Somatic Therapists in Longboat Key, FL

I am privileged to offer life changing services to adults, couples, & families. I see signs of distress as a disconnection from a Self that is awaiting our loving attention. There is hope for this reconnection. At our core lies a unique Center inscribed with your "blueprint" that maintains your health, wholeness, and vitality. The problem is that too many were conditioned to forget this priceless essence. Healing and wholeness are about remembering and returning to this very Center of who we uniquely are. For children and adolescents it's about nurturing it into realization so that It is never forgotten in the first place.

Dr. Laura Garrison has over two decades of experience working with challenged and at-risk populations. With a Doctorate in Holistic Health, Laura specializes in integrative therapeutics with an emphasis on restorative modalities and trauma recovery. She is Board Certified as a Drugless Practitioner by the AADP; certified as an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist; as a Yoga Therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists; is an E-RYT 500, and is authorized by the IAYT and Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT Continuing Education Provider. She facilitates therapeutic retreats and has written numerous publications.

You are struggling to put the pieces back together after challenging life experiences. You put so much into others and often find putting yourself first can be incredibly difficult. You are driven to untangle the effects of past trauma that you realize are impacting your self-worth, relationships, and overall zest for life. I would be honored to provide a space just for you to share openly and honestly, and to get connected to your authentic self. Together, we will unpack the roots of your presenting challenges and life patterns to create lasting change.

The best therapy always starts with being accurately listened to, so you can feel deeply known. Then as we learn more about yourself, you build your inner awareness of your emotions, thinking patterns and interpersonal processes. I will be with you in each moment, neutrally observing you, and coaching you to do the same for yourself. Watching together instead of judging. Moving your personal narrative into your embodied experience. We then work together applying many tools for change. My therapeutic style supports you, taking your vague desires, or back burner dreams and making them into actionable words, goals, tools.

Has your tender heart shut down, yet you long to open it again? Are you grieving the loss of a loved one or life as you knew it? Do you live with trauma, anxiety, unworthiness, shame, sadness? A relentless inner critic & obsessive thoughts? Are you ready to prioritize your inner healing so your heart can open? You will develop ways to practice more self-love & learn to receive and give safe love again. You will learn to accept the "unacceptable" parts of you, reclaim your frozen lost parts (Wounded Inner Child) gradually re-connect to your soul's true identity. You will move from survival/fear mode into more fun, creativity and joy.

I enjoy engaging with people about their lives, hearing what matters to them, what's meaningful, and encouraging them to live lives in alignment with those preferences. I partner with people to feel the permission really to be alive. I find it important to keep the work connected to what clients value; that fuels the resilience to tolerate change, hard conversations, and uncomfortable feelings (common elements of therapy). Given this, my ideal client/s is interested in feeling more self-acceptance, capacity to tolerate others, and to face unhelpful, old patterns with love in order to encourage choice and the possibility of change.

I have worked for almost 15 years as a therapist and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community. I am especially passionate about my extensive work with trans and gender-expansive clients and their family members. My empathic, non-judgemental style allows my clients safety in navigating coming out, transitioning and understanding themselves better through a lens of self-compassion. I am well versed in writing letters of support for trans-affirming medical care and have an established resource referral network. Let me help to guide you on the path to your authentic self.

Relationships, careers, and retirement dreams cannot thrive when you are hurting. I work with adults, both individuals and couples, to treat grief, anxiety, depression and difficult life transitions (retirement, divorce, relocation, illness, end-of-life issues), as well as communication and sexual functioning. Some clients are anxious to free themselves from nagging issues of the past, while others struggle to discern the best path for their future. I support couples who want to increase intimacy, and I help couples who have already decided to separate to do so as respectfully as possible.

Featured as a Relationship Expert on television news programs and magazines, Remi Schloff of Bayside Counseling and Mediation Services can help you. Remi brings to her clients and sessions 22 years of experience helping people through life changes. Remi is adept at providing short term solution-focused therapy, longer-term insight oriented therapy, research-based couples communication interventions. "No situation is impossible," is her motto.

Hi! My name is Helen Roberts and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa. I’ve been counseling children, teens, adults, couples, and families for over 20 years - But in my experience, that’s not really what you want to know. What you really want to know is can I help you? And is there hope for things to change for you? As a matter of fact, there is and I hope you’ll give me an opportunity to take that journey towards healing and empowerment with you. We can change the direction of your life right now and give you hope and power again!

During my years of practice, I realized that many mental health issues are rooted from past negative or traumatic experiences. This is why I decided to specialize in working with trauma, PTSD, dual diagnoses, and other related issues. We can work together to help you understand why you are experiencing distress and develop strategies to manage it.

I work with individuals who are trying to find a path to emotional well-being. Many of the people I work with struggle with self-criticism, anxiety, depression, or feeling fully alive and at ease with being themselves in the world. I am committed to fostering the therapeutic relationship in order to help reduce or alleviate symptoms with efficiency and care. I am certified in Psychedelic Support (Internal Family Systems) and Ketamine Therapeutic Applications.

Are you tired of feeling trapped by trauma, caged by depression, and riddled with panic? Do you know your brain and body have the capacity to unlearn maladaptive responses to trauma and embrace positive emotions, cognitions, and behaviors? I am ready to work with clients who are ready to challenge automatic trauma responses, change maladaptive behavior patterns, and embrace self-empowerment to create peace and healing on their transformative journey of self-revival. For a moment breathe and imagine the life you deserve with self-love, healthy boundaries, and the tools to navigate flourishing relationships. It's time for revival!

My clients are often professionals or business owners who are navigating ambiguities in advanced stages of personal growth and transformation. They are often looking for holistic wellbeing, peak performance, and self-actualization.

I offer over 28 years of clinical experience to address your emotional & physical issues with counseling and evidence based natural medicine. We have all experienced emotions that manifest in our bodies as pain. You may experience stomach pain after an argument or headache at work. You may notice you get anxiety that feels like low blood sugar signals. Emotions manifest in our bodies and our body gives us signals. I help guide people into understanding how to listen to their body while including Cognitive Behavioral therapy for attaining a stronger sense of self. Mindfulness starts when we reside in our bodies; empowerment follows!