Luz Nolasco Warfield
I am a psychotherapist and mental health counselor licensed in the state of Florida with over 30 years of experience working in a community mental health setting. I am also trained as a qualified clinical supervisor for over 5 years.
I am a psychotherapist and mental health counselor licensed in the state of Florida with over 30 years of experience working in a community mental health setting.
In my career, I generally function in the administrative side of behavioral health business but have a strong desire to practice the clinical base of my training and licensure. I began working as telehealth therapist in 2020 at the height of Covid-19 pandemic, when it became apparent there was a wide need to access mental health care.
First session
I like getting to know my clients, their family history, and more importantly, understanding the origin of their challenges, and the systems and fashion that are keeping those troubles alive. Consequently, I do ask a lot of historical questions. However, I am cognizant that trusts and therapeutic relationships take time to build, and I do not in any way pressure my clients to disclose any information they are comfortable sharing yet. I assess my clients from a perspective of psychodynamic, social learning and attachment styles and explore history around those theoretical perspectives.
Strengths
Regardless of the approach used, I have a strong conviction that a therapeutic relationship must be formed and developed between the counselor and client. As such, my interaction with, and the development of the client's care plan is tailored to the client's unique personality, readiness, and individual needs. I am communicative and I send messages to clients routinely to communicate to them that their welfare and well-being is paramount.
Ideal clients
While I mostly work with couples who are experiencing marital and/or relationship issues, I also work with individuals with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, thought process disturbances, addiction and affective/mood problems.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is an evidence-based practice with a foundational concept that distortion of cognitive processing result in psychological disturbance. In order to understand the underlying cognition and the individual's mental framework, a case conceptualization is paramount. I conduct my assessment from an eclectic standpoint, i.e., psychodynamic, attachment styles, family systems, social learning and a few others, that allow me to gain an insight on how the individual's schema is formed. In working with individuals using this therapeutic approach, attending to the metacognition of the individual is important. That is, understanding the person's thoughts, beliefs and attitudes about their own thought patterns, to help them identify their cognitive distortion, and with guided discovery, help them find a more adaptive response to their challenges.
Couples Counseling
In my practice, I have mostly seen couples who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship. What became apparent in my work with couples is their decreased communication and willingness to "listen with their heart" and distorted definition of compromise. Many couples also tend to mimic the modeling they have seen in their childhood, which they then, bring into their present life. Many of them have the strength to solve their own problems with adequate exploration and well-timed guidance.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- FloridaLicense MH12398