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Tom Collins

Licensed Professional Counselor

Accepts

Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), Quest Behavioral Health, and United Healthcare (Optum)

Specializes in

Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, and Substance Use / Addiction

Great to meet you!

It's my experience that we're all on a journey. A journey of discovery and growth. I've been deeply involved with 12 Step Programs for almost 40 years and spent 10 years working as a Contract Combat Stress Counselor in the deserts and mountains of the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones, from 2004 to 2014. These kinds of work and the entire adventure my life help me understand and relate to our full human experience. This, along with my having worked to become a Master's Level Therapist in Texas (LPC) make me a valuable aide to people working on areas such as Post Traumatic Stress, Substance or Process Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, and Co-dependency.

A bit about my approach to therapy

I take a whole person - positive -dynamic approach to my therapeutic work with people. Always seeking to empower and deepen their ability to live life fully - with ever more peace, power, and harmony.

What you can expect from our first session

In our sessions we'll seek to name it (as close to the core issue as we can discover)...claim it...and overcome it. We'll strive to uncover the deeper/unconscious parts of the psyche that tend to drive our lives. Each session will be an opportunity to do this uncovering, discovering, recovering work, together.


Tom's style is

Affirming
Holistic
Empowering

Insurance carriers Tom accepts

Aetna
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania - Virtual National Network
Oscar
Oxford
Quest Behavioral Health
United Healthcare

More about Tom

MA, Ed.M in Mental Health Counseling at University of Houston, University Park
License type: LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) (Texas)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Languages: English
Works with: Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors
More specialties: Sleep disorder, Family Issues, Stress, Grief, Loss, Men's Issues, Trauma, and PTSD
Modalities: Jungian, Transpersonal, Motivational Interviewing, Critical Incident Stress Debrief (CISD), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Trauma Focused CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Psychodynamic, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy, Strength-Based, Humanistic, Positive Psychology, and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Location

998 Bentwater Drive
Montgomery, TX 77356