Joseph LaBeau

Joseph LaBeau is a seasoned counselor practicing in Texas with 21 years of clinical experience. He holds a Master of Education with a specialization in counseling and is licensed to practice in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor (TX LPC 19445). He emphasizes respectful, ethical, and kind interactions while approaching problems directly.

Professionally, Joseph describes himself as a modern, cognitive-analytic therapist who sees many difficulties as stemming from the ways people interpret experiences and the images, memories, and feelings tied to them. For online work he often begins with Rational Emotive Therapy, a focused method aimed at reducing emotional disturbances efficiently.

Joseph invested in practical, skill-focused training in addition to his graduate degree. His non-academic certificates include Behavioral Health training through the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, a One-Year Program in Modern Psychoanalysis from the Association for Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis in Livingston, NJ, certification as a Clinical Hypnosis Counselor from the Association for Clinical Hypnosis in Bloomingdale, IL, and a Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist credential from the National Association of Forensic Counselors in Fort Wayne, IN. He also trained in behavioral health and psychiatry at two medical schools and completed a two-year, post-licensure training period under a Board-Approved Licensed Clinical Social Worker supervisor.

Colleagues and supervisors have recognized his clinical abilities. Supervisors such as Steven Pliszka, M.D., Alex Kudisch, M.D., and Hector Villareal, LCSW, have noted his effective counseling skills and strong clinical judgment while working with challenging cases and under supervision.

Joseph has pursued additional depth training and personal analytic work. He completed a One Year Certificate Program in 2013 through the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis followed by clinical group supervision and about another year in personal analysis. He also completed a one-year Child Studies fellowship at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston and studied classical Freudian psychoanalysis at the Center for Advanced Studies in Psychotherapy. Earlier in his professional development he underwent personal therapy for about a year and a half.

His practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, addictions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep disorders, parenting challenges, anger management, bipolar disorder, depression, and compassion fatigue. He is a member of the Texas Counseling Association, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and the National Association of Forensic Counselors.