Victor Loos, PhD, LSSPClinical PsychologistDirector of the Center for Family ConsultationUndergraduate: Dallas Bible College, BA in Greek/Hebrew
Graduate: University of Texas at Arlington MA in Sociolinguistics University of North Texas MA in Clinical Psychology University of North Texas Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Galveston Family Institute Licensed Clinical Psychologist Certified Chemical Dependency Specialist Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Approved Supervisor (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) Personal Journey
Four decades of clinical work has solidified my multi-cultural appreciation. I came from Peru to the United States at age 17 to start college, focusing on languages and cross cultural training. I earned a masters in linguistics (M.A.--University of Texas Arlington), having acquired a bachelor of arts in Greek and Hebrew before that. I discovered that the most interesting work in linguistics and socio-linguistics was being conducted by researchers on the frontier of the then nascent field of family therapy: psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists and research pioneers investigating schizophrenic family communication; double-binding communication; logic, inference and literalism in interpersonal communication; linguistic markers in instances of miscommunication; patterns of linguistic conflict- continuance in relationships; linguistic relevancy issues; multi- level interactions; nonverbal family communication. So I continued my interest in interpersonal interactions with a masters and doctorate in clinical psychology from University of North Texas, doctoral internship at Baylor College of Medicine, and postgraduate fellowship at Galveston family Institute (all APA-approved programs). I stayed on to serve as faculty and director of training at Galveston Family Institute and clinical faculty at Baylor College of Medicine. I discovered the exciting world of clinical research, which for all its number-crunching and data-analytic qualities, yielded some fascinating insights for clinical practice. I had the opportunity to direct some interesting research projects along the way: Double Binding Communication in Families; Conflict Resolution in Couples; Emotional Intelligence in School-Aged Children. Along with Mary Lue Summerlin, Ed.D. we implemented emotional intelligence coaching projects in school districts around the state of Texas (SMART! EQ Coaching for Kids), and with Bob McLaughlin, Ph.D. and Kim McClanahan, Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine BCM, we implemented multi-year, federally-funded programs training teachers as counselors in school districts throughout Harris County (Teachers as Mentors). I later started the Center for Family Consultation to provide clinical services, training, research in the Houston area. More recently I have chosen to concentrate primarily on clinical practice in Houston at the Center for Family Consultation so that I could focus more time with a growing family, as well as writing, publishing, and reviving my childhood passion for wildlife photography. |
Victor Loos, PhD, LSSP
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