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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.

10/28/2026

There's a version of a struggling marriage nobody wants to admit to. It isn't affairs or screaming matches. It's feeling like roommates.

Kat Kaatz, LPC Associate, supervised by Jay Jeter, LPC-S, puts it plainly: flat and bad are not the same thing. Flat is what happens when connection quietly runs out of habit, and flat is fixable.

In her words, a lot of couples didn't forget how to be married. They forgot to. Somewhere between schedules, chores, kids, and routines, they stopped dating each other.

Her question for every couple: when's the last time you two went on a date?

Kat sees clients in New Braunfels and online. Her page is in the comments.

10/27/2026

Halloween is a lot.

Costumes that itch. Masks. Loud doorbells. Sugar. A late bedtime on a Saturday night.

For some kids that's the best night of the year. For others it's too much, and that's okay too. It's normal for a kid to need a break, skip the haunted house, or hand out candy from the porch instead.

A few things that help:
Try the costume on a few days early.
Pick a quiet spot to reset, at home or in the car.
Agree on a "we're done" signal before you head out.

If big feelings are showing up most days, not just on Halloween, that's worth a conversation. Our family counseling page is in the comments.

What's one thing that makes Halloween easier at your house?

10/23/2026

Thinking about group therapy but not sure what it's like? It's less "everyone in a circle sharing" and more practicing real skills with people working on the same thing.

Six groups are forming now in New Braunfels: Boundary School for women (in person), Reclaim and Nice. for men (evenings), and anger management for women and for men (online).

Each group starts once three people sign up. The schedule and details are in the comments.

10/21/2026

Finding an LGBTQ+ affirming therapist shouldn't mean explaining yourself before therapy can even start.

Kenzi Gray, LPC Associate, supervised by Jay Jeter, LPC-S, explains what affirming means in her sessions. Your identity is respected, not treated as a problem to solve.

Not every session has to be about identity. People come in for anxiety, grief, or relationship stress too. If identity is part of it, there's room for that.

It starts at intake. Kenzi asks what name and pronouns you use, so you feel respected from the first conversation. She sees clients in New Braunfels and online.

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/

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/

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.

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.

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

Website

http://riverbend-counseling.com/

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