Why Your Daughter Won’t Try New Things (And What Helps)
What the 2026 State of the Girl report says — and what it looked like in my own life By Allie Evans — BSW Intern at Austin Therapy for Girls and BSW student at [ continue reading ]
Back-to-School Anxiety: Expert Advice from Austin Therapy for Girls
Turning Jitters into Glitters We just finished our last Glow Girl camp for all the incoming 6th graders entering middle school for the first time. It brought back a lot of memories of that [ continue reading ]
What Nobody Tells You About Sorority Rush — From a Therapist
My path to becoming a Theta at TCU was anything but a straight line. Much like the perms that were wildly popular in the '90s, my Bid Day experience looked a lot more like a [ continue reading ]
Summer Mother-Daughter Book Club for Tweens & Teens: 6-Week Connection Challenge
Looking for a meaningful way to connect with your tween or teen daughter this summer? At Austin Therapy for Girls, we know summer can be a funny mix of freedom and feelings. One minute [ continue reading ]
Maycember, Mental Load & the Sneaky Shame Gremlins
What Are Shame Gremlins, Why May Hits Girls So Hard If April is quietly hard… May kicks the door down. Welcome to Maycember—that chaotic, end-of-school-year sprint where everything feels important, emotional, and just a [ continue reading ]
Sexual Assault Prevention: How to Talk to Your Daughter (Without the Eye Roll)
If you’re currently binging The Pitt—and if you’re not, we highly recommend—you probably remember the assault case with the young woman and the nurse who supported her. That nurse is called a Sexual Assault [ continue reading ]
International Women’s Day 2026: Give to Gain – Building Girls’ Confidence, Grit, and Mental Health
International Women’s Day 2026: Give to Gain When We Give Girls What They Need, They Gain the Confidence to Rise Every year for International Women’s Day, we place bright Post-it notes across school mirrors. [ continue reading ]
Happy Galentine’s Day: Why Female Friendships Are Complicated—and How to Build the Ones That Last
Galentine’s Day started as a fictional holiday created by Parks and Recreation character Leslie Knope—a hard-working optimist with big vision who always lifts up the women around her. What began as a TV joke [ continue reading ]
Glow Girl Era: How to Choose a 2026 Word & Vision Board for Your Mental Health
Welcome to your Glow Girl Era. Glitter optional. This isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s not about fixing yourself or striving for perfection. It’s about choosing who you want to be this year — [ continue reading ]
Stranger Things & Tween Mental Health: How the Upside Down Mirrors Anxiety and Emotions
If you’ve ever watched Stranger Things, you know it’s more than a sci-fi horror show. It’s a story about friendship, bravery, grief, fear, belonging, and the invisible monsters that follow [ continue reading ]
