from what did not go as planned, building trust, strengthening relationships, practicing presence, and noticing what grows through attention.
The group blends reflection, facilitated conversation, experiential practices, and occasional nature-informed activities like pattern walks, cloud watching, meaning-making, relationship mapping, and attention experiments.
This is a space to slow down, notice what is happening, and practice small shifts that feel possible.
The Rebuild is a 10-week therapy group for men who want to explore masculinity with curiosity, honesty, and intention. Together, participants will examine the messages they've inherited about what it means to be a man while building greater connection with themselves, their relationships, and their communities.
Taking Up Space is a 10-week therapy group for Latino/a/x adults seeking healing, belonging, and meaningful community. Together, participants will explore identity, relationships, and personal growth in a culturally affirming space where they are invited to show up fully as themselves.
Questline is a 10-week therapy group for teens ages 13–17 that uses collaborative tabletop role-playing games to explore identity, confidence, relationships, emotions, and belonging through storytelling, creativity, and shared adventure.
Echoes of Connection is an 8-week therapy group for individuals grieving the death or impending death of someone with whom they shared a complicated relationship. Together, participants will find support, understanding, and community while making space for the complexity of conflicted grief.
This 10-week group is a space for women of color to explore creativity, healing, and connection through art journaling. Inspired by Brené Brown’s book, The Gifts of Imperfection, each week we’ll engage with one of the guideposts while reflecting on our own stories, identities, and lived experiences. Together, we’ll use writing, imagery, and mixed-media art as tools for self-expression and self-compassion—moving beyond perfectionism toward authenticity, belonging, and joy. No art experience is required—just a willingness to show up, create, and be in community.
A Storytime for Children to Explore Emotions! Join Alxis Turner, LMSW, a local child, teen, and young adult therapist, for a fun and engaging morning focused on feelings and emotional literacy!
Enjoy a special reading of A Little SPOT of Feelings: Emotion Detective by Diane Alber, guided by Alxis.
Get Creative: After the reading, children will be invited to color and draw their very own "emotion spot," encouraging them to identify their emotions.
Take-Home Gift: Every child gets to take home a small "Can you spot my feelings" journal to practice communicating with "I feel ___ when ___" statements!
The garden opens this Sunday, August 02! Join us at @dawaheals from 5pm-9pm for Little Flowers Everywhere, an evening of art, music, poetry, and reflection.
Spend time with the work, enjoy treats from @biglousbakery and light refreshments, explore mental health resources from @colorsofaustin , and take home a custom bracelet by @studioemanate.
Made possible entirely by the support of friends, community members, donors, and local businesses, I thank you all endlessly for helping this vision bloom.“The light in me sees the light in you.” - @liiiiosol
A group for men looking to explore and redefine masculinity. We'll explore the lessons we learned from family, media, and everything that influenced us, then decide what to keep and what to change. Together, we'll take the first step toward becoming the men we want to be.
When despair, grief, and hopelessness feel overwhelming, where do we turn? To each other.
This event was born from a longing to create a space where we can come together — across identities, experiences, and communities — to hold what is heavy and to create something new in the midst of it. Because the truth is, what do we have if not one another?
Whether you're coping with the heartbreak of a chemical pregnancy, navigating medical next steps, or simply trying to stay hopeful through another cycle, you don’t have to do it alone. Together, we’ll hold space for grief, resilience, and the hope that keeps you going.