Stonebriar Psychiatric Services

Dr. David Tharp, board certified psychiatrist and counselor, and the staff at Stonebriar Psychiatric Services are ready to meet your counseling
and psychiatric needs. Offering a broad range of services, including evaluation, psychotherapy, counseling and medication management. Call
us if you are struggling with depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, ADHD, family or marital issues, compulsive
behaviors such as sexual addiction, post-traumatic stress related to past abuse, or self esteem issues. Service area: Frisco, Plano, McKinney,
Allen, Richardson, Prosper, Celina, Denton, Collin County, Dallas, Fairview, Murphy, Carrollton, Anna, Melissa.

Stonebriar Psychiatric Services, P.A.
972-335-2430

3550 Parkwood Blvd. Suite 705
Frisco, TX 75034

Greetings from my office in Frisco! I was asked to share some information on my professional background to give you, the
reader, an idea of who I am.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I serve as a therapist for individuals, couples, and families.   I am a professional
member of the Association for Imago Relationship Therapy, Dallas Group Psychotherapy Society and the American
Association of Christian Counselors.

My background includes a Masters in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Texas with an undergraduate
degree in Psychology from Texas A & M University.   (Yes indeed, I am an Aggie! )

I am also a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, with extensive clinical training in relationship theory and therapy.   This
certification is an extension of my ongoing commitment to helping individuals, couples and families connect, heal and grow
through relationship.

My passion is to provide the most comprehensive, effective therapeutic practices and support to those seeking mental and
emotional healing. This passion also requires authenticity, as what is shared in the office must also be practiced faithfully
at home in my own relationships.   This calls for my own personal ongoing integration of learning and growth as well.

By the time an individual, couple, or family has made the decision to seek counseling services, they are typically
experiencing powerful, painful emotions. Significant life challenges such as relationship rupture, trauma, fear and anxiety,
emotional distress, grief, depression, or substance abuse or dependence may dominate their reality. As such, they may feel
overwhelmed, hopeless, and worn-through with emotional and physical exhaustion. Many describe fighting a battle that they
cannot seem to win. Despite attempts to regain stability and security, the loss of control over their lives and relationships
rages on.

My work focuses on partnering with people in their journey and enlivening hope.   We meet in an intentional place of respite
and safety to do the life-changing work of healing and growth. This work involves expressing self fully, experiencing
understanding as well as gaining insight.   In a safe and supportive relational environment, clients can speak openly and are
freed up to identify and clarify the stuck places of their lives, to gain perspective and traction, to identify and address
defenses and blockages that inhibit and undermine growth, and to move into clarifying and realizing their vision for their
lives.

Learning and environment are powerful shaping forces in our lives. We are born with genetic predispositions and
characteristics. We may have our mother’s eyes, our father’s hair, and our grandfather’s ears.    We also may have our
mother’s tendency to withdraw when feeling hurt, or our father’s flaring temper that teaches others to back off, or our great
aunt’s tendency to worry and hold high levels of anxiety. We learn, we observe, we adapt, and we develop.

We were born into relationship, by way of our family and thus we are supported and/or wounded in relationship.   So,
relationship is a powerful instrument of healing or destruction.

If we can be wounded in relationship in childhood, then it stands to reason that we can also heal in relationship. Much of
my work focuses on facilitating natural healing processes, beginning within the safety of the therapeutic relationship, and
then extending outwards to meaningful relationships that engage the individual, couple, or family.

I am honored and humbled to witness the personal and relational growth that takes place as patients gain perspective,
knowledge, clarity, personal awareness, and the specific tools they need to handle their challenges.

My therapy style incorporates understanding of how the mind and emotions work, including the neurobiological and related
physiological impact of thought, emotion, and experience.   I incorporate therapeutic process as well as insightful
information to grow through circumstances and to heal.    I specialize in meeting people in the place of loss, disconnection,
and broken-heartedness, where hope feels scarce.   This is an immense honor and privilege.

Stonebriar Psychiatric Services serves individuals from a variety of belief systems and backgrounds.   We also serve the
unique needs of the faith community and those specifically desiring faith-based services.   Many of my patients specifically
request Christian Counseling that focuses on incorporating their spiritual journey, unique walk with Christ, and the wisdom
and truth of scripture to bring healing and understanding.   It is an honor to partner with them as they discover themselves
and their relationship as the Beloved of Christ.

For more information about my background of training and specialized experience in the field of mental health, counseling
and psychotherapy, please see my resumé.