LMFT, 25 years of experience
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the States of Florida and Oklahoma with over 25 years of experience. I work with Adults, Couples, Families and Children. I provide Individual Counseling, Couple and Marital Counseling within the States of Florida and Oklahoma. I provide counseling services to Active Duty Military Personnel and Retired Veterans Personnel (Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard) within the States of Florida and Oklahoma. Experienced in and I provide counseling services for victims and offenders of domestic violence. I conduct court ordered Domestic Violence Groups for Men and Women, Anger Management and Parenting Classes. Experience in and provide counseling services for addiction and substance abuse problems (gambling, alcohol, drugs). Experience in and provide counseling for chronic, complex and developmental trauma.
Help and assist the client to recognize that they have the ability and power to change and that "they can change".
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.
(In the Areas of Individual; Couples or Marital Counseling; Group Counseling for Adults and Adolescents with Addiction and Substance Abuse problems; Domestic Violence treatment for Men and Women; and Anger Management) Individuals, couples will learn to recognize their own individual challenges and work toward changing their behaviors, improve their relationships to have a better and improved quality of life. The goal is for the client to recognize that they cannot change someone else's behavior, but they can change their own behavior by challenging their negative thoughts and beliefs about what is happening and replace with more positive thoughts and beliefs. Client will learn to change their negative self-talk to positive self-talk. Changed self-talk, changed behavior.
Help client recognize that they cannot change the past, but if they can work hard to recognize and change the challenges they are facing, they will have started work on their journey of having a happier and healthier quality of life in the future.