Frances Dee Cook

LPC, NCC

Sugar Land Office

While attending Stephen F. Austin State University, in the beautiful Piney Woods, my first degree was in education.  The second degree was my masters, in Guidance and Counseling in 1982.  I became aware while teaching the learning disabled that many students were so distracted by emotional adjustments that they were losing time in the educational process. 

I began counseling in 1989.  My state license and national certification came with years of experience as a grade school counselor in East Texas. To broaden my experience, I was an intern with a hospital drug rehabilitation center. After 30 years in public education, 16 of those years as a school counselor, I joined Houston Center for Christian Counseling.

I work with Children, Adolescents and Adults in multiple areas. Many clients are adjusting to new situations, while others are seeking a diagnosis to clarify behaviors that are concerning them. I enjoy working with people who want to effect a change in their lives.  Those who are trying to go the next step by changing their perspective about their place and purposes in God’s will.

My interest in children and parenting lead me to complete Foster/Adoption licenses training, from the state of Texas. The joy of being a part of the adjustment of children to their new families is immensely rewarding. I encourage all ages of parents and grandparents to learn about “Parenting with Love and Logic”. I have been trained in play therapy and in my counseling with children, I often involve the family. I believe young children often use toys and play as expressions of their feelings and that parents maintain structure and shape of a child's world of experiences.

My most recent training is in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This is a thoroughly researched method of decreasing the emotional impact of major and minor trauma.  It can also be utilized to increase feelings of security, self esteem and well being.

My approach to counseling is that God created a multitude of personalities and circumstances to assure us that we are unique, and meant for a special journey in His love and care. I feel that it is a privilege to be included in my clients' search for a full life in Christ. Through God directed choices, prayer, planning and self-discipline, we are able to receive the joy that arrives with self actualization.