Hello! My name is Chloe (she/her) and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker living and working in Austin, Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with my Masters in Social Work in 2022. Attending graduate school throughout the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, my learning was grounded in the need for connection, justice, and community resources at a pivotal time. This deepened my belief that individual healing is connected to systemic factors, emphasizing the importance of community and connection to improve conditions for us all.
During my education, I completed internships in medical settings and the UT Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC). Upon graduation, I worked at the CMHC for several years, working on multidisciplinary teams and specializing in eating disorders and trauma focused care. I continue to love working with students and young adults as they process the past and begin to build the futures of their dreams.
When I’m in session with you, you can expect a warm, curious, and present person to join you in processing your experience. As a therapist, I work from an anti-oppressive framework, centering Internal Family Systems, Body Liberation, and Relational-Cultural Theory in my approach. As a Certified Dharma Yoga teacher, I incorporate somatic practice when appropriate, assisting clients in connecting with their bodies, building trust with themselves, and learning to listen to the wisdom their bodies may be sharing with them.
When I’m not in sessions, I can be found hanging out with loved ones and my pup, hiking (sometimes in the rain), watching reality tv, and getting lost in a good book. I feel the most grounded in nature and love being outside. I believe that rest is resistance and am working towards leaning into slowness in my day to day life.
About Me
Chloe Ropner LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Texas License #107992
My approach to therapy
Relational
As a therapist, my work is guided by the principle that healing happens in the context of relationship. As we build a connection together in the counseling room, you can explore what it’s like to be in a space where you are not judged, where you can practice saying exactly what’s on your mind, and can discuss what our relationship feels like in real time.
Harm Reduction
Particularly when working to address disordered eating concerns, I partner with my clients (and their treatment team), to utilize harm reductionist practices. This can look like discussing how we can minimize the harm of certain coping strategies while we try to add more tools to your tool box. From this perspective we will further explore the pros and cons of behaviors, learning more about their roots, and how they may help and hurt us at the same time.
Parts Work
Utilizing tenets of Internal Family Systems, we will explore “parts work” together. This can look like getting to know aspects of yourself that might feel younger in certain situations. Getting to know these “parts” of us, and greeting them with curiosity, care, and compassion, can help us build trust with our adult selves.
Systemic
As a social worker, I work from the perspective that we exist within many systems. Whether that’s our family system, or local and federal governments, we do not exist in a vacuum. In our work together we may identify systems that have impacted your life, discuss strategies to navigate these systems, and process the effects of existing within harmful and helpful systems.
Anti-Oppressive
As a therapist, I strive to root my practice in anti-oppressive frameworks. Specifically incorporating anti-racism, disability justice, feminist theory, and body liberation into our therapeutic work. My practice is rooted in holding the intersections of your identity and directly acknowledging the experiences of certain bodies and how this relates to our experiences within systems.
If my approach resonates with you, please reach out to schedule a free 15 minute consultation here!
My Values
Therapy is a practice based in humanity - both yours and mine. I believe that clients can foster a connection with their provider more easily with clarity around what their provider’s values and identities are.
Let’s get into it! I use she/her pronouns and identify as a cis-gender, white, mid-sized, American woman. I seek to dismantle oppression, both on a personal and societal level, and passionately believe that our individual well-being is tied to our collective liberation. My practice is queer-affirming, size inclusive, anti-racist and overall strives to operate from an anti-oppressive framework. I acknowledge that spaces can rarely guarantee “safety,” and in the counseling room I work to name this fact and equalize (as much as possible) the inherent power dynamics present. As a person with significant privilege due to my identities, I am dedicated to the lifelong process of accountability, unlearning, and seek feedback/consultation as a part of my professional training.
Basically, I care about humanity, I care about you, and I care about me. All are welcome here.
Let’s explore, unlearn, and be curious together. If you have any additional questions about my values please let me know!