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Lirio Ohlson LMFT LPCC
Lirio Ohlson LMFT LPCC, Psychotherapist
Clients describe me as engaged, proactive, caring and (sometimes) funny (I’m thankful for the positive feedback)! I feel honored to do the work I do and after many years I still feel the same excitement and eagerness to help people as when I first started. Personal things I enjoy: sunlight, nature, a warm cup of tea on a cold day and comedy!
Over the course of my career I have been compelled to find the most useful and transformative methods of helping clients heal therefore I am a continual student of my craft and I enjoy integrating different modalities (e.g. EMDR, Schema Therapy, CBT, IFS, ACT, Gottman, Collaborative Couples Therapy) to help clients achieve the healing they need in their relationships with others and within themselves. My goal of providing the most effective care to individuals and couples has led me to develop advanced skills in EMDR through certification with EMDRIA with a special focus on healing long standing repetitive patterns that occur in relationships and within an individual.
What do you want help with? Individual Counseling? Couples Counseling? Ready to sign up for your brief (free) consult? Contact me to share your needs when you are ready! I look forward to helping you!
Education
I received my graduate education from Santa Clara University in California, where I learned the foundations of counseling psychology with a special focus on relationships and marriage and family therapy. I maintain active licenses to provide individual, couples, family and adolescent psychotherapy in California, Massachusetts and Texas. I am licensed both as a Marriage Family Therapist and a Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of California.
I have worked in a variety of settings including schools, community clinics, hospitals and in private practice. I feel fortunate to have been able to provide counseling support to a diversity of clients comprised of different cultural/ethnic groups, identities and orientation, and phases of life on both coasts as well as in the Midwest.
Training
I am trained as a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. I have extensive experience working with couples and individuals and families facing common everyday challenges as well as unexpected ruptures and significant life events. Some of the modalities that I have advanced training in include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Schema Therapy/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with the Beck Institute, Ego State Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, Collaborative Couples Therapy as well. I have training also in IFS informed therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Couples Therapy for Intimacy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for substance use concerns.
Rate & Insurance
I operate on a rate range scale which means depending on which format (individual or couple) and type of intervention ( EMDR or other type of therapy modality) a therapy hour (55 minutes) rate is negotiated with each client. If we utilize EMDR, 75 minutes is usually most optimal. For couples a 55 minute session is usually sufficient but we can increase if necessary. I am not paneled with any insurance company but I can provide you a Superbill if that applies to you.
Notice to Consumers: Good Faith Estimate
You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate which is a statement of the agreed fee per service if you do not have coverage for services via your insurer and an estimate of the amount over the potential treatment course prior the start of your services. You also have the right to dispute the charges if they exceed the agreed upon rate by $400 per unit of treatment.
Texas Client Information
Per 181.105 of Health and Safety Code - clients can send a request for health care records via my contact page here. They can contact the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council here and file consumer complaints with the Office of Attorney General Consumer Protection Page here.