ABOUT ME
L. Kay Howard, LPC, Ph.D
Licensed Professional Counselor
I am a native Texan with nine years of clinical counseling experience. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Education with a minor in Psychology from Texas Southern University. I taught school for ten years and absolutely loved it. However, I wanted to help children and families on a different level. That desire led me to the University of Houston where I earned a Master's degree in Educational Psychology in 1996. After graduating, I worked as a Certified school counselor, and later became licensed as a Professional Counselor (LPC) in 1999 (http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/counselor/lpcrost.pdf). Recently, I earned a doctorate degree in Psychology and Christian Counseling from Louisiana Baptist University. A keen interest in the brain led me to do my dissertation on Brain Research and Psychiatric Disorders.
Along with working in private practice, I did contract work with a treatment center, where I saw clients for individual and group counseling. I treated clients struggling with bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, aspergers disorder, autism, depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, panic disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and many others.
I am an active member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and the Mental Health Association of Fort Bend County (MHAFBC). I participate annually in the National Depression Screening Day sponsored by MHAFBC.
Along with a busy practice, I am also an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) supervisor, where I supervise counselor interns who are working towards their hours to become fully licensed.