Allison Agan, MSW, LCSW
Clinical training matters. So does being human.
Everyone calls me Allie, so you can too. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience supporting people through trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, caregiving stress, family conflict and complex life transitions.
My work is grounded in the belief that people are more than what has happened to them. I believe people heal when they are seen as whole people - not reduced to symptoms, diagnoses or the hard thing that happened to them.
My clinical training matters to me but so does being a human being in the room with you. I do not believe therapy should feel sterile, intimidating or like you have to say the "right thing". I am a therapist that understands life is rarely neat. Come exactly as you are, you do not have to clean up your story before bringing it into the room. We start with what is real, not what sounds good.
My goal is to help you feel safe enough to be honest, understood enough to lower your guard and supported enough to make meaningful changes. I will meet you with compassion, but I will not underestimate you. We can make space for where you have been while also working toward where you want to go.
Warm. Direct. Trauma-Informed. Practical.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Masters in Social Work from East Texas A&M University Over 10 years of professional experience.
The name Supportive Shores comes from a lesson that shaped my life long before it became the name of a therapy practice; we may not be able to change everything for everyone, but what we do for one person matters.
For me, that is more than branding. It represents being seen, believed in, supported and reminded that your story is not over. Therapy cannot erase what happened, but like a shoreline, it can be a place to regain your footing, catch your breath and decide what comes next.
Original Story by: Loren Eisely- 1968
The Starfish Story
An old man had a habit of early morning walks on the beach. One morning, after a terrible storm, he saw a human figure in the distance; moving like a dancer.
As he came closer, he saw that it was a young woman and she was not dancing but reaching down to the sand, picking up a starfish and very gently throwing them back into the ocean, one by one.
“Young lady” he asked, “What are you doing?”
The young woman continued to focus on her task while responding “The sun is up and the tide is going out and if I do not throw them in, they will die”.
The man responded “Do you not realize that there are miles of beach with too many starfish to count? You can not possibly make a difference!”
The young woman listened politely, paused and then bent down and picked up another starfish, throwing it into the sea, past the breaking waves, and said “It made a difference ... it matter to that one”.
adapted from "The Star Thrower" by Loren C. Eiseley
"The Star Thrower" from THE UNEXPECTED UNIVERSE by Loren Eiseley. Copyright © 1968