Curtesia Plunkett

Dr. Curtesia Plunkett, affectionately known as Dr. C, is a Licensed Counseling and Forensic Psychologist based in Austin, Texas. She holds a Texas psychologist license (TX Psychologist 39882) and brings more than 15 years of clinical experience to her work.

Over the course of her career she has provided individual, group, family, and couples counseling, crisis intervention, outreach programming, teaching, and a range of psychological assessments. She works with people across the lifespan on concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She also specializes in supporting other mental health professionals, the BIPOC community, and LGBTQ+ clients.

Dr. Plunkett approaches therapy from the perspective of a whole person living a complex life alongside her clients. She values the opportunity to sit with someone in the center of their distress, pain, trauma, and joy, offering steady presence and the assurance that no one needs to face their struggles alone.

Her work is grounded in a holistic, eclectic framework tailored to each individual and informed by Psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). She weaves this clinical foundation with warmth, humor, grace, and gentle honesty, challenging clients through care rather than judgment. She emphasizes that healing, growth, and thriving are possible even amid life’s obstacles, and she pays particular attention to reducing self-judgment as a barrier to change.