Dr. Sarah Walker is a Licensed Psychologist who earned her PhD at The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently in private practice in Austin, Texas and teaches at St. Edward’s University in their Master’s in Counseling (MAC) program. Dr. Walker’s therapy practice focuses on how symptoms of anxiety and depression become relationship problems — and vice versa. She helps individuals get “un-stuck” from their symptoms, and aids couples in reviving their communication and connection. Her research publications focus on gender dynamics and sexuality, sexual coercion and abuse.
Q: I was involved in an accident five years ago at my place of work. I’ve had seven spinal surgeries and I live in chronic pain due to the operations not working, scar tissue and damaged nerves. I had three really hard years where I spent a lot of time in bed isolated from everyone. […]
Q: I am 27 years old, and I have had OCD since I was in 6th grade. I can be cooking and bad thoughts just pop into my head about people I love. The thoughts are horrible; I’d never do any of it, but I can’t help these horrible thoughts. I cry, thinking I am […]
Q: I have been verbally abused in the past and later on I verbally abused other people. At first it made me feel better, but now I feel really bad that I lowered myself to his or her standards. Now I find myself muttering under my own breath thinking, “did I just say that when […]
Q: I recently married a man I love dearly. But we aren’t living together yet and, to make matters worse, he is living with his ex’s parents. He has three teenage daughters, and only one likes me. He spends the whole weekend with his daughters. He spends some week days with me but I have […]
Q: Something has been bothering me for a while, and I don’t know if it’s some kind of avoidance disorder. I also fear it may lead to a depression. The thing is I just can’t express my emotions, so they’ve been bottling up over the years and driving me crazy! I’m a 23-year-old guy and […]
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