Therapists serving clients in Penney Farms, FL

My name is Jamie Matthews and I have been working as a counselor since 2007, and really enjoy helping people reach their treatment goals. I believe that counseling is about change, and believe people can change any behavior not working in their life. I started my career working in community mental health where I worked with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, and gained a great deal of experience helping individuals manage symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, severe depression symptoms, and severe anxiety symptoms. From 2007-2015 I did mainly group counseling sessions, and some individual counseling sessions using evidence based practices. From 2015-2021, I have worked as an Outpatient Therapist where I have worked with children, adults, and families in a community mental health setting. Currently, I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist people in staying present focused and learning the role thoughts, feelings, and behaviors play in the development and maintenance of family health, relationships and mental health problems. I do believe that it is important to learn to live your day-to-day life before discussing past experiences that may be holding people back. I am a strong believer in being solution focused, and learning ways to focus on current issues. When working with me I will not try to push you to share past experiences, but only work on current behaviors that are not working for you in your life. I also will not try to stop you from sharing things from your past that have been bothering you because I understand the value of having someone to hear and really listen to your needs. I look forward to working with you.

If you are struggling with life issues and/or grief you do not have to struggle alone. I offer hope, help, care, and support. Hi, I’m Char and I genuinely love people and enjoy helping individuals like you on their life journey to become mentally whole and healthy, as well as, offer support to those striving to utilize their gifts, talents, and discover their dreams. My theoretical orientation is an eclectic approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing, Solution-Focused, and Holistic approach. My own life experience gives me a unique and seasoned perspective. Both of my children have other mothers, so I understand the unique challenges having a blended family can bring. I retired from the City of Orlando and completed my degree while working full time and raising a family to pursue my passion of helping people on their life journey. I have also supported an end of life care for a professional counselor and I am a 2x cancer survivor. I have experience in helping individuals in the areas of ADHD, Anger Management, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Career, Depression, Emotional Issues, Grief, Life and Health Issues/Transition, Sexual Abuse, and Substance Abuse/Addiction. Remember, if you are struggling with life issues you do not have to struggle alone. I am here to provide hope, help, care, and support, as well as, appropriate coping strategies to help you meet your needs. I look forward to offering support to you as you make positive changes to enhance your life journey. Please feel free to contact me today.

Hello, my name is Arlene and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) I have been providing counseling for about 30 years. I have experience working in various areas of counseling settings and have provided counseling for diverse populations that include different ages, genders, and diverse racial, cultural, and LGBTQ backgrounds. Through the years I have obtained knowledge with concerns including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, family/parenting difficulties as well as childhood, adolescent, and young adult adjustments. In recent years I have been trained to work with individuals who have experienced traumatic events. My counseling style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Although my formal education and initial training were Psychodynamic in nature, I also use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well. I will tailor our sessions and collaborative treatment planning to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps toward change. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you. I look forward to working with you!

