While a person can feel better after a good talk with a friend or relative, for moderate or severe emotional distress, this relief is only temporary. Talking with a trained listener helps alleviate emotional distress for good. The professionals in our practice are trained to listen and interact in a way that helps you get to the very root of your emotional concerns.
 
We offer you an opportunity to face your difficulties constructively and confidently; freeing you to enjoy all the good things life has to offer. Don't wait another minute. Give us a call. We'll give you an opportunity to meet with one of our professionals to see if our practice is right for you.
 
Visit our Services, Links, and Statistics page to see the array of services we provide, including but not limited to counseling, therapy, non therapy classes for weight management and parenting, and various types of evaluations. 
 
Visit our Contact Us page to see our various locations throughout the city of Houston so as to meet your needs conveniently.
 
Upgrading Your Relationship!!  We are offering this workshop one week prior to Valentine's Day.  This will be an exhilerating presentation that will help individuals to enhance and rekindle the fire and passion within their relationships.  The speaker will be renowned author, therapist, and costar of hit TV series Big Medicine MaryJo Rapini.  Pre-registration is required as seating will be limited.  This presentation will be at the Austin Layne Hotel located at 412 Westheimer Rd.  For more information or to pre register,  please call (713)385-1575.
 
Weight Management Classes starting now!!  Virtual classes for on the go persons who can adhere to certain guidelines.  Regular classes are currently ongoing and the next session will start in August 2009.  Losing weight is not just physical, it's also emotional.  These classes are for persons who want to learn about what is really required in order to lose weight but more importantly, be healthier.   Everyone's ability to lose weight is different and everyone's body composition is different.  Find out what is right specifically for you.  This class is not about dieting, or fasting, or pills. Some of the topics for these classes include:  how to get motivated, self care, will power, planning, how weight affects one's health, recordkeeping, balancing daily caloric intake, positive support systems, and many more.  Contact us at (713)385-1575 to sign up or for more information.   
 
Couples Enrichment Classes will also be starting soon.  This class is for couples who are wanting to get closer or who are desirous of a healthy, stable, and strong relationship.  Contact us for more details and to sign up for classes in your area.
 
Adolescent/Teen Support Group will be starting in March 2009.  This is a free group that will allow children (between the ages of 13 and 17) to come together to discuss openly topics that they feel are of importance to them.  This group will allow them to share with others their frustrations while at the same time learn how to possibly approach/view the situation in a different light.  Parents will have to give consent for their child/children to participate and parents will be required to come to a meeting with the children after the children attend 4 sessions.  The group will be about 1 hour on the weekend.  There will be a male group and a female group.  Contact us for more details.
 
Additional workshops coming soon:
1.  The Opposite Sex--What Is In His/Her Mind
2.  Stress Management
3.  Stimulating You in This Economy
4.  Let's Get Naked:  Premarital Fundamentals (Note:  This workshop is not about physical nakedness) 2 parts
Topics include:
A. How well do I know my mate?
B. Planning for a future together
C. Am I willing to deny myself?
D. Sexual expectations
E. The 3 F’s that can break you up
 
5.  Marriage Revitalization
Topics address the following:
A.  Is there trouble in your marriage/relationship?
B.  Are there issues of trust that bother you? 
C.   Has there been an affair?
D.  Is there a distance between you that often goes unmentioned?
E.  Are you unhappy?
F.  Are you being neglected in the marriage?
 
CD's are also available for most of these workshops.  Call (713)385-1575 for additional details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morris Psychological Services
Joanna Morris, MPA/MHAStephen A. Morris, LPC, NCC
Executive Director                                                   Clinical Director
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