Pivot Psychology Austin was founded in 2020 by Drs. Han Ren and Annie Farmer.

After being in private practice independently for several years as friends and colleagues, we wanted to build a community of like-minded clinicians grounded in cultural humility, accountability, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed care.

Our timing was clearly excellent, as we entered a global pandemic three months after signing our lease. We had to pivot in multiple ways, moving to telehealth, growing our professional community remotely, and utilizing social media for outreach. Through this process, we grew as individuals, clinicians, and business partners. Our mission and vision became clearer over time as mental health became a larger global priority and we each found ourselves in positions of visibility and leadership.

Since opening our doors in 2020, we have brought on multiple experienced and like-minded clinicians into our space. Dr. Annette Leija is a bilingual licensed psychologist specializing in anxiety, stress, and sleep disorders with adolescents; and Dr. Jacob Lebar, who specializes in anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder among other issues.

At the core of Pivot Psychology, we are committed to providing excellent clinical care that balances professionalism with humanity for both our clients and clinicians. We model the courage of vulnerability and transparency through integrating tenets of liberation psychology. We recognize the inherent political nature of mental healthcare. We hold our identities and positionality salient in all the spaces we occupy. We acknowledge the dialectics and challenges of actively working to dismantle systems of oppression while existing and operating under the rules of these systems. 

At Pivot Psychology Austin, it is our mission to collaborate with people and communities through the messy process of human growth by providing anti-oppressive and culturally humble clinical care.