Samuel Robison,
MA, LPC-S

Samuel’s specialties include crisis counseling, risk assessment and in-home and office-based family and couples therapy. Sam has over 18 years of professional experience in multiple treatment settings including residential, community and outpatient counseling. Sam has expertise in working with other systems of community care to integrate wholistic treatment.

Approach To Therapy

 
Sam utilizes an eclectic, collaborative and individualized approach to treatment drawing from Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Illness Management Recovery (IMR), Family Systems Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Satir methods. Sam’s focal point of treatment with children, adults, and families is effective communication and exploration of systems level dynamics. Sam helps clients understand that interpersonal communication and internal communication shape our perceptions and contribute to the formation of schemas, or mental maps, of the world around us. Analyzing and improving semantics and metacommunication help create better understanding for family or couple dynamics and create awareness of maladaptive, destructive self-talk.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

 
Sam received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas. He earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston University. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Approved Supervisor License No. 61374. He is approved for teaching the Nurturing Parenting curriculum required by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

 
Happily married for 16 years, Sam enjoys time with his family including his wife Heather and their two growing boys. He volunteers often as a Little League coach and is in attendance at every sporting event for his two boys. Sam is a highly lauded Grill Master and his friends are still trying to convince him to open a food truck. He and his family love being in the outdoors and nature. He is an avid sports fan and loves cheering for the Aggies, Astros and Texans, in that order. Sam is described by friends and colleagues as sincere, down-to-earth, trustworthy and loyal to a fault. He is known for his insight and sense of humor.

AVAILABILITY

Sam is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on weekends on a case-by-case basis. He is in-network for most major insurance plans.

Heather Robison,
MHA, LPC-S

Heather’s specialties include child and adolescent and family therapy focusing on a collaborative, relational approach to problem-solving and skill building. With over 20 years of professional, clinical experience she draws from a highly diverse background in multiple treatment settings and clinical populations.

Approach To Therapy

Heather engages clients in a collaborative partnership to identify individualized treatment goals and customize interventions to the individual needs and preferences of her clients. Heather has been described by clients and colleagues as highly personable, non-judgmental and validating while providing expert guidance and support. She believes in authentic, genuine human connection as the foundation of building a therapeutic relationship of trust and mutual respect. Establishing an authentic, therapeutic relationship is therefore, one of her first treatment priorities.

Heather incorporates evidence-based and empirically supported models of care to address specific treatment issues. Approaches to specific topics and services are outlined in greater detail in the Services section of this website. Her treatment modalities include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Reality Therapy and other Trauma- Informed approaches. With a deep compassion and sensitivity for the human condition, Heather strives to bring the client’s personal experiences, values and strengths to the forefront of the therapeutic experience. Utilizing humor, honesty and compassion, Heather employs a relational model in all treatment interventions.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

 
Heather received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She has a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Sam Houston University and a Master of Arts in Healthcare Administration from Ashford University.

Heather has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in outpatient, residential, correctional, acute and community-based treatment settings. She is a Certified Provider in Collaborative and Proactive Solutions and a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator. She holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Approved Supervisor, License No. 18676. She is a Licensed Child Care Administrator, License No. C14174.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

During her free time, Heather enjoys running, boating, RVing, martial arts, attending her children’s sporting events and is a diehard Longhorn football fan! She and Sam are the proud parents of two amazing and infinitely complicated boys ages twelve and fifteen.

AVAILABILITY

Heather is currently accepting private pay clients on weekends.