ABOUT US
Larry Lohman
“After 33 years of clinical experience in partnership with my wife, I continue to learn but am rarely surprised.”
Education & Credentials
Larry R Lohman MA, LPC
License #: TX LPC # 08756
License State: Texas
Practicing Since: 1982
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- Louisiana State University | BS / Psychology 1975
- Fairleigh Dickinson University | MA Psychology 1977
- University of Tennessee | Clinical Psychology Training
- Certified Mediator | Dallas County Dispute Resolution Services
- Parenting Coordination and Parenting Facilitation
Practice History
After obtaining my masters degree in psychology, my first professional position was doing clinical research on psychiatric disorders at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences ( TRIMS ) in Houston, Texas. As clinician and researcher, I, with the team of psychologists and psychiatrists conducted studies on Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, Tourette’s disease, and a variety of severe mental illnesses. Multiple studies we conducted were published in professional journals and I was a contributor to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III), establishing the diagnostic criteria for severe mental illnesses.
While at TRIMS, I was recognized as a researcher and clinician using hypnosis therapeutically and as such, I was a trainer for clinicians who sought to employ hypnosis in their practices. I have been utilizing hypnosis in my practice for the past 40 years and have taught thousands to do likewise.
Over the past 32 years of private practice of counseling in Richardson, Texas, the conditions I have helped with have been broad and diverse. While a substantial portion of my practice has been treating children, currently I am only seeing children for diagnostic evaluations for the symptoms of Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD.)
Practicing in Richardson, Texas for the past 33 years, I have been contracted as preferred provider for the major insurers and multiple Employee Assistance Programs ( EAPs ). While mood disorders, anxiety disorders and ADHD are the most common reasons for seeking mental health services, I accept all kinds of referrals. Often the services are coordinated with the services of primary care physicians, psychiatrists and other healthcare providers. The process starts with assessment and then therapeutic services are offered to meet the needs of those seeking treatment. More than one therapeutic approach can be employed, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, insight oriented psychotherapy, behavior therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and clinical hypnosis.
Education & Credentials
Carolyn J Lohman MA, LPC, LMFT
Licensed Professional Counselor : Texas, #8996, Since 1987
Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor: Texas , #4121, Since 1994
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- West Virginia University | BA Psychology
- West Virginia University | MA Counseling
- University of Tennessee | Previously, PhD Candidate
- University of Texas Southwestern Consortium Internship | APA-Approved Internship
Practice History
After completing my Master’s degree in Counseling, I worked for four years providing acute care mental health services for MHMR in southern West Virginia. For the next six years, I completed the course and clinical work as a PHD candidate at the University of Tennessee. During those years, I continued to practice in the MHMR system in Morristown, Newport and Sevierville Tennessee. My husband, Larry, and I moved to Dallas so I could complete the APA internship at UTSW. I worked for a year at Children’s Medical Center (now Children’s Health), later joining a group practice in Richardson. In the fall of 1989, my husband and I opened our own practice in Richardson, where we still practice today. In the mid-nineties, I maintained a small outpatient practice while running several of the nonprofit psychiatric and substance abuse inpatient units in the dallas area, returning to full time private practice in 1998.
Services
My practice is fairly broad in scope. I see primarily adult patients with a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, family situations and issues created by family of origin struggles. My theoretical orientation is based on human development, allowing me a way to understand people’s behavior and address problems from patient strengths. While therapy is, by definition, a process, I also focus on specific skills that allow patients to live more stable and satisfying lives. Couples therapy is a specific interest for me. I have a structured approach that considers the marital template each member of the couple brought into the relationship, how they chose each other to attempt to complete unfinished family of origin relationship issues and teaches a marital conflict resolution model that we practice in office with increasingly complex relationship issues.
Benefits
Honestly, who couldn’t benefit from having someone to talk to who has only you or your relationship’s best interest in mind? That’s only one of the many benefits of therapy that I see. Having to organize your thoughts in a way you can communicate them to another person requires a different level of awareness than just thinking about things on your own. Understanding other’s behavior in a new way or looking at other’s intentionality helps make sense of past and present experiences. Strengthening the mind-body connection helps individuals lead healthier and more purposeful lives. Sometimes strengthening skills like the ability to self-soothe or building tolerance and resiliency can make daily life easier. Learning to identify patterns and themes in choices and relationships can allow patients to make different, potentially less, self-sabotaging choices in the future. All of these are benefits of therapy provided in a nurturing and consistent environment.
Carolyn J Lohman
“To weep is to make less the depth of grief”
-Shakespeare
“Why do we insist on performing our play for this week’s audience in front of last week’s set?”
-Proust