Susan Packwood is the founder and executive director of Packwood Psychotherapy Services. She is a Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Child Abuse Specialist. Susan began working with children and families in 1980. She has a special interest in the treatment of trauma with adults and children.

Susan is also certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR is a psychotherapy treatment method that is effective for resolving emotional difficulties caused by upsetting adult or childhood events.

Susan has recently begun to help her clients with performance enhancement. Using effective methods for sports, business, social or performance arts peak performance, clients can change the way they interact in their world.

Susan believes that life can be different for people struggling with problems and strives to provide a safe place to heal. She has extensive training and experience and frequently provides workshops on a local, regional and national level.

Phil Packwood, LCSW, LSOTP, CART

Phil Packwood has a Master’s Degree in Social Work (LCSW) and works with children, teens and adults. His goal is to help clients change their unwanted behaviors by “reframing” their problems and helping them to see alternative solutions. Sometimes people are “blinded” by their own vision of problems to the point that they can’t see good alternatives.

Phil is also a Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider (LSOTP) in the State of Texas and works with both offenders and victims of sexual crimes. He feels it is important for victims of sexual crimes to not harbor feelings of guilt and shame. He also feels it is important for offenders to come to terms with their illness and understand why they did what they did and to take responsibility for their future behaviors. Empathy building is a big part of offenders’ treatment.

Phil is also a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist (CART) having worked many years with people having anger issues. Clients are shown new ways to overcome their anger problems by teaching them new responses and gradually having them erase old habits.