Therapists in 34639

Is there an area of your life where you are struggling to find your footing? Do you feel anxious, insecure, overwhelmed, and want to feel more confident? Whether it’s in your relationship with others or in your relationship with yourself, I can help. I take a collaborative approach, equipping you with practical tools to cope, while fostering genuine conversations that promote self-exploration and new insight to help you achieve your goals. Through acceptance and understanding, I provide a space where you will feel comfortable to explore and grow.

My goal is to help individuals embrace their empowerment. Through cognitive-behavioral therapy based counseling services, my commitment to helping implement change and identifying ways to meet expectations my clients set for themselves is the top priority.

Have you been taken captive by your mind? Do you find yourself lost in thought, wasting countless hours trying to control the future or fix the past? Do you overanalyze things to death with no resolve? Do certain thoughts strike you with fear (or even shame)? Do you freeze under pressure? Or maybe even avoid situations that could bring on the crushing blow of failure? Around others, do you spend more time in your head than connecting? Do you often worry about the impression you make on others? What masks do you wear to keep others at a distance, so they won't see the real you? Has your mind become your prison cell and you want out?

As a school counselor with 25+ years school system. I help children and parents navigate school and life experiences. I work with teens experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and more. I work with athletes who have lost their way, get their head and heart back in the game. I am available to consult with parents going through challenging times with their child as well as diagnosis and evaluation process with schools and navigate the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process.

THERAPY FOR ACHIEVERS- Do you constantly feel that everything must be done and done perfectly? You manage to complete tasks to the praise of others, but disservice to yourself. You constantly worry that you will let yourself or others down. You want to do everything you can to the best of your ability, but the burdens of all these things are becoming too much to bear. Perhaps even more difficult, you are beginning to notice these traits in your child. These feelings may be even further compounded by you or your child’s identity as a member of the disability community, caregiver community, or the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.

Do you want to feel more confident, more fulfilled, and more connected with yourself and with others? Do you want to treat yourself with more acceptance, compassion, and self-care? And, do you want to feel like you are living more grounded in the present moment? Sometimes, our past hurts and traumas can affect how we see ourselves, other people, and the world around us. They can affect our thoughts, feelings, and actions. And, they can cause us to act in ways that hurt the ones we love and go against our values, morals, and principles. We all want a life of meaning and purpose. I can help you achieve this.

Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, in search of change, or trying to cope with unresolved trauma? It is difficult to ask for help but you don’t have to struggle with these issues alone. Therapy can help you work through your feelings and pain and help you heal. It takes courage to reach out for help but you can find happiness again.

As a therapist my role is to help support and guide you to think outside of the box and embrace new ideas that promote change. I believe that you should be empowered by your therapist and feel a connection to be able to make a plan that works for your situation. I have 20 years of training in many modalities, most specifically, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Family Systems. I also use yoga, meditation and breath work into sessions when asked and needed to promote mind/body balance. Please see my website where I was featured on the Morning Show in Tampa for the benefits of yoga and meditation in mental health.

Life can be unpredictable, challenging, and overwhelming. Stressful experiences, both positive and negative, can manifest physiologically changing the way you feel about yourself and your life resulting in anxiety, fatigue, loss of energy, and even hopelessness about the future. Most everyone at some point could use some assistance in navigating through life's countless challenging events. With a little guidance and cognitive restructuring, together we can process these experiences and discover healthy coping skills to aid in regaining control of your life.

Hi, I have been counseling for over 12 years and am very passionate about encouraging individuals through their own, unique journey of healing. Life is full of ups and downs and we all experience some degree of hardship and disappointment. Yet, there are times the hurt can become so intense that we are forced to take a time out for some undivided support and guidance! I believe the counseling relationship should be built on trust, acceptance, respect and genuine concern. There is always hope and I am here to help you find it. You are worth it!

*I AM NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THE TIME* I work with adolescents and adults who are struggling with difficult thoughts, emotions, relationships or circumstances and who seek to increase meaning in life. I provide a kind, compassionate environment where you feel safe and motivated to work toward goals. My collaborative and nurturing approach integrates evidence-based cognitive, behavioral and interpersonal interventions within a context of awareness, connection and compassion towards self and others.My focus in treatment extends beyond alleviating symptoms to include fostering positive experiences such as love, joy and peace.

The quality of your relationships has a huge impact on your health and how you see yourself. You and your partner are locked in a cycle of conflict; experiencing and re experiencing the same painful pattern of distress. A new sense of felt security is possible. The power of your emotional bond can harnessed to create comfort and resilience to your relationship. Change takes courage, so thank yourself for reaching out and for taking this first step.

If you walk in my door, expect a compassionate therapist whose goal is to provide you tools for change. My background includes being honored as Florida Counselor of the Year, training peers at state and national associations and helping individuals move past hard times without carrying forward a legacy of pain. During my 20 plus years in the field of mental health and addictions, I have developed hospital and outpatient programs that specialize in trauma, addictions, depression, anxiety, weight, ADD/ADHD and learning disorders. My book Body Sense: Balancing Your Weight and Emotions provides new strategies for chronic weight problems, eating disorders, trauma.

I work intensively with my patients, meeting with each patient several days a week. With this frequency of sessions, and with a particular kind of listening that psychoanalysts are trained for, I can hear thoughts and feelings beyond the surface of the patient’s spoken comments, and this helps me help my patients identify unconscious forces from their past that are causing them to suffer. I am aware that psychological struggles take time to develop, and therefore it requires time and work to achieve desired changes. I offer a safe and confidential setting, where this work can take place, in privacy, and with respect.

Now offering Virtual therapy sessions. I have a passion for working with children, adults, and adolescents conquering many challenges that life brings; such as stress, low self esteem, family relational issues, loss, anxiety and depression.