The Center for Family Counseling
MEET THE STAFF
Misty Solt, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S, NCC
Clinic Director
Dr. Misty Solt is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and National Certified Counselor. Dr. Solt has been working in the field of Counseling since 1998 as a counselor in the following areas: school crisis counseling, in-home counseling, agency counseling, and private practice. Dr. Solt has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Master's in Counseling program at both Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas. Dr. Solt is published in the area of counseling and has a private practice in Frisco, TX.
Sabine Rakos, LCSW
Assistant Clinic Director
Sabine Rakos received her Master of Social
Work from the University of Texas Arlington in 1986. She served
as director of psychiatry and chemical dependency leading a
multi disciplinary team of psychiatric professionals for both
Charter and HCA hospitals. In 1994 she opened a group private
practice. She has specializations in marriage and family,
psychiatry, chemical dependency and employee assistance programs
serving children, adolescents and adults. Sabine has provided
consulting service to psychiatric hospitals, physical
rehabilitation companies and has presented on employee mental
health and family care to numerous companies. She taught
chemical dependency classes at Midwestern University in Wichita
Falls as an instructor. She continues to provide solution
focused cognitive behavioral therapy in private practice located
in Flower Mound Texas. Sabine is a member of the National
Association of Social Workers.
Gay McAlister, Ph.D.
Instructor/Coordinator: Clinical Services
Dr. McAlister received her Master's of
Education in Supervision at Lamar University and her Ph.D. in Family Studies
at Texas Woman's University in 2006. She is a Licensed Professional
Counselor and a Registered Educational Diagnostician. She served, by
Gubernatorial appointment, to the Texas State Board of Examiners of LPC's
from 1999 to 2003. Since 2004, Gay has supervised more than 44 school
counselors in Dallas ISD. As an Adjunct Instructor, she taught at Lamar
University in Beaumont and the University of Texas, Tyler. She is a member
of numerous associations in the field with presentations at Texas Education
Association meetings and state conferences. National conference
presentations include the American Counseling Association in Detroit in 2007
and many others. Her research interests include family behavior patterns,
female relational aggression, Adlerian perspectives in the classroom as well
as counselor ethics and induction of new counselors.
Brandy Schumann, Ph.D.
LPC-S, RPT-S, NCC
Practicum Instructor
Dr. Brandy Schumann is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and National Certified Counselor.
Dr. Schumann holds a Doctoral and Master’s and degree in Counseling, with a specialty in Play Therapy from the University of North Texas. She has worked as a counselor in a variety of counseling settings including private practice, agencies, crisis and schools. Her specialties include counseling children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Schumann taught as a lecture and adjunct professor for the University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University. She has presented internationally, nationally and published in the child counseling field. Dr. Schumann currently services the field through her private practice located in both McKinney and Dallas where she offers both LPC Intern supervision and services for children, adolescents and families. Most of all she loves spending time with her family.
Tonda Crenshaw
Administrative Assistant
Tonda
Crenshaw has worked in the field of counseling since 1995, most recently with
the Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD and with the Brenham ISD. Prior to that,
she worked at Austin College in Sherman, TX, and at Blinn College in Brenham,
TX.