LMHC, 12 years of experience
New to Grow
Hi, my name is Laura Amelia and I am a Bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. I have a wide variety of experiences working with different types of mental health issues but have the most experience helping people who struggle with anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders or have unresolved trauma. I am currently pursuing a second license as an addiction counselor (LAC). My hope is to provide a safe space for you to process your emotions, develop a deeper understanding of your needs, wants and who you are, and help you make progress in your healing journey. I want to help you reach your fullest potential. I am an EMDR therapist who tailors the treatment process to your needs. I use motivational interviewing to help you internalize confidence and figure out your why when you are contemplating change. I also integrate attachment theory into the healing experience and facilitate somatic and inner child work. Other modalities used are: CBT, DBT, ACT, EFT tapping. I am looking forward to listening to your story and joining you in your journey. The road to freedom starts with you when you decide to prioritize your healing, your needs and your well-being. Take that first step today and lets get started!
We will get to know each other and the focus will be developing rapport, and exploring treatment needs and past counseling experiences. I will create space for you to feel safe being yourself and help you get more clarity on what you want to gain from counseling services.
I am competent at helping people work through unresolved trauma. I use an integrative approach involving polyvagual theory to help build our nervous system resilience to prepare you to do the trauma work, attachment theory, EMDR, somatic psychotherapy and inner child work. All these together help create the perfect recipe to release unresolved trauma from your body and subconscious. That being said personal growth and healing are something we always have room to do more of; similar to how cleaning your house is an ongoing part of journey yet not doing the healing and personal growth work keeps you stuck and unfulfilled. We deserve to have the best life we can give ourselves.
I am an EMDR therapist which is a great modality for working through trauma. EMDR helps remove the emotional charge attached to the trauma & helps integrate new info and beliefs that are adaptive, increasing well being and functioning. For many EMDR can be a turning point in their healing journey.