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Philosophy is the most personal form of knowledge.


Simone de Beauvoir

Cheri L. Hausmann LMFT PhD-Candidate

         With nearly 20 years of experience in wellness, along with a strong background in history and philosophy, I bring a perspective to mental health care that blends clinical training with insight. My experience spans private practice, academia, and large clinical settings, enabling me to support individuals and families with compassion, depth, and flexibility. Whether you’re navigating a life transition, processing trauma, or exploring issues related to spirituality, body image, or self-acceptance, I offer a therapeutic space where your full humanity is welcomed and supported.

        My specialty includes helping clients uncover and work through unconscious or difficult-to-express aspects of their experience, drawing on psychoanalytic and existential approaches rooted in object relations theory. As a doctoral candidate, my research explores the relational and existential dimensions of grief, reflecting my commitment to understanding the deeper forces that shape healing. Our work may include talk therapy and guided imagery, supporting emotional release, nervous system regulation, and sustainable personal growth.

Education

Ph.D. Candidate - Marriage & Family Therapy 

Texas Woman's University (2022-Present)


Master's Degree - History

Eastern Washington University, Summa Cum Laude (2023-2025)


Master's Degree - Marriage and Family Therapy 

Touro University, Summa Cum Laude (2017-2019)


Bachelor's Degree - Kinesiology/Business 

Texas Woman's University (2004-2008)


LMFT in State of Texas - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (2022)


Certifications earned in Personal Training, Yoga, & Hypnotherapy 

(2005, 2011, 2018)


Additional Education- Philosophy at Holy Apostles College & Seminary (2024)

Memberships

AAMFT - American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy 

TAMFT - Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

IARPP - Intl. Assoc. Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

AHA - American Historical Association

Philosophical Interests and Research

My work is deeply informed by philosophical inquiry, particularly the Enlightenment era and its enduring impact on how we understand the self, consciousness, and human freedom. Thinkers such as René Descartes, with his famous articulation of cogito, ergo sum, laid the groundwork for modern conceptions of subjectivity. 

Building on this historical foundation, my engagement with psychoanalytic theory explores the complexities of the unconscious, emotional life, and relational patterns that shape our inner worlds. I draw from Freud, Jung, Winnicott, Klein, and Lacan, attending to how early experiences influence adult subjectivity and interpersonal dynamics.

In parallel, my interest in existential philosophy, such as in the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Sartre, and others, centers on the human confrontation with freedom, mortality, authenticity, and meaning.

Ocean Way Wellness © 2025 

cheri@oceanwaywellness.com 

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