Dr. Tommie Dahlmann is a licensed and board-certified addictions counselor and a certified eating disorders specialist with over twenty-five years of experience. She went into private practice in 1984 and soon after, established Dahlmann and Associates, Inc., one of the first wellness centers in San Antonio. The center treated body, mind and spirit, and was active in research through the Division of Addictive Diseases in the Department of Pharmacology of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. 

In the fall of 1991 she closed Dahlmann and Associates, Inc. and went into premature semi-retirement due to her late husband’s ill health. Since 1993, Dr. Dahlmann has traveled the world studying addiction and eating disorder treatments and healing through nutrition and other naturopathic modalities. 

Dr. Dahlmann was the executive director of San Antonio Turning Point, a drug/alcohol out-patient treatment program for adolescents and their families. She did interventions and intervention training for La Hacienda, an in-patient treatment program. She established and directed the San Antonio aftercare office for Schick Shadel Hospitals, a national treatment organization specializing in the diseases of addiction. 

Dr. Dahlmann reorganized and developed treatment programs, and was executive director of The Alpha House, a halfway house for women with alcohol/drug problems. Dr. Dahlmann has instituted programs and techniques that allows clients to change behavior patterns and quickly reprogram their beliefs without bringing up historical material that may be overwhelming and thus block or impair the healing process. Her psychotherapeutic methods draw on the often unrecognized resourcefulness and creativity of her clients to enable their personal understanding and change.

She is now helping people understand the physical and psychological aspects of their dis-ease. Dr. Dahlmann also helps her clients understand what she calls “conscious-evolution”. Conscious-evolution is learning to focus thoughts and emotions on what is desired in life and creating what is wanted instead of focusing on fears and creating what is not wanted. She leads workshops on many topics for both professional and lay participants and provides consulting for businesses. Dr. Dahlmann is now married to a medical scientist/ naturopathic physician and they see clients by referral.

Recent publications: 

“Case Study: Liver detoxification for carbohydrate addiction” Whole Food Nutrition Journal Volume 1 No 1 2001

“How to Identify Bulimics and Start Them Towards Recovery” Whole Food Nutrition Journal Volume 2 No 2 2001

“Anorexia: A Cause or a Result of Malnutrition?” Whole Food Nutrition Journal Volume 3 No 3 2001

“Obesity: The 99.2 Billion Dollar Question” Whole Food Nutrition Journal Volume 4 No 4 2002

Licenses and certifications:

LCDC = Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor

AAC = Advanced Addiction Counselor

CEDS = Certified Eating Disorders Specialist