BIPOC and First Gen Therapy Services in Texas
virtual and limited in person appointments available
"The wound is the place the light enters you."
Henry Nouwen
Meet Abby
My name is Abby, and I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate. I specialize in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and group therapy that helps people reconnect with their bodies as part of their healing process. So often, we try to think or reason our way through pain—but real transformation happens when we create safety and begin listening to what the body holds.
As a counselor, I’ve worked with individuals and couples who want to move beyond intellectualizing their struggles, heal from childhood trauma, and experience deeper emotional connection in themselves and in their relationships. As a client, I’ve known therapy that felt unsafe or ineffective. That’s why, as a therapist, I commit to meeting vulnerability with safety, compassion, and approaches that support both mind and body in the healing process.
I offer virtual sessions throughout Texas. Wherever you are in your healing journey, you are welcome here.
SUPERVISOR: Brandi M Smith, PhD., LPC- S
License No: 65449
Therapy for Complex Family Dynamics and Individual Healing
When life feels disorienting and you're ready for something to shift, therapy can be a place to pause, reconnect, and begin again. I help individuals and couples in Dallas, Lewisville, and across Texas (by Telehealth) who know they don't have it all together and don't need to pretend they do.
If you struggle to name what you're feeling, if your thoughts spiral and overthinking keeps you stuck, if you're tired of fawning or shape-shifting to keep the peace, you're in the right place. Together, we'll work through the complex family and cultural dynamics that have led to depression, shame, and disconnection and build adaptive skills for a healthier relationship with yourself and others.
As a Black, neurodivergent, first-generation daughter of immigrants, I bring an intersectional and culturally responsive approach to therapy. I know that healing doesn't happen in isolation; it happens through our bodies, our communities, our cultures, and our spirituality.
Bring your kaleidoscope self to therapy, all the pieces of your identity, the ones you know well and the ones you're still discovering. Together we'll explore how all the parts of you (race, gender, sexuality, class, faith or lack of it, physical and cognitive differences, and more) shape your story and your healing.
My Therapeutic Approach
I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS), narrative therapy, somatic practices, mindfulness, and spiritual integration to help mend the divide between you and your sense of self. Spirituality is a pathway to both harm and healing for many. I honor the ways faith, doubt, deconstruction, and sacred, cultural practices may have uniquely shaped your journey.
Together, we'll explore the parts of you shaped by culture, family, and faith, and we'll work toward internal alignment that allows for real external change. You'll learn to process challenging emotions, quiet the thought spirals, and cultivate more peace in your daily life.
Healing isn't just about insight; it's about transformation.
Who I Work With
Those who struggle to identify emotions, experience overthinking, or feel stuck in depression
Clients healing from religious trauma, shame, and fawning patterns
People exploring intercultural relationships, identity, and belonging
Couples and families navigating complex family dynamics, life changes, and cultural disconnection
Anyone seeking somatic, spiritually integrated therapy in Dallas, Lewisville, and surrounding areas
If you're ready to think outside the box about healing, to live in a way that feels more peaceful, embodied, and whole, I'd be honored to walk with you.
📍 Serving Dallas, Texas, Lewisville, and surrounding areas | In-person and virtual therapy available 💌 Contact Abby to schedule a consultation
Testimonials
The Texas board of ethics prohibits therapists from seeking referrals and recommendations as it may damage the theraputic relationship. In accordance with this, Aligned Therapy welcomes endorsements from colleagues with sufficient experience and opportunity to witness clinician practicing therapy.
More About Me
When I'm not in the therapy room, I'm dancing salsa or bachata, watching Love Island, or hanging out with my cat, Penny.
Dance isn't just a hobby for me. It's where I practice embodiment, trust, and choosing rhythm over hustle. The dance floor has taught me about power, consent, and staying present in my body, lessons that shape how I show up in therapy.
Through my Substack, Aligned by Abby, I explore what dance, therapy, and even reality TV teach us about embodiment as resistance, radical hospitality, and liberation. If you're curious about where somatic healing meets social change, I'd love for you to follow along.
LINCENSING & CREDENTIALS
ABBY ENDASHAW, LPC ASSOCIATE
License No 88816
SUPERVISOR:
Brandi M Smith, PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy, LPC- Supervisor
Texas: 65449
Specialized Training
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Level One Trained in Internal Family System Therapy (IFS)
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Level One Trained
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Trauma Specialist - Arizona Trauma Institute
Education and Licensing
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MA Professional Counseling; BS Psychology and Sociology - Dallas, TX, 2015-2018
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Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, #88816, Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council
Disclaimer
Aligned Therapy, PLLC does not accept any insurance claims at this time. Despite this, we are committed to making therapy affordable and accessible.
Please allow 2 business days to process consultation requests and receive a response.
*Aligned Therapy is not an emergency or crisis service. If you are in crisis call an emergency services line at (911).
*Crisis Service Resources: https://namitexas.org/crisis-info/