He provides psychotherapy and counseling for a wide range of life's problems, mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, anger management, stress reduction and management, grief and loss, family and marital counseling, substance abuse, and more.
He has been certified as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida since 1986 and The National Board of Certified Counselors since 1987.
He is further credited with bringing alternative substance abuse services to the Tampa Bay area. The methodology offers an option to traditional 12-step “higher power” programs.
Dr. Thomas practices in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with specific focus drawn from rational theory and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
He has obtained specific, extensive training in methods of REBT and has received direct instruction from Teaching Fellows of the Albert Ellis Institute, New York, N.Y.
Albert Ellis Institute is a world center for mental health research, training, and clinical practice. More info about the Institute may be found here: www.rebt.org.
The Institute is the source of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which is the foundation of all cognitive-behavior approaches in use around the world today.
In 1955 Dr. Albert Ellis developed REBT which is an action-oriented therapeutic approach that stimulates emotional growth by teaching people to replace their self-defeating thoughts, feelings and actions with new and more effective ones.
Dr. Thomas is an Associate Fellow and teaching faculty member of the Albert Ellis Institute.
The foremost principle of REBT, and that which we strongly adhere to at StressGroup.com, is that individuals have the ability to overcome most emotional upsets and neuroses if simply given the proper educational tools.
Simply put, it is the common human condition that we (all of us) create our own emotions via our own thinking. Happy or sad, angry, excited, down-in-the-dumps, are very real emotions and feelings, but all are created by the individual’s thinking and perceptions not by someone else’s, or outside forces.
Through the use of the principles of REBT we teach individuals that they are responsible for their own emotions and give them the power to change and overcome their unhealthy thoughts that interfere with their ability to function and enjoy life.
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Whitford-Thomas Group, Tampa
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Email and telephone counseling services for the StressGroup are provided by Dr. David L. Thomas, LMHC.
Dr. Thomas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Psychotherapist with a private practice in Tampa, Florida. He has been providing counseling services since 1983 and in private practice in the Tampa Bay area since 1987. He attended the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, received his Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of South Florida in 1983 and a Doctorate in Mental Health Education, also from USF, in 1987.
