Victor Loos, PhD, LSSP

Clinical Psychologist​

Director of the Center for Family Consultation​

Undergraduate: 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

2524 Nottingham St
Houston , TX 77005-1412
713-526-4751

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Houston , TX 77005