Therapists in 32601

Something bad happened to you in the past. You might feel like it was your fault. You don’t want to talk about it. It hurts so much inside. Sometimes it actually feels like you are reliving the experience. At night you have problems sleeping and if you do go to sleep you might have nightmares. It affects everything about your life. You can’t even focus during the day and you feel like you are always on edge. It was so long ago, you thought you were over it, but now maybe not. You don’t want to bring it all back up, but you know you need to get some help.

I have over 15 years of experience with children, youth, and families. I am a strong believer in family preservation and can help you to resolve internal conflicts, relationship and family problems. I especially enjoy working with teenagers and helping to the bridge the communication gap within the family unit that often arises as children get older. My approach is plain-language, unbiased and non-judgmental. My goal is to help you help yourself while providing a safe and private environment to help you navigate through your issues and concerns.

Healing happens when we feel safe enough to show up exactly as we are. All parts of you are welcome here. I’m not here to change you or fix you. I don’t think you are “broken” or that there's anything "wrong" with you. Together we'll create an accepting + compassionate environment, with respect for your intuition + body's wisdom underlying all that we do. I’m trauma + social justice-informed and view therapy through an intersectional lens (mind, body, environment, culture). During our time together, we’ll likely look at environmental factors (interpersonal, economic, oppression) that create individual/collective stress and trauma.

Our therapists all work from a relational and insight oriented approach. We believe that we were all created for connection and that our woundedness often gets in the way of this connectedness, whether it be to God or to others. Deep, intensive counseling can help heal this woundedness so that connections are more honest, genuine, and whole. It should also leave you with a deeper sense of self and identity, so that you can interact in healthy ways with the world around you.

Call or text: 352.329.2040 : Welcome to Arena Counseling and Wellness. We are a small private practice located in the heart of downtown Gainesville. We believe in bringing hope, healing, and connection to our community. We provide a wellness based approach to treatment which views symptoms and behaviors as normal responses to abnormal circumsnces. We view current ways of functioning as a response to past experiences which may have been useful in the past, but are no longer serving you. Through self-compassion, awareness, and understanding, healing and change are able to happen.

This is no nonsense Biblical counseling for depression, anxiety, stress and other life issues. It is designed for people who have become fed up with the way their lives are being lived. It may involve hard and soft approaches to some very difficult problems, but the effort to solve problems must be made in order to reclaim not only the life you once had but the life you want to live now.

Do you struggle with depression, anxiety and/or stress in your life? Are you having difficulties making decisions or staying motivated? I enjoy helping clients explore their life story and establishing connections with their current behavioral patterns. As we go through life, we often receive messages that having emotions are a bad thing. When we experience hurt and rejection in our lives, we often become overly focused on finding ways to minimize pain. This however often comes at a cost and can compound the pain. Additionally, many of my clients struggle with control and/or perfectionist thinking.

At times, finding and maintaining the joy and purpose in our lives can be a struggle. We may find ourselves stuck in patterns that keep us from better understanding ourselves and our experiences. My goal is to create safe, affirming, and non-judgmental spaces facilitate the insight, clarity, and skills necessary to navigate your personal journey. As my client, I aim to help you feel safe so you can work on the issues that feel difficult to approach and/or understand. I welcome clients from all backgrounds and stages of life. I am a sex-positive, LGBTQ+, kink, and poly affirmative therapist.

Whether it is current stressors or challenges coping with wounds from the past, there are certainly times when additional support is needed. While seemingly functioning in the day-to-day routines of work, school, home, and within relationships, it becomes increasingly difficult or sometimes even impossible to manage. For many of us, strength is often perceived as “holding it together” while we are painfully bottling up the emotions that we were actually designed to experience naturally. We can become trapped in the pain of our past (or present) and silently suffer.

Perhaps you’ve felt like something’s been holding you back from living your best life. Or maybe you keep finding yourself in the same place despite your best efforts to make changes or sustain changes you’ve previously made. We all carry the baggage of our past, all of our hurts, pain, self-doubt, and fear, and survived it the best way we knew how. And although we’ve survived 100% of those worst days, surviving is no longer cutting it.

I have seen, experienced, and facilitated the healing power of relationships and the transformative nature of self-awareness. I also recognize how closely these two are tied. I believe in the inherent strength, worth, and dignity of every person. I believe that every person’s story is valid and that we all have a very good reason for being who they are and acting as they do. I also believe that the pathway to being in healthy relationships with others requires us to be in right-relationship with ourselves. That can often look like challenging ourselves and taking real, raw, honest looks at parts of us we might not want to.

Call or text (352)-329-2040 : Welcome, my name is Kelly Gregory and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I received my master's and specialist's degrees from the University of Florida. I am trained in trauma-based approaches to care, DBT, and EMDR (level 2). I operate from a wellness model - to me that means I see symptoms and behaviors as normal responses to abnormal circumstances. Life happens and we survive the best we can with what we have. Sometimes we find ways of surviving that were necessary in the past, but no longer serve us in the present.

Your happiness matters. The challenges of life can cause you to feel stressed and struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, depression, and trauma. It is my passion to help teens, adults, and families through these uncomfortable situations by helping to build their confidence, communication, and coping skills.

My name is Sandy Flory although I am a generalist, I enjoy working with clients who are going through life transitions as well as clients coping with anxiety, depression and relationship issues including co-dependency and self-esteem challenges. Using the body as an ally, I work somatically using techniques derived from Mindfulness Therapy, Person-Centered as well as Internal Family Systems therapy.

Healing is more than just fixing what's not working; it's about living an engaged life that feels meaningful and purposeful for you. In order to create impactful change, we must first understand what we want to move towards. Together we will identify goals and create a path forward that reflects where you want to go and focuses on your therapeutic goals. I will strive to create a safe environment to support you in your journey. That means seeing you as a whole person and seeing the context in which you live, including your culture, identities, and history.

As a therapist, I take into account the various intersecting dimensions of human experience to provide a comprehensive and contextual understanding of the clients I collaborate with. In navigating one’s rich internal topography, I ensure my client’s are compassionately held in this process with a felt sense of wholeness, respect, and humility. In this unfolding process, you are invited to cultivate a greater sense of self-compassion, resilience, and psychological flexibility. With a firm trust in the evolutionary potential of all beings, I would best describe his approach to psychotherapy integrative and process-oriented.

At some point or another, we are all in a position where we need support navigating tough issues, complicated feelings, and life circumstances. My goal in therapy is to create an environment where you feel comfortable discussing and exploring your experiences, and the emotions attached to them. I am here to listen, provide non-judgmental support, and work with you to heal and thrive.

Is your life presenting you with challenges that you feel are too difficult to overcome on your own? Do you feel like you have no idea which direction to turn? Have you been affected by COVID-19 and experiencing grief or anxiety? Just know, your feelings of uncertainty are most certainly normal. If you are ready to face these challenges, or just need help getting there, I can help you with creating a safe space to do just that. In this space, you will feel validated, important, respected, and empowered.

We are emerging from an unprecedented time in history which can ideally create an opening for growth on many levels-both socially and personally. If you're reading this profile now, you're obviously exploring, ready for a change, and have the ability, strength, and leadership skills to address parts of yourself that need attention. As both therapist and coach, I have had the honor of working with a great diversity of individuals and couples who commit to understanding and healing historical perspectives, patterns and reactions, uncovering a more compassionate, grounded, wise, and peaceful sense of self.