At times we all experience challenges that effect our mental health. There are times when you need to address these challenges with a kind, compassionate, non-biased, intuitive listener, and that's me. I treat everyone with dignity and respect. My counseling style is warm and interactive. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psycho-dynamic, dialectical behavioral therapy and rational-emotive counseling. I have been a psychotherapist for 12 years. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD and ADHD. I also have helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. I believe in a team approach. We will develop treatment plans together to address your specific needs and concerns. Listed below is a client consent form and disclosure: CLIENT INFORMED CONSENT I understand that the service provided through BetterHelp is not intended for crisis situations and urgent needs. While my therapist, Jan Gunn, LMHC (License # MH 9798) is a licensed therapist in the state of Florida, Better Help services and/or online or text-based services may not be the best avenue for me to receive mental health care. If the use of this site or online services are not appropriate for my situation, I understand that my therapist will assist in providing me with additional options of in-person referrals where I can obtain care. Verification of Identity and Location at the time of session: I understand and agree to provide my therapist with a copy of a valid photo identification, such as a driver’s license, state ID, or passport at the start of our work together. This is to verify my identity including legal name, date of birth, and home address. If my address on the submitted ID is not included or not current, I will provide my clinician with my current correct address. I agree to provide my therapist with a phone number to reach me in an emergency. I understand that for safety reasons, my therapist will NOT meet with me in a moving vehicle, and that failure to inform my therapist of this information at the start of my session will result in the session being cancelled. In a crisis situation, I agree that I will either: TEXT: You can text the Crisis Text line by texting “Home" to 741-741 PHONE/VOICE: Call the Suicide Prevention Crisis Hotline via phone at (800) 273-8255 You can also call your psychiatrist for assistance or 911 IN PERSON: Go to your nearest emergency room for in-person help if you are in immediate crisis. I understand that my confidentiality is fully protected by law with the exceptions of these FOUR circumstances: If my therapist has concerns or suspicions of abuse or neglect of a child, elderly person, someone with a disability, or someone otherwise unable to care for themselves If I present as a risk of harm to myself or others in the professional judgement of my therapist If my therapist is legally compelled through subpoena or court order in any court proceedings regarding my care (this is rare, and if it were to happen, we would discuss it thoroughly.) If I choose to sign a Release of Information form I don’t have immediate access to the information you shared when you registered, and I have an ethical and legal responsibility to know how to contact you in case of emergency. Your emergency contact person will only be contacted in the event that I am concerned for your safety and am unable to reach you by any other means. Full name: Date of birth: Address: City, State, and Zip Code: Telephone number: Name of Emergency Contact Person: Relationship to Emergency Contact Person (friend, spouse, parent, etc): City of Residence: Emergency Contact Person’s Phone Number: I have read, understand, and agree to the Client Terms of Service at https://www.betterhelp.com/terms/ 10 This includes understanding and agreeing that: My BetterHelp therapist cannot provide, verify, or produce reports related to clinical diagnosis of a mental health condition. While trained to do so, services of this nature must be provided outside of the BetterHelp site/services at the discretion of my provider. My BetterHelp therapist cannot provide proof of attendance at, or reports regarding progress in, use of the site or services provided through the site. This includes documentation for court, custody agreements, employers, or any other party. My BetterHelp therapist cannot provide letters of support for Emotional Support Animal designations (or ESA’s.) I understand that I can seek out online therapy with Jan Gunn, LMHC or another clinician OUTSIDE of Better Help if I have needs for clinical diagnosis, biopsychosocial assessment with diagnosis (including psychological testing), or referrals for treatment that come from the legal system, child welfare services, or my employer, and may require documentation or proof of attendance. Privacy of Sessions If having a “live” session with my therapist, my therapist will ensure my privacy by using noise-cancelling headphones and being alone at the time of sessions. I understand that I am solely fully responsible for the privacy in my own environment for meetings. To ensure the greatest privacy, my clinician recommends: Ensuring that I am alone in the room I am meeting Using headphones for phone and video sessions whenever possible Muting the microphone (or turning off apps) that listen to my environment, such as Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Siri on Mac devices, or Bixby on Samsung devices If possible, placing a Bluetooth speaker or device outside of the space I am in that plays “white” noise or music to mute any options of hearing me speak during sessions. Scope/Location of Practice I understand that my therapist is ONLY able to work with clients who reside in Florida full time. This is a legal requirement for my clinical license to practice, and I will not jeopardize licensure status by violating this rule. If you are quarantined out-of-state, traveling, working, or residing at college outside of Florida, please let me know at the start of our work together. Risks and Benefits of Counseling: First and foremost, I can’t help if you aren’t here! In making an appointment, you are committing to that time for yourself to the exclusion of others. If you must cancel an appointment, you must provide no less than 24 hours’ notice unless there is an emergency. Failure to cancel in advance may result in changes to the type or frequency of sessions your clinician is able to offer. To gain the most from the therapy process, it’s helpful if you are honest about your commitments to self-examination, understanding, and our relationship. This includes any concerns you may have regarding services or with me. I want to serve you well and appreciate any feedback you may have that will help me to do so. Unwise applications of new learning are a common risk in therapy (e.g. being too harsh when learning to assert yourself) as well feeling as though you are regressing when feeling vulnerable. Therapy is a process that is often like taking three steps forward and one step back at times, but the overall momentum should be forward. Talking openly about this can help minimize stress about this process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of others that participate in your counseling sessions, such as in family therapy sessions. In marital therapy, secrets between spouses works against successful outcome; in this regard, your counselor is not obliged to keep secrets of one spouse from the other spouse. It is best to avoid abrupt terminations from counseling and to honestly discuss, preferably by video or phone, the reasons for your desire to end care or transfer to a different clinician. This method can maximize growth and health at these times. Termination of Services If you do not interact with me for a period of time (either through appointments or messaging back and forth), I cannot ethically continue a treatment relationship with you. Sometimes I am not the best fit to work with a client for a variety of reasons (personal fit, clinical experience, schedule availability, cost, etc.) Clients can decide to end services or change counselors at any time, however it is in your best interest to let me know you are doing so in advance . If you’d like to switch counselors within BetterHelp, you can do so by clicking on the icon in the top right corner of the “Counseling” page, and choosing “Change counselor” from the drop-down menu. Make sure you specify in the feedback to support what you are looking for that is different. If you have any trouble with this, please reach out to support at contact@betterhelp.com. Know that if you decide to take this action, you will lose all written correspondence with me at that time on your client dashboard. To cancel your BetterHelp subscription, contact customer service via email (contact@betterhelp.com) or online at https://www.betterhelp.com/contact/ and ask them to cancel your account altogether. If you cancel your account and decide to return at a later date, BetterHelp will prompt you upon logging in about whether you would like to return to working with me, or find a different therapist. Please know that while I am happy to resume working with you at a later time, however, this is subject to my availability to see new or returning clients at that time. If you do not cancel your account or request a new therapist, you will continue to show as an “inactive” client on my caseload whether or not you are logging in to the site or participating in services or not. Please note that your agreement for counseling services with me is considered no longer valid once you have not been in contact with me here for a period of 30 (thirty) calendar days. Exceptions to this are only made in discussion of clear dates and plans between us on a case-by-case basis. On the BetterHelp site/app, I will continue to send you this same message regularly until you either: 1. respond and resume contact with me, 2. change therapists, or 3. cancel your account. Thank you. I AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS AND BOUNDARIES LISTED IN THIS CLIENT INFORMATION FORM. I ALSO AGREE TO NOTIFY MY THERAPIST OF ANY CHANGES PERTAINING TO THIS INFORMATION, AND UNDERSTAND THAT MY THERAPIST WILL DO THE SAME. Signature:____________________________________________________ It takes courage to seek help. The first step is to reach out and address your concerns. Just know that once you seek help that you're closer to creating change in your life. I'm ready when you are. I look forward to working with you!

