Thomas A. Houle, Ph.D. is a retired licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Connecticut.
He holds a BS from the University of Minnesota, an MS from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D . from Michigan State University. He also has a postdoctoral MS in clinical psychopharmacology from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.
During his extensive career in psychology, Dr. Houle has had a wide variety of professional experiences.
He's worked in various treatment facilities, including a women's correctional facility, a veterans' administration hospital, a mental hospital, and a residential treatment facility for children. In addition, he's been a professor of psychology at the college and university level
And he has conducted a decades-long private practice in clinical psychology.
This wealth of experience has led him to develop the Houle Relationship Approach (HRA) which suggests that human relationships are the main contributors to psychological problems including so-called "mental illnesses" because each of us has certain guidelines or rules we see as governing our specific relationships and when we believe someone has violated these guidelines or rules, problems develop.
