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RiverBend Counseling Full Service Counseling Practice specializing in OCD, Couples and Anger Management in New Braunfels.

River Bend Counseling is a full-service therapy practice offering a comprehensive range of mental health services. We provide Individual, Family, Couples and Group Counseling in New Braunfels, Texas.

Day two of OCD Awareness Week. Here is what the treatment actually asks of you.It is called Exposure and Response Preven...
10/13/2026

Day two of OCD Awareness Week. Here is what the treatment actually asks of you.

It is called Exposure and Response Prevention, or ERP. It has the strongest evidence behind it for OCD.

The plain version: you practice sitting with the thought, and you do not do the thing that makes it quiet.

That sounds worse than it is. You start with something small that you and your therapist pick together. You do not get thrown in the deep end and you are not asked to do anything you did not agree to. The point is not to prove you can white knuckle it. The point is to show your brain, repeatedly, that the alarm goes off and nothing happens.

That is how the alarm gets quieter. Not by arguing with it. By stopping the payment.

The therapists at RiverBend Counseling are trained through the Behavior Therapy Training Institute and offer ERP therapy in New Braunfels and online across Texas.

Call (830) 515-8480 or start here: https://riverbend-counseling.com/ocd-treatment-in-new-braunfels/

Today starts OCD Awareness Week, and we are going to spend the week on it, because it is the thing this practice is know...
10/12/2026

Today starts OCD Awareness Week, and we are going to spend the week on it, because it is the thing this practice is known for, and it is the thing that most people get wrong.

OCD is not about being tidy. It is not a personality quirk, and it is not about liking things straight.

It is a thought that shows up uninvited, feels urgent and true, and will not leave. Then it is something you do to make that feeling stop. Check the door. Wash again. Ask your partner the same question a fourth time, hoping for a slightly better answer.

The relief works. That is the trap. It works for about four minutes, and then the thought comes back louder, because you just taught your brain the thought was worth answering.

RiverBend Counseling has clinicians trained through the Behavior Therapy Training Institute and is a member of the International OCD Foundation. We offer OCD treatment in New Braunfels, in person and online across Texas.

Call (830) 515-8480 or start here: https://riverbend-counseling.com/ocd-treatment-in-new-braunfels/

This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4 to 10.Hill Country rivers are clear enough to see through. But eve...
10/06/2026

This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4 to 10.

Hill Country rivers are clear enough to see through. But even clear water has layers. What moves on the surface is not always what is happening underneath.

People are like that too. Someone can look fine and still be carrying a lot below the surface.

If that sounds like you, you do not have to hold it all in. At RiverBend Counseling, we work with anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, and more. In person here in New Braunfels, or online anywhere in Texas.

Reach out. We will get you set up.

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10/05/2026

This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 4 to 10.

If you have been feeling off and cannot shake it, that feeling deserves attention, not a shrug.

You do not have to figure it out alone. Our clinicians work with anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, and more, in person in New Braunfels or online anywhere in Texas.

Reach out. We are here when you're ready.

Plenty of people try a year of talk therapy for OCD and feel worse. Here's why.Talking through a scary thought, week aft...
09/29/2026

Plenty of people try a year of talk therapy for OCD and feel worse. Here's why.

Talking through a scary thought, week after week, is reassurance. And reassurance is a compulsion. So the hour ends up feeding the loop instead of starving it.

That's not a bad therapist. It's a therapist trained for something else. OCD needs someone who will sit with you while you skip the ritual.

That approach is called exposure and response prevention, or ERP. It's how we treat OCD at RiverBend Counseling in New Braunfels. You and your therapist build a list together, from mildest to hardest. You choose where to start.

Before you book with anyone, ask these:
- Where did you train in ERP?
- How do you handle intrusive thoughts about harm, s*x, or religion?
- What does the first month look like?

If the answers are vague, keep looking.

We see people in person on North Walnut Avenue and by video anywhere in Texas. Read more about OCD treatment at RiverBend:
https://riverbend-counseling.com/ocd-treatment-in-new-braunfels/

09/27/2026

Anger doesn't always look like yelling.

In this video, Julie Ross, MA, LPC Associate, NCC, supervised by Jay Jeter, LPC-S, talks about how anger often shows up differently for men and women. For a lot of men, it's out in the open. For a lot of women, it gets buried. It comes out as people-pleasing, shutting down, over-explaining, or resentment that builds over time.

Many women were never taught that anger was even allowed.

Julie's point: anger isn't the problem. It's a signal that something isn't okay. Once you see how it shows up, you can start working with it.

Julie is an LPC Associate supervised by Jay Jeter, LPC-S.

Comal County Fair runs through Sunday, and the parade was Friday morning downtown. To some, it is the best week of the y...
09/25/2026

Comal County Fair runs through Sunday, and the parade was Friday morning downtown.

To some, it is the best week of the year in this town. It is also five days of crowds, noise, traffic, and a schedule that quits working.

If crowds are hard for you, or for one of your kids, here is permission you do not need but might want. Go for an hour. Ride two rides. Leave before the fireworks. Nobody is grading it.

Pacing is a skill and it is one of the more useful ones we teach.

We are on North Walnut Avenue, and we keep regular hours all fair week. Call (830) 515-8480 or visit https://riverbend-counseling.com/meet-our-therapists/

09/22/2026

Is it a phase, or is it anxiety?

Every child worries sometimes. Tia Wigley, LPC-Associate, says the thing to watch for is when worry starts running the day.

At home, that can look like:

-Stomachaches with no clear cause
-Trouble falling or staying asleep
-Eating more or less than usual
-Restlessness and irritability

At school, it often gets written up as behavior. Those notes in the folder and those midday calls from the office can be anxiety in disguise. A child who "won't listen" may not have the words for what they feel.

If it's happening more days than not for months, it's worth a conversation.

Tia sees children from age 5 in New Braunfels and online across Texas. Watch the full video, then call (830) 515-8480 to get set up.

If you live in a town where the nearest specialist is ninety minutes away, you already know the math.Three hours of driv...
09/18/2026

If you live in a town where the nearest specialist is ninety minutes away, you already know the math.

Three hours of driving for a fifty-minute appointment. Gas, a half day off work, and childcare. Most people manage that for about a month and then stop going. Not because therapy stopped working. Because the drive did.

We are licensed across Texas and we see people online by secure video. Same therapists, same approaches, no drive. Adults and teens, for anxiety, OCD, depression, and trauma.

You do not have to live in New Braunfels to work with us.

Call (830) 515-8480 or start here: https://riverbend-counseling.com/individual-therapy/

Our team is at Mill Street Youth Center this afternoon.We are running a stress and anxiety skills group for middle and h...
09/14/2026

Our team is at Mill Street Youth Center this afternoon.

We are running a stress and anxiety skills group for middle and high school students. Not a lecture. Teens learn what anxiety does in the body, what it does to sleep and focus, and what to actually do when it hits in the middle of a school day.

Today, 4:30 to 5:30 pm. Room 304, Launch Lab C, 430 W Mill Street.

Mill Street programs are free and registration is on their site. If your student wants in, sign up there.

Parents, if this is bigger than a skills group at your house, give us a call at (830) 515-8480. We work with teens in person in New Braunfels and by video anywhere in Texas.

Event details: https://millstreetyouth.com/event/riverbend-counseling-stress-anxiety-skills-group/

Address

1099 N Walnut Avenue, Suite A
New Braunfels, TX
78130

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

Telephone

+18305158480

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