Doctor Vehec is a counseling psychologist who works in the demanding field of Traumatic Brain Injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. As a therapist in the Veterans Administration’s Vet Center program for fifteen years, he was one of the first qualified second-level screeners for the James A. Haley VA Hospital Poly-trauma Unit, (one of four in the country) where he gained invaluable experience working with our most severely neurologically traumatized veterans. Dr. Vehec studied neuroscience under the preeminent neuro-psychologist Dr. Eugene Tootle at Barry University. Dr. Vehec was the chairman of the Board for a Charter School specializing in Specific Learning Disabled children in grades K-8. During this time he championed numerous Brain Based learning programs, i.e. Brain Boost exercises®, Audio Visual Entrainment, and the Interactive Metronome® program which afforded the students the understanding of how they learned and assimilated information which allowed them to eventually be returned to the public school mainstream. Dr. Vehec is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Florida Mental Health Counseling Association, and the Milton Erickson Foundation. He was an adjunct professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida from 2001-2016. Dr. Vehec has an established Sports and Entertainment psychology practice. He was the Team psychologist for the Orlando Predators and the Kansas City Phantoms, both were professional Arena Football teams. He provided the coaching staff and players training on brain-based learning exercises designed to improve balance and enhance physical and mental performance. He designed treatment plans for post-concussion recovery for the players. Dr. Vehec works with PGA Professionals. One of whom was a contestant on “The Big Break” and continues on the professional tour. He is a consultant for the NFLPA of Central Florida. He co-organized the first neurological symposium for the NFL & NFLPA players before the Pro Bowl in Orlando. Dr. Vehec believes that from concussion to Alzheimer’s and Dementia there is hope that a therapy or exercise program exists which can help to improve one’s quality of life. Dr. Vehec’s favorite expression is “Never let anyone tell you what your limitations are.”

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session you can expect that we will get to know each other. I will discuss the psyco-education you can expect to receive. We will discuss your goals, whereby, I will gain an understanding of why you have decided to obtain counsel, what your goals in therapy are and how thgether we will achieve them.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I have personally experienced life-changing trauma. I was involved in a missile tube explosion which took years to recover from both physically and mentally. To this day I continue to use the tools I have been given on those days that “no one would or could understand” without being in my shoes. I fully understand that trauma work is a work in progress. That there are triggers are numerous and can occur when least expected. However, it is the tools we use at that moment in time that allow us to resolve the emotional and physical responses and move forward through that trigger. I will not say “I understand what you are experiencing.” But, know that I am intimately familiar with the symptomatology.

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