Allison Millette, LCSW

I work individually with adults ages 18 and up. I have thirteen years of experience working in the acute medical hospital setting with people from all walks of life. I have worked with adults on adjusting to chronic and sudden medical illness. I have also done a great deal of work with adults in anticipatory grief and loss, caregiver burden and burnout. I have worked with healthcare providers to process their burnout, grief, and compassion fatigue as well. I also enjoy working with young adults as they are navigating life’s various challenges coming into adulthood. I have personal experience as well as clinical expertise regarding spiritual abuse. Spirituality is a means of coping for many people. If you have suffered spiritual abuse, I would like to help you move through the trauma you experienced and find a safe space for the sacred to exist in your life. Hi! I’m Allie! I am originally from South Louisiana but grew up in Houston, Texas. Having been immersed in Cajun and Texas cultures, I affectionately refer to myself as a Texajun! I graduated from Louisiana State University with my Master of Social Work degree in 2006. I was in my last year of graduate school when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Louisiana and Texas gulf coasts. I spent a great deal of time that year helping others to rebuild. After graduation, I spent a year doing volunteer work on the east coast. I returned to Houston in 2007 to begin my career as a social worker and spent the next 14 years working in the hospital setting. I worked in the cardiovascular service line in a heart failure unit and an ICU. It was through this experience that I learned the importance of taking care of myself and building up resilience in order to mitigate the effects of burnout and compassion fatigue. I consider myself to be a faith-filled and spiritual person and am able to incorporate these things into sessions with my clients if that is their preference. I have had experiences in my life that nearly led me to lose my faith. They shook me to the core. Thankfully, I was able to find someone to walk with me through the trauma I experienced and help reframe things so I could once again lean into my faith and spirituality during difficult times. When I’m not working, I like to get outside to go hiking and explore natural areas near my home. My family is very important to me and I spend a lot of time with them as well. I also try to be intentional about spending time with my friends and their families. I am an amateur writer of mostly poetry and I also regularly journal about my own life experiences. I enjoy healthy living and exercise. I have found that it is the best way to take care of not only my body, but my mind as well.