Counselor
Dr. Laurie B. Downey is a Counselor in Corpus Christi, TX
with special training and skill in identifying solutions to personal, social, and psychological problems.
As a Counselor, Laurie B. Downey, PhD, LPC, SAP, LSOTP performs
therapies that offer support and guidance to individuals or groups in order to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. Counseling is
a series of confidential, one-on-one or group meetings designed to help patients solve issues affecting their mental health and well-being. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Counselors include addiction, trauma, grief, depression, eating disorders, anger management, career choice, abuse, phobias, chronic pain, and relationship problems.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Counselors
include child, individual, group, couples, mental health, rehabilitation, school, and marriage and family counseling.
A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavior health services through interpersonal communications and analysis. Training and education at the specialty level usually requires a master's degree and clinical experience and supervision for licensure or certification.
Counselors in Bay Area, Corpus Christi, TX
Pastoral Counselor
Pastoral Counselors in Bay Area, Corpus Christi, TX
Addiction / Substance Abuse Psychologist
Dr. Laurie B. Downey is an Addiction / Substance Abuse Psychologist in Corpus Christi, TX
with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating mental disorders that cause substance addiction.
As an Addiction / Substance Abuse Psychologist, Laurie B. Downey, PhD, LPC, SAP, LSOTP performs
diagnosis and treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, schizophrenia, and other disorders that contribute to patient addiction. Addiction & Substance Abuse Psychology is
a specialty of mental health medicine that focuses on researching, diagnosing, and treating the emotional impulses or illnesses that lead to addictive behavior. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Addiction & Substance Abuse Psychologists include addiction to alcohol, illegal drugs, and prescription drugs.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction & Substance Abuse Psychologists
include conducting patient interviews, creating treatment plans, participating in individual or group therapy, offering diagnoses of mental health disorders, and referring patients to other medical specialists as needed.
A psychologist with a proficiency that involves the application of psychological treatment of addiction stemming from the use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances (e.g., nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin) or behavioral addictions (e.g., gambling) with the aim of cessation or reduction of use and/or the amelioration of emotional, behavioral, interpersonal and other problems arising from the addictive behavior.
Addiction Substance Abuse Psychologists in Bay Area, Corpus Christi, TX
