Your new potential therapist, Austin Garceau
M.S. , LCMHCS, LCASA
Whether you have tried therapy before or this is your first experience, I’m here to support you. As a therapist, my goal is to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you feel understood, comfortable, and empowered to work toward meaningful change.
Together, we’ll identify your strengths, build effective coping tools, and develop practical strategies that support lasting growth. Therapy is not about having all the answers or figuring everything out at once. It’s about having someone in your corner who can help you better understand what you’re experiencing and identify realistic steps forward.
When I’m not working, I enjoy reading, playing hockey, and spending time with my wife and our 13-year-old puppy. I was born and raised in New York, but I’ve called Asheville home for the past 13 years. I’ve come to love the area—and I’m always happy to provide pizza or bagel recommendations if you need them!
My Approach
My Approach to Therapy
I take an authentic and action-focused approach to therapy, helping clients gain clarity, overcome obstacles, and feel more confident in their daily lives. As a therapist, I believe therapy should feel both supportive and productive. My goal is to help you better understand yourself, develop healthier coping skills, and create positive changes you can carry into everyday life.
At Solution Oriented Counseling PLLC, sessions are confidential, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based, solution-focused practice. I welcome adults of all identities and backgrounds, honoring the many ways people find resilience and navigate life’s challenges.
Together, we’ll focus on your strengths, experiment with small, manageable changes, and continually check that therapy is moving you toward the life you want. Whether you’re working through anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, grief, substance use, or a major life transition, we’ll focus on practical strategies that make sense for your circumstances.
My approach is designed to help you build skills and confidence that extend beyond the therapy room. My goal is to help you make meaningful progress—not to have you in therapy forever!
Specialties & Expertise
I specialize in working with adults navigating the many challenges that life can throw your way, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship challenges, substance use, suicidal thoughts, grief, and major life transitions. As a therapist, I help clients feel more grounded, confident, and emotionally balanced while developing practical tools they can use in their everyday lives.
With more than 10 years of experience in the mental health field, I have supported people through a wide range of personal and emotional challenges. I believe therapy should be practical and relevant to your real life, giving you tools and strategies that you can actually use outside of the therapy room.
I’m especially passionate about supporting helping professionals, educators, and high-achieving individuals who are often used to taking care of everyone else but may struggle to prioritize their own needs. Therapy can provide an opportunity to step back, focus on yourself, and work through the stress, expectations, and responsibilities that can make it difficult to slow down.
I also enjoy supporting family members who have been impacted by addiction. Whether you are trying to understand a loved one’s behavior, establish healthier boundaries, process difficult experiences, or begin your own healing, therapy can provide a space to focus on your needs and experiences.
What You Can Expect From Therapy
From the very first session, you can expect a warm, welcoming space where you feel comfortable being yourself. There is no judgment here — only curiosity, compassion, and a genuine commitment to understanding your experience.
Therapy is a collaborative process. We will work together to identify what’s getting in the way and what you most want to change. Your goals guide our work, and the pace is always yours to set. You will never be pushed to move faster than feels right for you.
You can also expect to leave sessions with practical tools and strategies you can use right away. Rather than simply talking about problems, we will focus on building skills and insights that support real, lasting change in your daily life.
Most importantly, you can expect honesty. I will be straightforward with you about what I observe, celebrate your progress along the way, and always keep our work focused on what matters most to you.
