I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. For more than 20 years I have worked primarily with families; focusing on behavioral problems and how to resolve issues within the family as a whole. Working with families this way has provided me with many opportunities to help resolve a very wide range of issues including, but not limited to, depression, stress and anxiety, parenting issues, anger and control issues, trust, infidelity, jealousy issues, time management and much more. I have worked with families that have children with Autism, ADHD, ODD and other childhood mental health issues. Most of the families I worked with throughout my career so far, have been referred due to DCF involvement and/or abuse reports having been under investigation. I also spent 10 years doing crisis counseling in a psychiatric hospital.
My counseling style is laid back, but intense. Being a solution-focused therapist, I believe in identifying the areas of a person's life that needs changes the most and developing plans on how best to initiate changes, fairly quickly after we begin. I believe each person is the expert on themselves: you will tell me the best way for you to achieve your goals. I am a compassionate, respectful and non-judgmental person. I need your honest feedback on the therapeutic process, once we begin, for the process to have optimal success.
They say the first step is the hardest one, but if you are looking at therapist profiles, you've already started on your journey to a happier, more fulfilling lifestyle. Good for you and stay positive for greatest success with your endeavors! Change is hard, but with the right guidance and information, making lifestyle changes can be much easier than going the whole way without any support whatsoever. AND, change can happen rather quickly. Studies have shown that a new behavior (on average) takes 66 days to become automatic. There really is a light at the end of the tunnel:)
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family problems, Forgiveness, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Post-traumatic stress, Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
FL LMHC MH9177