Welcome to BetterHelp! My name is Yulia and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Florida with 11 years of experience in a mental health field. For the past 4 years I have been providing counseling exclusively in the online settings. I believe that for every problem there is a solution and the main goal is to find the right solution for you. The majority of my experience has been working with clients with mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety, as well as relationship issues, life changes and adjustment issues. Mostly utilized approaches in my practice are CBT-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, where we can explore how our thinking, feelings and actions are interconnected and affect each other; Solution Focused Approach is used when clients present a very specific problem that needs a specific solution, so the main focus of our therapy sessions will be exploring all options and possibilities and generating the best possible solution to your current concern. For some of my clients who suffer from a long term depression and a loss of meaning and motivation in life, I suggest we “dive a little deeper” and apply Existential psychotherapy approach. Existential approach has proven to be the most suitable when it comes to finding the meaning of life; this is when we are exploring and looking closely at the individual purpose of life and helping clients to create meaningful experiences in life and foster meaningful relationships. During sessions, you can expect compassion and understanding, it is my goal to provide a safe space that is gentle, collaborative, and direct in order to help you better understand and find a solution to current or long-standing challenges. I look forward to supporting and guiding you on your journey to improved mental health and your overall life. I am available for an audio phone sessions. If my current schedule doesn’t reflect desired time/days, please send me a message and we can make necessary arrangements. I’m very flexible with appointments and I’m sure I will be able to accommodate your specific time/days requests. SPECIALTIES Depression and Anxiety Relationship issues Parenting issues Self esteem Life changes and Adjustment issues Dating coaching

I am licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 15 years of professional work experience. I started as a School Counselor mostly working with middle and high school students and their parents and have transitioned to mental health. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, parenting issues, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

I am licensed in Florida with 35 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, relationship issues, & coping with grief and loss. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. I have been providing counselling services in an inpatient and outpatient setting for over 20 years. My therapeutic approach is simple. I actively listen without judgment so I can provide the best quality care for all my clients. I have extensive experience helping clients manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and recover from trauma, abuse, grief and loss. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

I am licensed in Florida with 16 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with coping with life difficulties such as grief, loss, poor motivation, low self esteem, depression, anxiety, teen issues, trauma, etc. I am fluent in both Spanish and English. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.

I am licensed in Florida with 10 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, & depression. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.