Built by a clinician, for clinicians.
A purposeful community for Austin-area therapists. Here's how it started, where it's going, and who's behind it.
How it started.
In July 2025, I started a Facebook group called the Austin Private Pay Therapy Network. I wasn't trying to build a business — I was trying to solve a problem I was experiencing myself. There was nowhere for clinicians in this city to actually find each other, ask real questions, or send referrals to people they trusted.
The group grew to nearly 1,000 therapists in under a year, and what started as a space for private pay therapists became something bigger. Clinicians from every part of Austin's therapy ecosystem wanted in — group practice, insurance-based, associates, supervisors. So I rebranded.
ATX Therapy Network is now a community for all Austin-area therapists. The Facebook group is still alive and free — a great place to start if you're not ready for membership yet. The paid community is where the conversation goes deeper.
I wanted something that didn't exist. So I started building it.
— Tyler Ricks, Founder
Tyler Ricks
LPC Associate · NCC · Supervised by Dr. Jaime Telfeyan, LPC-S
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate based in Austin. My private practice focuses on depth-oriented, relational work with high-achieving women — psychodynamic and AEDP-informed therapy that goes underneath the behavior to what's driving it.
I'm also an associate myself, which means I know what it feels like to be early in this career — building clinical identity, figuring out the business side, and trying to find your people in a city full of therapists you've never actually met. That's why I built ATX Therapy Network. I wanted something that didn't exist.
Two ways to show up.
ATX Therapy Network is officially live. The paid community is $15/month with code FOUNDER through the end of 2026. The Facebook group is still free, still active, and still a great place to start.