About Blaine Moore, LCSW-S
I’m Blaine Moore, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, board-approved clinical supervisor, and owner of Moore Counseling and Wellness. I provide individual counseling, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, and teen counseling in Mansfield, Texas, as well as secure online therapy throughout Texas.
I believe people make the most sense when we understand their lives in context. Our struggles do not develop in isolation; they are often connected to relationships, family patterns, significant experiences, social expectations, and the stories we have learned to tell about ourselves.
My approach is collaborative, practical, and grounded in systemic thinking, Narrative Therapy, Bowen Family Systems Theory, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and at times, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
A Systemic approach to therapy
Systemic therapy recognizes that individual well-being and relationships continually influence one another. Whether I am meeting with an individual, couple, family, or teenager, I listen for recurring interactional patterns, emotional processes, family-of-origin influences, and the ways people respond to one another under stress.
Looking Beyond the Problem
Problems such as anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and relationship conflict can become remarkably effective at dominating a person’s attention. Over time, a problem may begin to influence how you see yourself, interpret your relationships, and imagine the future.
Solution-focused and narrative approaches separate people from the problems affecting their lives. Instead of defining you by a diagnosis or difficult chapter, we explore the meaning you have made of your experiences, the conclusions you have reached about yourself, and the stories that deserve greater attention. This often reveals values, abilities, commitments, and preferred ways of living that have been present all along—even when the problem has made them difficult to see.
What working with me is like
My style is conversational, interactive, and collaborative. I ask thoughtful questions, offer observations, and help clients examine familiar situations from different perspectives. I bring clinical knowledge and experience; you bring essential knowledge about your life, relationships, priorities, and hopes. Both forms of knowledge belong in the room.
I also believe therapy should lead somewhere. Insight matters, but so does translating insight into meaningful changes outside the counseling office. Our conversations may address serious and painful experiences, but therapy does not have to feel cold or impersonal. I value authenticity, appropriate humor, and a relationship in which you can speak openly without being reduced to a diagnosis or judged by the difficulties you have faced.
Counseling Services
At Moore Counseling and Wellness, I provide:
Individual counseling for anxiety, depression, stress, anger, trauma, men’s issues, relationship concerns, grief, and life transitions
Couples and marriage counseling for communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, trust concerns, and relationship transitions
Family therapy for conflict, changing roles, parenting challenges, emotional distance, and recurring family patterns
Teen counseling for anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, family conflict, identity concerns, and life transitions
LCSW clinical supervision for social workers pursuing advanced clinical licensure in Texas
In-person appointments are available in Mansfield, and secure telehealth counseling is available to clients located throughout Texas.
Insurance Accepted
I am currently paneled with several major healthcare companies, including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Baylor Scott & White, and Cigna.
Therapeutic Perspectives
Bowen Family Systems Theory
Bowen Family Systems Theory helps us understand how anxiety moves through relationships and how patterns may be repeated across generations. Therapy can help you observe these patterns more clearly, respond with greater intention, and remain connected to important people without losing your own sense of self. You do not need your entire family in the room for this work to be valuable; a systemic perspective can be useful in individual counseling as well as couples and family therapy.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy explores how language, relationships, culture, and experience shape identity. Together, we examine problem-dominated stories and make room for neglected experiences that reflect your values, resilience, knowledge, and preferred direction. This is not about putting a positive spin on painful experiences. It is about developing a fuller account of your life—one that makes room for struggle without allowing it to define everything about you.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy emphasizes strengths, exceptions, resources, and meaningful signs of progress. Alongside understanding your concerns, we look for times when the problem has been less influential, identify what helped, and consider small changes worth trying. Progress should connect to your priorities—not someone else’s definition of how your life should look.
I draw from these approaches according to the needs of the person, couple, or family sitting with me. Therapy is not a standardized formula. It should be responsive to your relationships, history, goals, and understanding of your own life.
Professional Vitae
Current Practice
Moore Counseling and Wellness — Mansfield, Texas
Owner and Psychotherapist
Individual therapy, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, clinical consultation and supervision, and in-person and telehealth services
Education
Master of Science in Social Work
The University of Texas at Arlington, 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
The University of Texas at Arlington, 2000
Licensure and Clinical Credentials
Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor — Texas
Board-approved clinical supervisor providing clinical guidance and supervision to developing social work professionals
Teaching and Professional Training
Instructor — The University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work Professional Development Program
Provided professional instruction concerning the clinical application of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Narrative Therapy.
Selected Conference Presentations
Presented locally, nationally, and internationally on family violence, trauma, abuse, and strengths-based therapeutic practices for organizations and conferences including:
European Brief Therapy Association Conference
Canadian Domestic Violence Conference
Tarrant County Sexual Abuse Advisory Council
Collin County Council on Family Violence
Imagine No Violence Conference
Publications and Scholarly Contributions
Gosnell, F., McKergow, M., Moore, B., Mudry, T., & Tomm, K. (2017). A Galveston declaration. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 36(3), 20–26.
Bolton, K. W., Lehmann, P., Jordan, C., Frank, L., & Moore, B. (2016). Self-determined goals in a solution-focused batterer intervention program: Application for building client strengths and solutions. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 26(6), 541–548.
Contributor, group goal forms, in Simmons, C. A., & Lehmann, P. (Eds.). (2009). Strengths-Based Batterer Intervention: A New Paradigm in Ending Family Violence. Springer Publishing Company.
Research
European Brief Therapy Association Research Grant — 2010
Co-investigator with Peter Lehmann, PhD, on a pre-post research design examining outcomes for 100 men convicted of domestic violence who participated in a group intervention program.
The University of Texas at Arlington — Research Collaboration
Collaborated with Peter Lehmann, PhD, on research examining the use of Solution-Focused Therapy in group programs for men and women charged with family-violence-related offenses.
Editorial and Professional Service
Journal of Systemic Therapies
Manuscript Reviewer, beginning in 2017
Tarrant County Council on Family Violence
Member, beginning in 2007
Chair, 2014–2016
Vice Chair, 2013
Treasurer, 2010–2012
Treatment Committee Chair, 2008–2012
Professional Memberships
National Association of Social Workers
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Beyond the Therapy Room
Outside my professional work, I enjoy backpacking, camping, playing piano, and spending time with my family. Time outdoors continually reminds me that meaningful change rarely follows a perfectly straight path. It often involves adjusting to unfamiliar terrain, gaining perspective, and continuing forward with greater awareness of what matters.
That understanding also influences my work as a therapist. I do not presume to know the path another person should take. My role is to help clients step back from the immediate problem, recognize the relationships and stories influencing their lives, and move toward a future that better reflects their values.
Begin Therapy in Mansfield, Texas
Moore Counseling and Wellness serves individuals, couples, families, and teens from Mansfield and nearby communities, including Arlington, Kennedale, Grand Prairie, Midlothian, Burleson, Venus, and the greater Fort Worth area. Secure online counseling is available to clients located anywhere in Texas.
You do not need to have everything figured out before contacting a therapist. We can begin with what has been happening, how it has affected you and your relationships, and what you hope will become possible.
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