Peter C. Cousins, Ph.D., ABPP
Benefits:
When you come to see Dr. Cousins you will get
a treatment that is tailored to you. I have been
through my stages of being a Relationship
Enhancement marriage counselor, a traditional
psychodynamic therapist, a cognitive/behavior
therapist, a systems therapist, an interpersonal
therapist and more. If you are interested in the
latest fad therapy, or the latest and greatest
repackaging of some ancient methods, then I
am not the person for you to see, as I will pick
and choose according to who you are, what
your needs are and of course what works. I will
not recommend expensive fad treatments that
don't make any logical sense, or have any real
scientific evidence behind them. Unfortunately
for the public, there is a lot of scientific
sounding psychotherapies that are nothing
more than snake oil or experimental treatments
when certain fundamental are proven in the
field of psychology.
If you are interested in treatment governed by
compassion, integrity, and nonjudgemental
principles, with an equal measure of
understanding of the psychological literature of
what really works in the short and long run, and
experience and training in implementing these
methods, then I may be the right psychologist
for you. In today's world if a treatment does not
have multiple studies showing real
effectiveness worth the time and cost invested
then it is very unlikely to be worth your time. I
have been in the Houston community long
enough to see many providers who are expert
in marketing and convincing people of the
slickness of their approach and why it is helpful
for them to spend an extreme amount of
money, only to find that their marketing
expertise is not matched by clinical expertise..
I do psychological testing and counseling
I use all of these methods and more when they
are appropriate. With almost 25 years of
experience, I know what tends to work and with
whom. You will have the benefit of knowledge
of a wide variety of approaches from someone
who has been trained and experienced with a
very wide variety of people and you will not see
a lesser trained service extender, nor will you
be the first person I have seen with your
particular problem although I firmly believe that
different people with the same problem, often
respond to different things. There are some
comonalities, as I discuss in some of the
specialty pages.
Although many people are trained in a particular
approach, people's problems are not governed
by that approach, they can be understood in
many different ways and if something does not
work with someone, we will try something else,
I am not wedded to convincing you to see the
world as I do, I am interested in alleviating
suffering by understanding your world through
listening, giving suggestions, assignments,and
supporting you through your own growth and
struggles. There are principles that govern
behavior from the outside world, as well as from
our own individual, social and family history,
and our own psychological makeup.
I know how hard it is to take the first step to
make a call so I will not waste your time, I will
not
You will get treated like a person and not a
collection of symptoms.
When you come to see Dr. Cousins you will get
a treatment that is tailored to you. I have been
through my stages of being a Relationship
Enhancement marriage counselor, a traditional
psychodynamic therapist, a cognitive/behavior
therapist, a systems therapist, an interpersonal
therapist and more. If you are interested in the
latest fad therapy, or the latest and greatest
repackaging of some ancient methods, then I
am not the person for you to see, as I will pick
and choose according to who you are, what
your needs are and of course what works. I will
not recommend expensive fad treatments that
don't make any logical sense, or have any real
scientific evidence behind them. Unfortunately
for the public, there is a lot of scientific
sounding psychotherapies that are nothing
more than snake oil or experimental treatments
when certain fundamental are proven in the
field of psychology.
If you are interested in treatment governed by
compassion, integrity, and nonjudgemental
principles, with an equal measure of
understanding of the psychological literature of
what really works in the short and long run, and
experience and training in implementing these
methods, then I may be the right psychologist
for you. In today's world if a treatment does not
have multiple studies showing real
effectiveness worth the time and cost invested
then it is very unlikely to be worth your time. I
have been in the Houston community long
enough to see many providers who are expert
in marketing and convincing people of the
slickness of their approach and why it is helpful
for them to spend an extreme amount of
money, only to find that their marketing
expertise is not matched by clinical expertise..
I do psychological testing and counseling
I use all of these methods and more when they
are appropriate. With almost 25 years of
experience, I know what tends to work and with
whom. You will have the benefit of knowledge
of a wide variety of approaches from someone
who has been trained and experienced with a
very wide variety of people and you will not see
a lesser trained service extender, nor will you
be the first person I have seen with your
particular problem although I firmly believe that
different people with the same problem, often
respond to different things. There are some
comonalities, as I discuss in some of the
specialty pages.
Although many people are trained in a particular
approach, people's problems are not governed
by that approach, they can be understood in
many different ways and if something does not
work with someone, we will try something else,
I am not wedded to convincing you to see the
world as I do, I am interested in alleviating
suffering by understanding your world through
listening, giving suggestions, assignments,and
supporting you through your own growth and
struggles. There are principles that govern
behavior from the outside world, as well as from
our own individual, social and family history,
and our own psychological makeup.
I know how hard it is to take the first step to
make a call so I will not waste your time, I will
not
You will get treated like a person and not a
collection of symptoms.
This website will explore some of the ways in
which people get stuck and how a
psychologist can help, and why a
psychologist is specially qualified to do so.
Along the way we will talk about how change
can bring happiness and explore some of the
way that change can be achieved.
which people get stuck and how a
psychologist can help, and why a
psychologist is specially qualified to do so.
Along the way we will talk about how change
can bring happiness and explore some of the
way that change can be achieved.
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| Diplomate in Family Psychology-American Board of | |
| Professional Psychology (ABPP) | ||
| Texas Psychological Association (TPA) | |
| Houston Psychological Association (HPA) | |
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(713) 523-5778
(281) 361-5778
(281) 361-5778
Change Brings Happiness!
Dr. Cousins' Affiliations:
| 3000 Richmond Avenue Suite 425 Houston, TX 77098 19747 Highway 59 North Suite 222 Humble, TX 77338 |
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