LMHC, 8 years of experience
My name is Aesha Lomas. I am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in South Florida and South Carolina. I am a graduate of Nova Southeastern University and I have been practicing for 7 years. I have extensive training and experience working with adolescents and adults, including those who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use disorders, suicidality, other mental health diagnoses, and co-occurring disorders. My therapeutic approach aims to identify and address the underlying causes of coping difficulties and mental health concerns.
The therapeutic process should be a safe and non-judgmental space to cultivate self-discovery, healing, and growth. In this space, individuals are able to openly explore different parts of themselves without feeling apprehensive. In my therapeutic sessions, I provide that safe and open space to explore self by meeting you where you are. I assist with discovering your inner self with the authentic intention to foster meaningful change. If you are experiencing current challenges in your life, your first visit with me will be receptive and insightful. I am a change catalyst. During the therapeutic process, I employ introspective and insightful tools to help individuals uncover their potentials, while shifting perspectives and increasing personal growth. My aim is to challenge your perspectives regarding your obstacles and ultimately view them as growth potentials.
Having worked with individuals therapeutically for the past 7 years. I believe that each person has many promising potentials within. I also believe that many times if individuals are not expressing from their desires and potentials, this causes them to feel down, stuck and depressed. Many things happen to each person on the journey of life. This may look like trauma, relationship problems, family problems, and socio-economic problems. These can have a profound impact on one's mental wellbeing, which can impact thoughts of self, moods, and behaviors. Unfortunately, these can be "potential blockers". They causes hinderances. I help individuals to identify their potentials, their strengths, and I help them walk through their healing daily to take them to their desired goals in life.
Are you that person who is seeking meaningful change and growth? I take pride when working with individuals who are challenged in some area of their lives, maybe its depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, feeling stuck, sad, or simply not knowing the direction or solutions to bring them to a peaceful place. I assist with the healing process through interventions that can help increase self-awareness, positive thoughts, healthy coping, self-love, and self-esteem.
Christian counseling is used for clients whose faith is a strong value in their lives. I use biblical principles in conjunction with clinical techniques to help with meeting client's goals and healing process.
This is a techniques used to help clients gain a better understanding of their interpersonal approach. Many individuals have difficulty forming and maintaining healthy attachments. I assist with helping clients identify and address poor attachment styles, which were modeled to them, I help them cultivate new and healthy attachment styles in order to have fruitful, healthy, and meaningful relationships.
I employ this therapeutic approach to help clients who experience frequent thoughts of dying and depressed feelings. The cognitive model addresses thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This is a time limited-structured approach for individuals who suffer from suicidality, which addresses safety planning, skill building, support, psychoeducation, family intervention, and relapse prevention.
This is a general model used in my therapeutic session. I strongly believe that individuals and experience meaningful change once they shift their thoughts. Individuals create the world they live in based on their perspective of self and world. Cognitive restructuring techniques help with evaluating experiences through challenging thoughts related to the experiences.
This a collaborative approach with client and therapist, which is very effective for chronic suicidality. It fosters transparency and support to the client. I employ this 12-week structured stabilization plan to help with individuals who have attempted suicide or who are in current crisis. Each week clients process different treatment components of the CAMS for stabilization