Welcome
Our mission is to transform the therapy world for marginalized communities by creating a safe, transparent, and authentic environment.
Everyone, including you, is welcome at our practice. Here at the Works Counseling Center, we do not discriminate. Our goal is to create a space where radical, creative, thoughtful, intelligent, passionate individuals like you are invited to show up as your whole authentic self, where you are seen and celebrated while also healing old wounds, strengthening self-worth, and learning new coping skills.
Every counselor here is wanting to watch you grow into your most authentic self. We just ask that you bring your bravery along with your worries, your insecurities, confusion, and pain. We understand there will be shame and fear around starting this journey, but we just ask you shoot for progress and not perfection.
LGBT+
Sex Positive Therapy
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Progress Not Perfection
because this is a place of unconditional acceptance.
Meet Our Owners
Angelique Howington Works
Alex Varkonda
Our Blogs
The 12-Week Rule
You have probably heard of the unofficial 12-week rule, that says you should not announce your pregnancy until you hit the 12-week mark. You’ve probably heard that it’s “safer” to wait to announce it or will prevent “awkward” conversations if something goes wrong....
Growing Up Fat: Finding Power in a Fatphobic World
My Story I didn’t come to see myself as fat on my own—like many, I was taught. From an early age, both kids and adults made it clear that my body was a problem. Whether it was teasing on the playground, backhanded comments from adults, or “friendly” advice from peers,...
Oh. My. Mama. – A Love Letter to the Women Who Were Just Figuring It Out (And Now, So Am I)
I didn’t get it at first. When I brought my daughter Freya home from the hospital, I was 28, freshly cracked open by childbirth—physically, emotionally, existentially—and completely overwhelmed. They handed me this tiny human and a hospital-grade squirt bottle and...