Dr. Garlock has completed a Doctoral degree with a specialty in marriage and family therapy.  He has been working with couples for over 25 years.  He trained after under Dr. John Gray utilizing the "Men Are From Mars And Women Are From Venus" couples counseling approach during the 1990's.  He is a licensed LMFT marriage and family therapist in the State of Texas (License 595).

Each couple that requests couples counseling participates in a thorough evaluation process.  This includes a face to face evaluation session, the completion of a variety of forms including the Couples Counseling Form, the Adult History Form and the Couples Therapy Contract form by each individual.  The individual who sought out the therapy services also completes the New Client forms.  These may be obtained prior to your initial office visit from this web site by going to the "Helpful Forms" page and downloading these forms and completing them prior to your initial session with Dr. Garlock.  Among the services that Dr. Garlock provides are dating counseing, premarital counseling, blended family issues, couples therapy and family therapy.

The initial session will focus upon issues which include the identification of the issues that led to the request for services, each individual's perceptions of the presenting problems and concerns, each individuals attempts that they have made to resolve the presenting issues, what has been successful and what has not been successful in issue resolution, what each person wants to have occur as a result of receiving the couples counseling services, what limitations exist in the current situation, what other individuals may be contributing to the current difficulties, how each individual problem solves, what role each individual might play in the solution process and what motivation each individual has for resolving the presenting issues.

There are a variety of issues that couples bring to the therapy process.  Some of these issues include blended family issues, child birth and rearing issues, communication issues, trust issues, extra-relational affairs, extended family issues, ex-spouse issues, money management, time management, emotional difficulties, change management issues, job loss and related impact issues, alcohol and drug issues and their impact upon the relationship and chronic health conditions, to name a few.  Dr. Garlock has worked with just about every issue that might exist with regard to couples and their attempts to find happiness and contentment in their lives. 

Dr. Garlock's average length of sessions for couples varies from five to ten sessions depending upon the complexity of the issues being addressed.  He is also a Christian counselor and can provide a Christian perspective in the counseling process if requested to do so.  

You may contact Dr. Garlock and request more information or an appointment by going to our Make An Appointment page and filling out the requested information.  You may also contact our office at 281-444-2678. Thank you for taking the time to learn about our couples counseling services.