Confidential Therapy for Pilots & Aviation Professionals in Cypress, TX

Helping you create Clarity, Resilience and Stronger Relationships

Navigating the Skies & Life’s Challenges

Aviation is more than a career—it’s a lifestyle. Whether you are a pilot, flight attendant, air traffic controller, aviation executive, or a pilot’s spouse, you face unique stressors that impact your well-being and relationships. The high demands, long hours, time zone changes, and prolonged separations can create strain on mental health and family dynamics.

I’m Dawn-Petrice Youngs, LPC-S, NCC, BCN, a licensed professional counselor with over 25 years of experience. As the wife of a commercial airline pilot, I deeply understand the mental, emotional, and relational challenges that come with an aviation career. My goal is to provide confidential therapy for pilots, aviation professionals, and their families that strengthens mental health, resilience, and relationships while protecting careers and personal well-being.

If you’re ready to regain clarity, reduce stress, and create balance in your life, I’m here to help.

Tailored Mental Health Support for Aviation Professionals & Their Families

Your work demands precision, endurance, and focus—qualities that make you exceptional at what you do but can also create intense pressure. Whether you're struggling with job-related stress, anxiety, sleep disturbances, or relationship challenges due to time away, therapy can help you stay strong both in and out of the cockpit or control tower.

My Services Include:

✅ Neurofeedback for pilots & aviation professionals – Regulate brain function, improve focus, and reduce stress.

✅ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Shift negative thought patterns and strengthen emotional resilience.

✅ Sleep & Fatigue Management – Combat jet lag and improve rest quality.

✅ Performance psychology for aviation professionals – Master mental techniques for peak performance.

✅ Confidential stress & anxiety support – A safe space to process challenges without career risk.

✅ Marriage counseling for airline professionals – Reconnect and communicate more effectively with your spouse.

✅ Family & Parenting Support – Strengthen bonds with your children despite frequent travel.

✅ Trauma and Crisis Support – Address past experiences that impact emotional well-being.

✅ Burnout Prevention & Recovery – Learn how to sustain motivation and energy for the long haul.

✅ Mindfulness & Stress Management – Develop skills for staying present and calm under pressure.

Confidentiality Matters—A Therapy Model That Protects Your Career & Privacy

Many aviation professionals hesitate to seek mental health support because of concerns about FAA-compliant mental health support, workplace scrutiny, and professional consequences. My practice is a cash-pay, private therapy setting, ensuring that your sessions are:

✔ Completely confidential – No reporting, no insurance records.

✔ Tailored to aviation professionals & their spouses – I understand your unique concerns and career demands.

✔ Science-backed and results-driven – Using the latest research in aviation stress management, neuroscience, psychology, and holistic health to help you thrive.

✔ Flexible & Accessible – Sessions available in-person or virtually (Texas and Florida) to fit your demanding schedule.

Your mental health should never come at the cost of your career. Let’s work together to ensure you can perform at your best while maintaining your well-being.

Balancing Career & Family: Strengthening Relationships in Aviation

Aviation professionals and their spouses face unique challenges when it comes to marriage and family life. Constant travel, unpredictable schedules, and the mental load of the job can create distance and disconnection in relationships. Therapy can help you and your loved ones:

🔹 Improve communication – Learn how to express needs and emotions effectively.

🔹 Maintain connection despite travel – Strategies for staying close even when apart.

🔹 Navigate parenting challenges – Be present and engaged, even from a distance.

🔹 Strengthen intimacy and trust – Build a fulfilling partnership despite career demands.

🔹 Understand stress responses – Learn how aviation-related pressures impact relationships.

🔹 Create shared goals – Align personal and professional aspirations to build a strong foundation.

🔹 Overcome resentment & emotional distance – Learn how to reconnect after prolonged separations.

Your career is demanding, but your relationships shouldn’t suffer because of it. Let’s work together to create a strong foundation of connection, understanding, and balance in your personal life.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Will seeking therapy affect my FAA medical certification or job security?

No. Since my practice is cash-pay and private, your therapy remains completely confidential—no diagnosis, no insurance records or reporting requirements. I am not connected to the FAA.

2. What types of stress do aviation professionals commonly experience?

Aviation professionals deal with high-performance stress, fatigue, sleep disturbances, work-life imbalance, and job-related anxiety. Therapy can help you manage these effectively.

3. How can therapy help with performance optimization?

Using neurofeedback and biofeedback, I help aviation professionals train their brains to maintain focus, confidence, and resilience under pressure.

4. Can therapy help with my marriage and family life?

Absolutely. I specialize in helping aviation professionals and their spouses navigate long-distance relationships, improve communication, and strengthen family bonds.

5. What is neurofeedback, and how can it help me?

Neurofeedback is a non-invasive, science-backed method that helps regulate brain function, improve focus, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety or stress-related symptoms.

6. Do you work with aviation professionals who have ADHD or anxiety?

Yes. Many high-performing professionals struggle with focus, anxiety, or stress. Therapy can provide tools to help manage these challenges effectively.

7. How do I know if therapy is right for me?

If you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unable to manage stress effectively, therapy can help you regain balance, enhance performance, and strengthen relationships.

8. What if I don’t have time for therapy?

I offer flexible scheduling, including virtual sessions for those in Texas and Florida, so you can fit therapy into your demanding lifestyle.

9. Do you offer therapy for pilot spouses and aviation families?

Yes! Spouses and family members of aviation professionals often face their own unique challenges, including feelings of isolation, stress, and managing family life alone during long trips. Therapy can provide essential tools to improve relationships, emotional well-being, and self-care.

10. How do I get started?

Contact me for a confidential consultation. Your first step toward clarity, resilience, and stronger relationships starts today.

Take the First Step Toward Clarity, Strength & Balance

You manage the skies—let’s ensure you’re just as steady on the ground. If you’re ready to reduce stress, improve performance, and strengthen your relationships, I’m here to help.

Confidential. Effective. Tailored for aviation professionals and their families.

Contact us today to schedule your first session and start your journey toward clarity, connection, and confidence.

Location and Services

Dawn-Petrice offers in-person sessions at our office in Cypress, TX and secure virtual therapy sessions for clients throughout Texas and Florida.

Click here to schedule your free 15-minute phone consultation for children and adolescent counseling in Cypress. Our other specialties include anxiety, trauma, couples, ASL therapy, counselor supervision, and neurofeedback therapy.