About Venus Rouhani, LMFT-S, LPC-S
Austin Therapist for Individuals, Couples, and Families
Venus Rouhani is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor (LMFT-S) and Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S) offering therapy in Austin, TX, West Lake Hills, and online across Texas.
At Life at Best Counseling, she works with clients through individual therapy, marriage and couples therapy, family therapy and parenting support, infidelity recovery counseling, and premarital counseling. She also supports clients with anxiety, stress, life transitions, personal growth, communication, and relationship concerns.
Her counseling style is warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental. She helps clients identify patterns, build practical coping skills, and take small steps toward meaningful change.
Venus is also a licensed supervisor for new therapist graduates, LMFT-Associates, and LPC-Associates. She provides an encouraging and integrative learning environment where developing therapists can strengthen their skills, confidence, and clinical judgment.
A Compassionate, Present-Focused Approach to Therapy
Venus’s approach is present-focused, practical, and collaborative. She helps clients understand what is affecting their lives now, while also making space to explore past experiences when they are important to healing and growth.
Rather than using a one-size-fits-all method, Venus draws from different therapeutic approaches as needed. Her work is designed to help clients build insight, strengthen communication, manage stress, set healthier boundaries, make thoughtful decisions, and develop more confidence in themselves and their relationships.
Practical Tools for Relief and Long-Term Growth
Many clients come to therapy looking for relief from conflict, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or relationship stress. Venus helps clients identify small changes they can begin practicing right away, while also supporting deeper growth over time.
In sessions, clients may work on communication skills, emotional regulation, coping strategies, problem-solving, boundaries, trust, decision-making, and ways to respond more effectively to stressful situations. The goal is not only to talk about problems, but also to develop tools that can be used in daily life.
Her work supports practical short-term relief as well as the deeper, transformative growth that can come from feeling heard, understood, and empowered.
Professional Background: From Dentistry to Counseling
Before becoming a therapist, Venus worked as a dentist. After a significant shoulder injury made it necessary for her to leave the physical demands of dentistry, she turned toward a new professional path that built on her background in psychology and her long-standing interest in emotional and relational well-being.
Her years in healthcare deepened her understanding of the importance of trust, rapport, careful listening, and compassion in helping relationships. She saw how meaningful healing often depends not only on professional knowledge, but also on the quality of the relationship between the person seeking help and the professional providing care.
Today, Venus brings that same respect for trust, ethics, and whole-person care into her work as a therapist. Her counseling approach is compassionate, practical, and present-focused, helping clients build insight, strengthen relationships, develop coping skills, and grow in self-confidence.
Venus's Family
Education, Licenses, and Certifications
Education
- Master of Arts in Mental Health, St. Edward’s University
- Doctor of Dental Surgery, Baylor College of Dentistry
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Licenses
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor, LMFT-S
- Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, LPC-S
Certifications and Specialized Training
- Certified Prepare-Enrich Premarital Counseling Provider
- Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- DBT Skills Training
Therapy in Austin, West Lake Hills, and Online Across Texas
Venus offers in-person therapy in Austin near West Lake Hills, as well as online counseling across Texas. Her office is located at 1010 Land Creek Cove, Suite 150, Austin, TX 78746, serving clients from Austin, West Lake Hills, Bee Cave, Lakeway, Tarrytown, Downtown Austin, and nearby communities.
Supervision for LMFT-Associates and LPC-Associates
In addition to her counseling practice, Venus provides supportive, integrative supervision for new therapist graduates, LMFT-Associates, and LPC-Associates working toward full licensure in Texas. Serving as a mentor, consultant, and guide, she helps developing therapists strengthen their clinical judgment, ethical decision-making, professional confidence, and practical therapeutic skills within a collaborative learning environment.
Learn more about supervision for LMFT-Associates and LPC-Associates.
Please Call to Schedule a Free 20-Minute Phone Consultation
In-person counseling in the Austin area. Online counseling across Texas.
Venus is often in session. Please leave a message, and she will return your call as soon as possible.
