Dr. Fred is the author of The Shame Solution: Your Guide to Self-Discovery. You’re Better Than You Think You Are, the first in a “Solution” series of self-help books. The concepts bring fresh perspective to shame-based problems. The exercises are designed to be easy to implement and effective in resolving the issues that keep people stuck in their “jungle.”
A Fair Piece: From Disaster to Doctorate is Dr. Fred’s personal story of his escape from the shame jungle. A Fair Piece is a remarkable story of how a drunk plumber with a high school education became a master therapist with a Ph.D.
Dr. Fred is currently working on The EXACT Solution which deals with healing trauma within a relationship. At the heart of the book is the groundbreaking EXACT Method which Dr. Fred developed and is the subject of his doctoral dissertation.
Frederick Capps, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, ICAADC, QSAP
Dr. Capps is founder of A NEW DIRECTION, a private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas. His specialties include the addictive process, EMDR, trauma resolution, and grief counseling for individuals and couples. Dr. Capps provides clinical supervision and training for professionals in the counseling field. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Approved LPC Supervisor. He is Board Certified as a National Certified Counselor, International Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a Level II EMDR Therapist. Dr. Capps has been providing substance abuse evaluations for industry employees and for the Texas Medical Board, Texas Physicians Health Program, Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses, Major League Baseball, and other entities including state and federal criminal justice systems since 1988. Dr. Capps is a Qualified Substance Abuse Professional, conducting evaluations under the U.S. Department of Transportation Rules since January 2004.
Dr. Capps is retired from teaching as an Adjunct Graduate Professor at Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi and has presented on a wide variety of counseling related topics at numerous state, national and international conferences. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and is a contributing author to Substance Abuse Counseling, 3rd and 4th Editions, published by Prentice-Hall. He wrote the substance abuse counseling curriculum for Del Mar College and has served as a Field Evaluator for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5).
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology with Highest Honors from Corpus Christi State University, a Master of Science in Counseling, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Education from Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi. He is a member of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, and Chi Sigma Iota, the national honor society in counseling.
Dr. Capps is a Past President of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals and served for more than ten years as Parliamentarian for the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium for Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions (IC&RC/AODA). In 2006, he was honored as the thirteenth inductee into the TAAP Hall of Fame, a lifetime service award that has been bestowed on only fifteen recipients in the thirty-five-year history of the Association.
Prior to finding his calling as counselor and teacher, Dr. Capps was a professional musician, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Leader and VietNam veteran, a professional salesman and sales manager of nearly every commodity imaginable, a Master plumber, and, thankfully, a recovered alcoholic.
As Dr. Capps approaches the twilight of his counseling career, he is busy developing a new career as an author and consultant.
