- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Tommy
Tommy Pool is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 30 years of experience. He focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety, address addictions, and navigate relationship and family concerns. He also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, low self-esteem, and parenting challenges.
He works with people to create an open, nonjudgmental space where feelings and thoughts can be shared. Sessions center on the client's goals and everyday problems rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Tommy favors clear, down-to-earth conversation and helps people build skills they can use between sessions. His approach draws on methods that help change unhelpful thinking and improve emotional connection. He also uses mindfulness practices to calm intense feelings and foster present-moment awareness.
These tools are tailored to each person's needs and paced to what feels manageable. Tommy has worked across many settings over three decades, helping people cope with major life changes, caregiving stress, and substance-related concerns. He brings steady experience to complex issues like attachment wounds, blended family stress, and breakup or divorce adjustments.
Getting started involves a simple sign-up and a short matching questionnaire. From there sessions are scheduled in a way that fits the client's life. Tommy aims to make the first steps straightforward and supportive.
What Tommy works with
Everything Tommy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tommy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tommy lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Client-centered work means the conversation starts with the client's priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps people identify next steps that feel right for them. This approach is useful for parenting concerns, relationship strain, and emotional overwhelm.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop different behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions and repair emotional connection in close relationships, which can be useful when intimacy or attachment issues are present.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. Plans may mix listening, skill-building, mindfulness exercises, and practical homework so progress fits everyday life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, check-ins between sessions, and flexible ways to stay on track during a busy week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and parenting routines.
Questions people ask about Tommy
What kinds of concerns does Tommy help with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is his general therapy style like?
Tommy creates an open, nonjudgmental space and focuses on practical steps. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at building skills people can use day to day.
How much experience does he have?
He has 30 years of professional work experience supporting people through a wide range of concerns.
Where is he licensed and located?
Tommy holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in Texas with licensure in CO LPC and TX LPC listed.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.
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