Libby Husske is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Texas who enjoys working with children ages 3 and up, teens, adults, athletes, couples, and families. She is passionate about helping clients better understand themselves, feel more connected in their relationships, and build lives that feel meaningful and emotionally healthy.
Libby works with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, major life transitions, attachment and relationship concerns, family distress, parenting concerns, behavioral challenges, and parent–child relationships. She especially enjoys working with athletes and understands that mental health and performance are often closely connected. In her work with athletes, she may focus on concerns such as performance anxiety, confidence, focus, managing emotions under pressure, motivation, injury recovery, and overcoming barriers that may be getting in the way of performance.
Libby has specialized training in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and enjoys working with children in a way that feels natural and developmentally appropriate to them. Through play, children are given space to communicate, work through experiences, explore emotions, and build confidence in ways that may be difficult to do through words alone. Libby also values working closely with caregivers and helping them better understand and support their child outside of the playroom.
In her work with teens and adults, Libby approaches therapy from a humanistic and relational perspective. She believes people grow best when they feel genuinely understood, accepted, and supported, and she works to create a relationship where clients can show up as themselves without feeling judged or pressured to have everything figured out. Her work is collaborative and emotion-focused, with an emphasis on helping clients deepen self-understanding, recognize patterns, strengthen relationships, and move toward changes that feel meaningful to them.
Libby also has specialized training in Animal-Assisted Therapy and enjoys incorporating her registered therapy dog, Finley, into sessions when it is clinically appropriate and something the client is comfortable with. Animal-assisted interventions may be intentionally incorporated into the therapeutic process, or Finley may simply offer a calm and comforting presence in the room.
Libby earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Iowa and her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Arkansas. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of North Texas. Libby practices as an LPC Associate under the supervision of Megan Shelton, LPC-S.
Libby strives to create a space where clients feel comfortable being fully themselves, feel genuinely heard and understood, and have room to explore what they need in order to move forward in a way that feels authentic to them.
