"Comprehensive Psychological and Counseling Services"

   Joe Creel, MSW

   Licensed Professional Counselor

   Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Joe Creel, MSW, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, provides outpatient, counseling and psychotherapy services as an associate of Alabama Psychological Services Center .  Mr. Creel is a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and a Certified Counselor Supervisor.  He is a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Association and is a member and past president of the Alabama Counseling Association and the Alabama Mental Health Counselors Association.  Mr. Creel looks forward to helping you and your family with important life issues that impact your emotional, behavioral, relational and spiritual well being. 

 Mr. Creel is an experienced provider of behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and college students.  He specializes in providing comprehensive assessment and intervention services for young people who are experiencing problems with behavior, emotions and academic achievement.  After completion of a thorough clinical assessment, Mr. Creel works collaboratively with parents, teachers, and other physicians to insure that the needs of each young person are met in a comprehensive manner.  Interventions may include individual and family counseling, consultation with other medical providers, and consultation visits (with parents) to a child or adolescent’s school.  The desired outcome always is to help parents to help their children (or to help the college age adult) to be successful with behavior, emotions, academics and social relationships.

 Mr. Creel also has extensive training and experience in providing behavioral health services to adults.  He provides counseling and psychotherapy services for individuals experiencing a variety of problems associated with anxiety, depression, life adjustment and obsessive thoughts and behaviors.  Additionally, Mr. Creel works extensively in the area of relationship counseling.  This includes counseling for pre-marital, marital, and extended family issues.

 With young people or adults, Mr. Creel often uses innovative approaches to help the individual achieve the best possible outcome.  He is an experienced provider of biofeedback technology services.  He often uses biofeedback training (computer monitoring, feedback and learned modification of physiological states such as breathing rate, heart rate, muscle tension, skin temperature and EEG brain wave activity) to supplement the treatment of anxiety, depression and attention based disorders such as ADHD.  This approach, used in close collaboration with medical providers, can often reduce or eliminate the need for medication in the treatment of these conditions.

 With the informed consent of individuals in his care, Mr. Creel facilitates Christ centered, faith based encounters with God’s Holy Spirit and Word (scriptural).  This approach allows self-selected individuals to integrate their Christian world view and values with problem solutions that are consistent with their faith.

 Mr. Creel resides with his wife, Laura, in Arab, Alabama where they are Stephen Ministry leaders in their church.  Their extended family includes two adult sons, two daughters by marriage, and three grandchildren.

Last modified: September 13, 2008