Ed O'Brien, Ph.D., LMFT

Dr. Ed O'Brien

12521 Inwood Road

Dallas, TX 75244

Phone Number: (972) 934-8388

Email: eobrien@stritaparish.net

I am a Catholic therapist practicing in a Catholic setting: having said that, I welcome clients of any or no faith background and do not proselytize. I have an extensive, thirty-five year background in marital and relationship work,= I have been trained in Worldwide Marriage Encounter, PREP, FOCCUS, PREPARE, and PAIRS, and I draw on this training in working with couples. My goal is to support couples in building strong, healthy and loving relationships. My office is a safe place to openly discuss issues and perspectives to achieve a complete understanding of the situation which brought the couple to my office. My approach is collaborative, that is, I work as a team with the couple to define their goals, to understand impediments to achieving those goals, and to explore alternative ways to surmount the impediments and reach the specified goals. I see relationship as an environment constructed by the parties involved, and therefore as an environment the parties can reconstruct if the environment is not supportive of a good relationship. I define success in therapy as having a couple achieve their healthy goals and have confidence that they have the tools necessary to sustain a healthy relationship.

Gender: Male

Graduate Degree: Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy

University: Texas Woman's University

Graduate Degree: M.S., Physics (Oceanography)

University: U. of Miami (FL)

License: MFT

State Licensed In: TX

Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:

Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy