About Me
The Work That Shapes My Practice
Hello, I’m Ethan King, a Licensed Professional Counselor with dual expertise in trauma studies and addiction counseling. I hold a Master’s degree from Concordia University Irvine and an additional Master’s from King’s College London with a focus on trauma studies.
My practice address trauma across multiple dimensions from individual’s experiences to systemic and community-level trauma. This comprehensive approach led me to obtain my Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor license, enabling me to provide integrated support for individuals facing substance use challenges.
I believe that empathy and curiosity are fundamental to the healing process, creating clear pathways through pain and suffering toward recovery and growth.
What Set Me on This Path
Early in my schooling, I had a transformative experience working with refugees from Iraq in Greece. Witnessing their material and mental health needs moved me deeply and set me on the path toward a degree in psychology and my master’s degrees. I have been continually amazed by the resilience of human beings in the face of trauma and hardship.
Life Outside the Office
Some of my greatest joys come from being in nature, whether hiking in the mountains of Colorado with my family and dog, eating pizza on a beach, losing myself in a new book on politics, writing poetry, learning a new language, or training for my next race. Underlying all of it is one of my life’s deepest pursuits: to expand my awareness of suffering and to grow in compassion.
Choosing to Face, Not Avoid
The words of James Baldwin resonate with me deeply. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” That commitment to facing what is difficult, rather than looking away, is something I strive toward every day. My hope is that together, we can do that work side by side.
What I Can Help With
Specialized support for trauma, anxiety, self-image, addiction, and more—tailored to your needs.
Anxiety and Depression
Helping you find traction amidst the pain of the past, and uncover the experiences that formed the beliefs that keep you ruminating and stuck.
Self-Image
Through building mastery and understanding your behavioral patterns, help restore your natural self-respect.
Trauma and PTSD
Find safety and yourself again through EMDR and other cognitive modalities that can help you process your painful memories so that they are not forgotten but integrated.
EMDR
Find resolution for those memories or behaviors you seem stuck with through this modality.
Men’s Issues
Learn to understand your emotions and uncover your identity and the way you want to present your masculinity.
Addiction
Understand the origins of the pain that keeps you going back to certain behaviors and substances.
Religious Trauma & Deconstruction
Process your hurt from religious institutions and find healing during the midst of your pain.
Decolonial Processing
Heal from colonial harm, or honestly facing your own complicity in it, takes courage. This is a space to process both, and to find the clarity and will to fight for something better.
Get in touch
Address
Austin, Texas Email: ethanmkingcounseling@gmail.com Telephone: +15125539683
Hours
- Monday- Friday: 7:00 AM- 7:00 PM.
- Saturdays: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM.
- Sunday - Holiday
Get ready to meet Ethan
From the very first session we will implement a treatment plan that makes sense to you