Austin Chau is a Marriage and Family Therapy student at Northwestern University, bringing a warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive approach to working with individuals, couples, and families. With a strong foundation in systemic thinking and a background in community mental health and public service, Austin is passionate about helping clients explore their relationships, identities, and emotional landscapes with curiosity and compassion. He is especially attuned to the complexities of navigating mental health at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and family systems. Clinically, Austin prefers an integrative approach to seeing clients, drawing from a variety of evidence-based models including Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Strategic Therapy (MRI), and Solution-Focused Therapy. He approaches therapy as a collaborative process rooted in humility, respect, and safety. Austin is currently seeing clients as part of his clinical internship under the clinical supervision of Dr. Lenese Stephens. His clinical interests include working with clients on identity development, life transitions, relational conflict, emotional regulation, and more. Austin is particularly interested in supporting individuals and couples navigating issues related to sexuality, including sexual identity, intimacy concerns, desire-related challenges, and survivors of domestic abuse.

Demographics served: Individuals, couples, and families of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and relationship statuses.