Compassionate Mental Health Care. Since 1970
Interactional Services, Inc. is a group counseling practice providing evidence-based mental health services for children, adolescents, and adults. For over 55 years, we have served the Shreveport community as a trusted referral resource for physicians and healthcare providers, growing from a small three-therapist practice into a multidisciplinary team offering a broad spectrum of quality mental healthcare.
We deliver structured, goal-oriented treatment and work collaboratively with referring providers to support continuity of care. Our clinicians are trained in a wide range of therapeutic modalities, and we are committed to matching every client with the right therapist for their individual needs.
Payment & Insurance
Providing accessible mental health care is important to us. We accept most major insurance plans, including Aetna, BCBS (PPO/HMO), Christus, Cigna, Medicare, UHC, TriCare, and WebTPA. Many of our clinicians also offer fee-for-service options, and we can provide statements for out-of-network reimbursement when applicable.
Our History
Interactional Services, Inc. has a long and rich history of providing compassionate counseling to those in need. The practice traces its roots to 1965, when prominent psychiatrist and neurologist Dr. Paul Ware opened an office next door to the current Southfield location, in what is now Young Life, and welcomed Peggy Salley as his first employee.
As the practice grew, Dr. Ware formally established Interactional Services, Inc. on January 6, 1970, expanding into the building that remains its home today. In 1982, when Dr. Ware joined LSUHSC-Shreveport as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Peggy and colleague Barbara Thorne-Thomsen carried the work forward by forming Salley and Thorne-Thomsen, Inc. and relocating to Pierremont Office Park. Dr. Ware later sold his practice to Peggy and Barbara, and the organization proudly reclaimed the name Interactional Services, Inc.
Linda Watts joined the practice in 2001 and eventually purchased Barbara's interest, deepening the continuity of care the practice had always offered. In October 2004, Interactional Services, Inc. returned to its original Southfield location, a homecoming that felt fitting for a practice so rooted in its community.
In 2019, Brandy Stroud joined Interactional Services as a therapist, and in December 2025, she and her husband Robert were honored to purchase the practice when Peggy and Linda offered to sell. Together, Brandy and Robert are committed to carrying forward the tradition of warmth, excellence, and community connection that Interactional Services has built over more than five decades. And as a fun piece of history, Robert is no stranger to the practice himself, having been a client from 1990 to 2007. As the story goes, when he married Brandy, he simply traded his weekly appointments for something a little more permanent.