Therapists in Golf View, Tampa, FL

Feeling safe to express yourself in a nonjudgmental environment is an important piece to therapy. Finding your therapist is a difficult personal decision. Your therapist should encourage you to explore your honest thoughts and feelings, since the exploration can help lead to life changes. Your therapist should encourage self exploration and assist in identifying beneficial life changes, as well as ways to change negative outlooks on life. While academics and credentials are important, therapy revolves around an intimate relationship, and the relationship is the key to making changes.

I guide clients to gain insight, clarity and practical solutions to better navigate life. Together, we will explore finding a balance between feeling peaceful, living passionately, and having a sense of purpose. My approach is based on the belief that the quality of your life can be improved by focusing not only on your mind, but your body and soul as well. Struggling with uncomfortable feelings that seem unmanageable is common when dealing with stress. Self-esteem, self-worth, and well-being are often compromised by everyday experiences and relationships. Change is possible.

Mario Juster-Kruse is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the Tampa Bay area who specializes in treating depression, grief, and trauma. He focuses on treating adolescent and adult patients utilizing empirically supported treatment modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Mario has excelled at helping clients struggling with symptoms such as low mood, hopelessness, low self-esteem, sleep disturbances, poor concentration, and more.

Nona Zamiri is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, and depression. OCD related disorders include body-focused repetitive behaviors such as trichotillomania (hair pulling), and excoriation disorder (skin-picking). Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety, and panic disorder. Nona has treated mild to severe cases of OCD in the intensive outpatient setting at the UF's Health's OCD specialty clinic. She treats both children and adults.

Anxiety & OCD Treatment of Tampa Bay is a clinic providing specialized treatment for OCD, anxiety disorders (phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder), body focused repetitive behaviors (skin-picking and hair pulling) PTSD, depression, trauma, and grief. All of our providers have received extensive training within their own specialties. All of our treatment approaches are evidenced based. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the center of all the treatment approaches we provide.

I believe in approaching all client’s differently depending on their concerns and personalities. Clients are the experts of their own lives, and they understand their presenting circumstances better than anyone else, which is why I like to establish a client-centered environment.

Are you looking for a therapist who can connect with you and understand your language and way of thinking? Are you a millennial or young adult looking for immediate emotional relief, feeling overwhelmed or stuck? Are you tired of searching the internet and diagnosing yourself? Is your child or teen overly sad, angry, worried or fearful? Is negative thinking impacting their everyday decisions? Does your child or teen have low self-esteem or poor social skills? Are you having a hard time becoming pregnant or are you recovering from a difficult postpartum? Do you need more self-care in your daily routine? Are you not happy at school, college or home? We can help you regain happiness and confidence. All you need is a little hope, validation and some dedication. Our therapy clients love that they can relate to us, that we specialize in what they are feeling and give them easy to use solutions. Most of our clients are in therapy about 3 to 6 months, saving them time and money. What are you waiting for? Give us a call today.

I specialize in the treatment of OCD, anxiety disorders (phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder), PTSD, depression, postpartum depression/anxiety and body focused repetitive behaviors (hair-pulling and skin-picking). My extensive training includes working in the intensive outpatient program and partial hospitalization program at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin and Rogers Behavioral Health in Tampa respectively. I was also the founding president of OCD Central and South Florida, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation.

I specialize in adolescent, couple, and family dynamics. I speak to groups and offer therapy to individuals, couples, and families. I have a particular interest in adolescent development, pre-marital counseling, relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, grief, divorce, elder issues, and obstacles to personal growth.

Matt McCann is a licensed mental health counselor at Anxiety & OCD Treatment Specialists. He specializes in the treatment of individuals struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. He has also worked with clients who have high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Matt has worked with and studied under leading researchers in the field of OCD and anxiety disorders, including Dr. Eric Storch, at Rogers Behavioral Health in Tampa, a higher level of care for severe cases of OCD and anxiety disorders.