Harold Murphy Counseling Center
Elevate Your Mental Health. EMPOWER YOUR LIFE.
The Harold Murphy Counseling Center (HMCC) is a partnership between the Department of Counseling at East Texas A&M and McKinney ISD, as well as Richardson ISD, providing low-cost, high-quality mental health services to all residents of Collin County and surrounding areas. Offering counseling services to adolescents, adults, couples, families, and groups, the center operates as a training facility for graduate and doctoral counseling students under the guidance and supervision of licensed professionals. The center is named in honor of Dr. Harold Murphy, the former head of the East Texas A&M counseling department.
Services
- Adult and adolescent counseling services for personal growth and emotional challenges such as anger, anxiety, communication, depression, life adjustments and trauma.
- Child counseling services including individual, group and play therapy.
- Parent education classes to improve parenting skills and parent-child relationships.
- Psycho-educational assessment for children ages 6-16 to evaluate intellectual and learning abilities, speech and language concerns, and emotional and psychological challenges.
Locations
- McKinney: 510 Heard Street, McKinney, TX 75069
- Richardson: 725 W. Beltline Rd, Richardson, TX 75080
HB 4224: access to health records and filing complaints
How to Request the Consumer’s Health Care Record from the HMCC
If you have a complaint or question regarding your clinician or the clinic in general, you can email the Clinical Director or Ms. Perez at [email protected] or call the McKinney clinic at 469.302.6318.
All notes will be kept for 7 years after the date of the last session. In the case of minors, records will be kept for 5 years after the age of 18 or 7 years after the date of the last session, whichever is longer. Clients and/or guardians may request the notes in writing and send them to the Clinical Director, who is the custodian of record. If the client is 18 or older, parents and/or guardians may not obtain the notes without the client's consent. Please allow 15 days from when the written request was received by the clinical director for the notes to be ready to be picked up. A valid ID must be shown in order to receive the notes. If someone is picking up the notes for you, a Release of Information must be signed before hand.
The following is the cost of printing notes:
$25 for the first 20 pages and $0.25 for each additional page. This must be paid at the time of picking up the notes. If we are required to have a signed affidavit with the notes, the notary's fee will also be included in the pages charge.
The Clinical Director, Dr. Chuyou-Campbell, is the custodian of records, meaning our clinicians may not give you the notes. In the case of the Clinical Director, leaving the organization or passing away, East Texas A&M University's Counseling Department's Department Head, Dr. Michael K. Schmit, will be considered the custodian of record.
How to Contact the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC)
To contact the Council with questions or requests for assistance.
To file a complaint against someone licensed by BHEC, please complete the Council’s Complaint Form available here: Council's complaint form
The completed form can be sent by email to [email protected] or by mail to 1801 Congress Avenue, Suite 7.300, Austin, Texas 78701.
How to File a Consumer Complaint with the Office of Attorney General’s Consumer Protection:
- Learn how to file a consumer protection complaint.
- Here’s what you need to know before you file a complaint.
- Filing a Complaint Online.
Explore our Counseling Services
Play Therapy
Play therapy is a developmentally appropriate form of therapy that utilizes a child's natural form of communication … play! While adults use words to express themselves, children use toys and their imaginations. Through a safe, therapeutic relationship with a trained therapist, a child is able to explore his or her feelings and experiences.
Individual Therapy
Adolescents and adults can meet with a therapist one-on-one to help process any concerns or issues they're dealing with. Using a non-judgmental stance, the therapist creates a safe, healing environment where the client can feel safe to explore and process feelings, thoughts, and experiences that they may not have been able to do before therapy. Therapy is tailored for the unique needs of each client.
Child-Parent Relationship Training (CPRT)
Drs. Garry Landreth and Sue Bratton developed Child-Parent Relationship Training (CPRT) to help parents increase attachment with their children. Over a course of ten weeks, parents learn and practice new skills that can immediately be implemented with their children. Parents also get support from other parents throughout the process.
Couples Counseling
Relationships can be hard work. Fortunately, couples counseling can help two individuals learn how to work better as a team. The therapist helps both parties learn about past and current behaviors that can cause friction in the relationship. Using this newfound knowledge and learning how to communicate appropriately, the couple can work together to strengthen their relationship.
Truancy Intervention Program
The Harold Murphy Counseling Center partners with McKinney ISD to counsel students who are in trouble for truancy. The Truancy Intervention Program (TIP) brings a psychoeducational approach to students and their families regarding what truancy is, and how the student can prevent falling behind in school. Therapists and students work together to establish goals and process what is important to them. Students can then work toward achieving their goals by going to school.
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Contact Us
- Harold Murphy Counseling Center
- 469.302.6318
- 510 Heard Street
- McKinney, TX 75069