When you think about psychotherapy, you can either think about the symptoms:

depression, anxiety, co-dependence, compulsive behavior, loneliness, addiction, and problems with relationship/marriage, sex, family, communication.

Or you can think about the outcome:

contentment, happiness, peace, vitality, satisfaction, success, love, fulfillment, security.

The users of therapy

When successful people consult financial advisors, personal trainers, and tax consultants, we regard it as indicative of good judgement, not weakness. Doesn’t it make sense to consult a professional about something as important as your life? The vast majority of my clients are business and professional people who are generally doing well in most parts of their lives. They expect excellence and richness from life, and are unwilling to settle for less. When a particular area of life is less rewarding or problematic, they consult an expert.

Bringing psychotherpay into the 21st century with skills you can use

Through many years of experience, I’ve developed a method for teaching skills which circumvent the “stumbling around in the dark” experience so common in therapy. My method will teach you to identify the specific areas which will be most helpful in bringing about the changes you want. Rather than the old style “scatter approach,” you will learn to “stay on track,” and you’ll learn to differentiate between talking with a friend and the more helpful things to talk about in therapy. These easily-learned skills help YOU identify specific areas of concern and sensitivity which become your guideposts and direct you toward attaining your desires.

The science of psychotherapy works with your unique personality style

From our life experiences, each of us develops a personality style uniquely our own. Your therapy must be skillfully tailored to fit your personality style — simply because what is helpful to one person may be a stumbling block for another. My broadly-based background, firmly anchored in time-honored psychotherapeutic thought, provides a vast repertoire of therapy styles from which to draw. A meticulously crafted fit between personality and psychotherapy dramatically expedites the therapy. Gone are the “cookie cutter,” “one-size-fits-all,” disease-model approaches of the less refined therapies of the late twentieth century.

The art of psychotherapy

The practice of psychotherapy is as much art as science. I offer a greatly refined sensitivity to the client’s thoughts and feelings, along with an exquisite ability to work in a supporting role. These skills, developed over years, allow me to work with each client much as an accomplished accompanist works with a singer — intimately attuned to the singer’s artistic desires, helping the melody soar, never taking over the song, making more beautiful music.

Tony Carroll, LCSW

I was awarded the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credentials and the authorization to begin a solo psychotherapy practice after earning a graduate degree in clinical social work, and completing a five year supervised psychiatric practice. Since then I have studied with a varied of influential people in the psychotherapy field, and remain active in professional organizations and continuing education programs. I am Past President of the Texas Society for Clinical Social Work, am a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, a Diplomate with the International Congress for the Advancement of Private Practice in Clinical Social Work, and previously sat on the Board the Federation for Clinical Social Work. It is my honor to have been voted Best Mental Health Therapist in OutSmart Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Award 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Recently, I have begun teaching continuing education for clinical professionals through a local university, and have been active in the supervision and education of other mental health professionals for a number of years. ( If you’re wondering just what “Clinical Social Work” is, take at look at Question 25 on the Interactive Questions page.)

My earlier clinical experience included several years in a thriving psychiatric practice where I worked with patients in individual and couple psychotherapy, as well as working with patients who were hospitalized. During that time I was also involved in teaching the medical staffs of several hospitals and organizations. I was clinical director for a large crisis intervention organization and was responsible for training in that organization, and was a co-founder of the Psychotherapy Resource Group-a training group for mental health professionals.

Over a few years, I moved from a shared psychiatric practice into my own practice and by the early 1980′s was in a completely independent practice. Most of that time, I have worked with business and professional people. Many of my clients are physicians, attorneys, engineers, clergy, teachers, artists, performers, and other mental health professionals. Interestingly, I have one of the rare practices with a majority of male clients.