About Ty Wilson
My road to becoming a therapist…
I have always been a storyteller. Whether it was making up stories for my Power Rangers when I was in pull-ups or being inspired by the biblical stories of David, Noah, and Moses, I have always believed that life is one long journey full of ups, downs, mountains, valleys, and even breakthroughs.
So, what’s my story? I had my own breakthrough after surviving a car accident that led to the amputation of my left leg. I was blessed with a supportive family and a community of faith that enabled me to turn my pain into purpose.
After learning to walk again at 20 years old, I realized that my purpose in this world was to help people find hope and healing when it seems like those things are non-existent.
After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, I attended Bible school and worked in college ministry for four years. Later, the 2020 pandemic opened my eyes to the mental health needs of my friends, the young men I discipled, my relatives, and the generation at large.
Now, I’m in the last year of my master’s program at Liberty University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling to become a licensed professional counselor. My sole desire is to instill hope, a few laughs, and a lot of care into every client I work with.
As a counselor, I am passionate about working with specific populations.
After four years of working with college and high school students in ministry, I am well aware of the issues these precious individuals face at school, at home, from peers, and society.
Additionally, I became a certified sexual addiction coach with the view to specifically help people, especially young men, break the shackles of addictions they have longed to overcome.
Being a Black person, I also would like to be a familiar face to clients who look and talk like me. I know not many of us are in the world of therapy, but I’m here and willing to lend an ear to hear your story.
Here are some “non-therapy” things about me…
The people that live in my heart would be my wife Jackie and my baby boy Josiah.
My passions include movies (anything from the Marvel Universe to Charlie Chaplin movies), traveling (I’m about to hop on a plane to Italy), and cooking (salmon, pasta, and cheesecake are some of my staples).
Some other fun facts are that I have one of the largest families in Texas since both of my grandmothers were one of 12 children, I’ve met Beyoncé three times in my life, and I love the beach so much that I decided to get married in Cancun.