Peace without Pretending.

Michelle Brown, MA, LPC
Therapy for Women Ready to Live Fulfilled
Vulnerabilty is safe here.
Welcome!
Basileia Counseling (Bas-ih-lay-uh) provides online therapy for women across Texas, including Frisco, Dallas, Plano, Houston, Austin, Laredo, and surrounding areas. Virtual therapy sessions help you reduce anxiety, manage depression, and overcome perfectionism with confidence.
I help ambitious women break free from overthinking and emotional pressure so they can experience peace without feeling like they have to prove their worth.
I help you reconnect with your inner authority, trust yourself, and make clear decisions so you can begin to feel more secure in who you are. Using evidence-based therapy for anxiety, depression, and perfectionism, I guide you in identifying and shifting the patterns that keep you stuck.
These patterns often begin early, when you learned, consciously or not, that being yourself wasn’t safe. Over time, this can lead to shrinking, over-performing, or disconnecting from your own needs just to maintain a sense of belonging.
If you’re ready to stop managing symptoms and start addressing what’s underneath them, therapy can help you create lasting change in your personal life, career, and relationships.
Start Therapy in Texas
Let’s schedule a 15-minute consultation to talk through what you’ve been experiencing and how therapy with me can support you.
I offer focused intensives for women who want deeper work in less time, as well as individual therapy sessions (weekly, biweekly, and monthly).

Every woman deserves a place to reflect, process, and find her way forward.
Anxiety is not always obvious, but it can influence how you think, respond, and move through your life in response to:
Overthinking Unresolved Grief and Trauma
Emotional Fatigue Mood Swings
Panic Lack of Focus
Guilt Uncertainty
Sadness Feelings of Inadequacy
What You Can Expect in Our Work Together
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Feeling truly seen with honesty, transparency, and without judgment
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Developing deeper self-awareness and authentic self-acceptance
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Gaining clarity around unresolved issues, patterns, and root causes
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Processing grief connected to life changes, unmet expectations, and personal loss.
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Discovering who you are without the pressure to be perfect
Break the Cycle of Pleasing, Proving and Pretending You’re Okay

Evening and Weekend
Appointments Available









