Professor Emeritus Louis Downs, PhD, began his career in Counselling. After receiving his Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology, he took his place as a psychotherapist in the mental health community specializing in childhood disorders, adult phobia and anxiety, substance abuse, and working within the legal system with prison parolees and probationers.
Realizing the need for skills beyond what academia provided, he studied Cognitive Behavioral Therapy under Dr. Donald Meichenbaum, Gestalt Therapy under Dr. Erving Pollster, Reality Therapy under Dr. William Glaser, Solution Focused therapy under Bill O’Hanlon, Dissociative Disorder Therapy under Dr. Richard Kluft, and received his certificate in hypnosis from the Milton Erickson Institute. He was also certified as a transactional analysis therapist, a play and sand therapist, was certified as an adventure-based counselor, and was certified by the Red Cross as an emergency mental health specialist.
During his studies to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Counseling Psychology, he was introduced to the new field of Integrated Therapy: an approach that empirical studies was revealing significantly more effective and long-lasting outcomes than single model therapies. For the past 23 years of a 39-year career in counseling and psychotherapy, Prof Downs has applied, taught, and clinically supervised integrated therapeutic techniques. He brings his extensive experience and expertise to professional counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in Southeast Asia to enhance their own clinical effectiveness.