🛎️Concierge therapist🌿 Wellness & growth-focused🔆Specializing in trauma, relationships & holistic healing✨Book personalized care today👏🏽
Catia Hernandez Holm is a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT-A) and a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach with an extensive international client base. Her approach combines empathy, compassion, and a hopeful spirit that empowers women and families to find peace, connection, contentment, and healing. Through her methods, clients have reported improved relationships, increased self-awareness, and a greater sense of fulfillment. Catia integrates trauma-informed marriage and family therapy with the transformative insights of Conscious Parenting. She works at the intersection of intergenerational trauma, mindfulness, and somatic processing within a systems framework. Catia's unique skill set facilitates the client's deep healing and self-discovery. It encourages clients to reflect on and heal their traumas, allowing their children to thrive as their most authentic selves. Catia is also an accomplished author, with her debut book, "The Courage to Become," achieving instant acclaim and gaining recognition from booksellers like Barnes & Noble and Book People. Her second book, "A Gentle Return," released in October 2024, an inspirational memoir inspiring women to embrace their wholeness, was an instant #1 bestseller. Known for her easygoing and charismatic energy, Catia is a sought-after speaker whose TEDx Talk, "Choose Joy or Die," has inspired thousands. Her captivating storytelling and practical tools help audiences pursue authentic lives. Catia's expertise has earned her recognition and has been widely featured on media outlets such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and the Austin American Statesman. Catia's educational background includes a business degree from The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs Business School, a master's degree from The University of Houston's Hilton College of Hospitality, and a Master's of Arts in Professional Counseling with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from Texas State University. Before her coaching career, she managed fine dining restaurants and oversaw hospitality operations at the ACL-Live theater. After becoming a mother, Catia transitioned her focus to writing, speaking, and coaching. She guides families and helps women embrace their true selves. She resides in the Texas Hill Country with her family. Certifications and Affiliations:
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Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Gottman Trained Clinician - Level One
Certified Conscious Parenting Coach
National Child Traumatic Stress Network Family Resilience training
Zero Suicide Institute Access to Lethal Means training
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Early Trauma training
American Counseling Association
YWCA, Austin - Group Therapy Co-Facilitator
Camp Phoenix - Group Therapy Co-Facilitator
Education
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BBA, University of Texas at Austin- Austin, Texas, 2005
MS, The University of Houston - Houston, Texas -2006
MA, Professional Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas State University - San Marcos, Texas - 2024
02/01/2026
Grateful for Sundays with my girl 🩷🩷🩷🩷 On Sundays we go to church and lunch together and do our mother/daughter devotional. We started in August and it has made such a big difference. We pray together and talk about hard things together and ask for help -
Together. It’s usually 4-5 hours of just us time. It’s a great way for us to connect before the week takes off. I’m grateful for one on one time. She’s going into middle school next year 🥰 I can’t believe it! I’m so proud of her and her heart and creativity 🩷
01/31/2026
If a relationship can be tended to and healed,
that path is always worth exploring.
🧠 Catia Hernandez Holm, LMFT
✍️ Therapist • Author • Athlete
🗓️ Weekly • Intensives • Concierge
💛 Individuals • Couples • Families • Kids (8+)
💳 Private Pay • HSA/FSA Eligible
🔗 Book via link in bio
01/30/2026
Both things can be true at the same time.
And both deserve support.
01/29/2026
Find something that brings you peace, growth, and challenge.
Let it change as you do.
01/28/2026
What does an 8-year-old do in therapy?
They don’t just talk — they show how they feel.
01/27/2026
Back in the office today after our winter snap! ❄️ After the snow melted it became mud 🥴😂 but it’s as beautiful while it lasted! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Also LOVING my new additions (restored side tables) from in Wimberley! They add so much interest to the space 🩷 Making Bright Light comfortable and beautiful so that clients can sink into their sessions and the work is always my priority 🥰🩷🩷
01/27/2026
Ever wonder how therapy works without words?
Sand tray therapy is one powerful tool.
01/26/2026
Cold plunging has become one of my most honest daily rituals.❄️
This is my fourth year doing it — every winter, every day it’s cold enough.
No one’s watching. No one’s handing out gold stars.
It’s just me, the cold water, and the choice to keep showing up.
I do it because it wakes me up — not just physically, but emotionally. It reminds me that I can do hard things, even when there’s no obvious payoff.❤️It’s not about proving anything. 🩷 It’s about keeping a promise to myself. Easy isn’t always better.
It makes me feel alive. It gives me a little spark of fun, even on heavy days. 🥳And it reminds me that my word means something — to me. Especially when things get hard.
And my girls see it. Not because I talk about it, but because they watch me do it.🔆 They see their mama choosing discomfort for the sake of something deeper and finding joy in it. I always walk out of the water dancing 😂❄️🩷
And that’s the kind of strength I want to model — the kind that comes from within. It’s such a privilege to have these mini challenges. I am grateful for the space to be able to stretch in this way. 🩷❄️❤️🥳
01/25/2026
I hope everyone is staying warm and safe!!!! If you're looking to spruce up your office, I just updated my Bright Light Office finds on Amazon. My clients are always so cozy and the space is so calming. Enjoy shopping!
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01/24/2026
A reminder worth repeating:
you don’t owe anyone a smaller version of yourself 🤍
Be you. Fully.
01/23/2026
Feeling worn down doesn’t mean you’re failing 🤍
It may be a sign that you’ve been carrying more than your share, and support can help lighten the load.
✨ Private pay, HSA, FSA eligible
🗓️ Interested in booking? Link in bio
👨👨👦👦 Individual, couples, family, kids (8+)
01/17/2026
A cozy space for real conversations and helpful tools 🤍
Couch Time with Cat is here to support your growth, connection, and healing — listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
✨ Private pay, HSA, FSA eligible
🗓️ Interested in booking? Link in bio
👨👨👦👦 Individual, couples, family, kids (8+)
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Conscious Family + Parent Coach, Author, TEDx Speaker
Catia Hernandez Holm empowers parents who want homes filled with kindness, connection, joy, and authenticity.
Catia is a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach and studied under Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Conscious Parenting is a powerful and rare blend of Western psychology and Eastern wisdom, and it lends itself to deep healing and awakening. Conscious Parenting encourages the parent to look inward and heal their traumas and wounds so that they can then free their children to become the most expansive versions of themselves.
Using her gifts of empathy and compassion, coupled with her joyful spirit, Catia guides parents and families to step into the best version of themselves by helping them identify and celebrate the unique contributions they bring to the world.
Whether writing books, speaking on a stage, or working with coaching clients, her message is simple, yet powerful. Feel good about all of who you are, where you are.
A recognized speaker and motivational powerhouse, Catia moves her audiences with heartfelt storytelling and provides actionable tools that leave them empowered to pursue a life in their authenticity bravely. Her greatest passion is holding sacred space for people and reminding them that they were born whole, holy, and worthy.
Her work has been featured on multiple media outlets such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and the Austin American Statesman. In 2018 she catalyzed audiences to Choose Joy or Die from the Austin, TEDx stage. Her debut book, The Courage to Become, was showcased by Barnes & Noble, Book People, and shops Texas wide. Her second book, a touching memoir dedicated to her two girls, is slated for release in 2020.
When Catia isn’t teaching, you can likely find her lowering the bar on expectations – wearing workout clothes all day long, drinking iced coffee with too much creamer, having kitchen dance parties with her daughters, and dreaming up adventures with her husband, Guapo.
