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My name is Pat Roebuck I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida. I've been in the counseling profession for over 20 years. I've worked with many different populations from young adults to the elderly facing a variety challenges. If you are struggling with anxiety, negative thinking, forgetfulness, OCD, feelings of low self-worth, depression, ADHD. I am here to tell you, you're not alone. I utilize a variety of techniques that will be tailored and individualized to effectively work with your needs. My approach to therapy includes Cognitive behavior therapy, Person centered, Talk and Solution focused therapy.
In the first session, we will get to know each other and go over expectations of the therapeutic process. We'll start with a brief introduction, then dive into the specific challenges and develop a plan for us to work through during the follow up sessions.
My strengths include active listening, patience, communication, acceptance, nonjudgemental, observant, while encouraging and motivating others, in an open trusting therapeutic relationship.
I enjoy working with individuals from ages 20 through 90 facing a wide variety of life stressors, anxiety, ADHD, depression OCD, low self-esteem, poor decision making and in setting boundaries. I can help you to identify and reduce all of those nagging negative thoughts. Sometimes our thoughts and feelings, can get buried under a mountain of clutter and need to be brought to the surface before we can recognize the impact they have on our everyday life.
My priority is to create a safe and accepting environment for my clients to feel empowered and encouraged to explore and share their thoughts and feelings. Through open ended questions, active listening, empathy will encourage my client to lead the direction of the therapy, thus assisting the client in discovering solutions by bringing clarity to the surface.
Solution focused therapy will focus on solution rather than just focusing on the problem. This will be done by helping my client identify and explore previous difficulties and how they were addressed in the past. This can help my client discover and utilize sustainable solutions that can be readily implemented to promote success.
Psychodynamic therapy focuses more on problem-solving and outcomes, as opposed to delving into issues that may arise from early life experience. This type of therapy will help the client gain insight and to develop self-awareness and problem-solving skills relating to one’s thoughts and emotions and its effects on actions and behaviors. Wrestling with thoughts and feelings can be exhausting, this is where talk therapy can help shed light on the issue thus working toward the desired change.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) will help my client to recognize negative thoughts and by further exploring will help the client to discover how their emotions and thoughts can affect their actions. Helping the client to focus more on the present and less on the past can open doors to developing coping strategies to better deal with any current stressors.