About Thomas
Thomas Homrighaus uses practical, goal-focused counseling rooted in cognitive and mindfulness approaches. He draws on more than two decades of clinical experience to help people handle stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, mood concerns, and relationship and intimacy issues. Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas and working in plain, direct language others can follow.
He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness skills to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small changes.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and motivational interviewing are added when people need better emotion regulation or help finding motivation to change. Solution-focused techniques guide short-term goals and concrete steps that fit everyday life. Thomas trained in psychology at the bachelor's and master’s level and pursued postgraduate study in health psychology and behavioral medicine.
Over his career he has worked in individual and group settings and has supervised other therapists and interns. That background informs clear, practical strategies rather than technical jargon. In sessions, he emphasizes strengths, values, and self-worth.
Conversations focus on what a person can do differently this week to feel safer and more in control. He also addresses specific concerns such as obsessions, compulsions, process addictions, eating or sleeping problems, trauma, self-harm history, and phobias. Thomas aims to help people build small routines and new habits that reduce distress.
He explains tools plainly and practices them together during sessions. For many, this approach makes emotional problems feel more manageable and less overwhelming.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness in Online Care
Thomas commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT breaks larger problems into concrete steps so changes feel manageable.He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT skills are useful for strong emotions, anger, and relationship stress. Mindfulness therapy is used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with anxiety, insomnia, and compulsive behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will review a person's goals, try out techniques, and adjust methods as needed so the work fits day-to-day life. That flexibility helps make progress steady and focused.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical options. Video allows face-to-face work and skill practice, phone can be a quick check-in or fit a busy schedule, live chat is useful for shorter exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while using the therapist's chosen approaches.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English