Experiential Therapy in Fort Pierce, FL
Amanda Hoogkamp
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, RMHCI, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Pierce, FL 34951
Deep breath. You have made the hardest step. You have admitted to yourself that something needs to change! Now let me help you with the rest. Therapy can be hard as you deal with the hurts, habits, and hang-ups in your life. However, there is nothing more rewarding than understanding more fully the mess that is you. We all have things in our life that can use improvement. My personal philosophy is that everyone can benefit from therapy.
Deep breath. You have made the hardest step. You have admitted to yourself that something needs to change! Now let me help you with the rest. Therapy can be hard as you deal with the hurts, habits, and hang-ups in your life. However, there is nothing more rewarding than understanding more fully the mess that is you. We all have things in our life that can use improvement. My personal philosophy is that everyone can benefit from therapy.
Are you looking for a safe place to unpack and process emotions after a difficult experience? Do you ever get effected by your daily thoughts and feelings in a way that it impacts your ability to focus? Through the promotion of mind health, you can achieve a balanced emotional and mental state to enhance your daily living. I help teens, adults, and families understand their behaviors and its connections to their thoughts and emotions. Let me meet you where you are to help you reach your desired outcome.
Are you looking for a safe place to unpack and process emotions after a difficult experience? Do you ever get effected by your daily thoughts and feelings in a way that it impacts your ability to focus? Through the promotion of mind health, you can achieve a balanced emotional and mental state to enhance your daily living. I help teens, adults, and families understand their behaviors and its connections to their thoughts and emotions. Let me meet you where you are to help you reach your desired outcome.
I have developed a lifetime of skills that, added to unconditional positive regard, aid in the transformation of suffering from problems, into solutions. Together, change begins, with hope. Hope added to action is change in action! Sounds simple -- not easy. Helping people help themselves...not alone, but through therapy, accountability, ultimately--one step, one change, at a time.
I have developed a lifetime of skills that, added to unconditional positive regard, aid in the transformation of suffering from problems, into solutions. Together, change begins, with hope. Hope added to action is change in action! Sounds simple -- not easy. Helping people help themselves...not alone, but through therapy, accountability, ultimately--one step, one change, at a time.
David A Gibbs
Counselor, PhD, MA, LMHC, CAP, ICADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Pierce, FL 34982 (Online Only)
It is my belief, our collaborative journey, is much like the one our friends from The Wizard of OZ shared. A journey, where they longed to find a place called HOME. I recognize that each of us, at one time or another during our journey felt; alone, different, not good enough or lost. My goal is to empower and guide you to the place you call HOME. Home is knowing - knowing your HEART-knowing your MIND-knowing your COURAGE Together we will recognize you have had it all along! A place called HOME
It is my belief, our collaborative journey, is much like the one our friends from The Wizard of OZ shared. A journey, where they longed to find a place called HOME. I recognize that each of us, at one time or another during our journey felt; alone, different, not good enough or lost. My goal is to empower and guide you to the place you call HOME. Home is knowing - knowing your HEART-knowing your MIND-knowing your COURAGE Together we will recognize you have had it all along! A place called HOME
Haley Leddy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Fort Pierce, FL 34945 (Online Only)
You have been putting off therapy for months, but now you are determined to make your relationship’s better. You've spent the last years trying to keep it together, but you don’t know what went wrong. As far as anyone can tell, you’ve got a great life. You’re committed, driven, and dependable. But on the inside, you have never felt more alone or even enough, and the voice in your head is quick to remind you of all the ways you’re falling short. You're tired of feeling distant from your loved ones and stuck in communication patterns that leave you empty. Not anymore. It's time for a change.
You have been putting off therapy for months, but now you are determined to make your relationship’s better. You've spent the last years trying to keep it together, but you don’t know what went wrong. As far as anyone can tell, you’ve got a great life. You’re committed, driven, and dependable. But on the inside, you have never felt more alone or even enough, and the voice in your head is quick to remind you of all the ways you’re falling short. You're tired of feeling distant from your loved ones and stuck in communication patterns that leave you empty. Not anymore. It's time for a change.
Hello, my name is Anna Schad. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist in Florida specializing in trauma, eating disorders, personality disorders, and codependency. Over the years I have worked with teens and adults in all levels of care including residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient. I am passionate about the work I do and love coming alongside my clients to help them break free of the beliefs, toxic shame, and other obstacles that are preventing them from moving forward and being the people they are capable of being.
Hello, my name is Anna Schad. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist in Florida specializing in trauma, eating disorders, personality disorders, and codependency. Over the years I have worked with teens and adults in all levels of care including residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient. I am passionate about the work I do and love coming alongside my clients to help them break free of the beliefs, toxic shame, and other obstacles that are preventing them from moving forward and being the people they are capable of being.
Elysha Walker
Provisional Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Pierce, FL 34945
I provide a safe and supportive space for my clients so they feel comfortable discussing their feelings with me. I take a collaborative approach to counseling and offer my clients warmth, empathy, understanding and acceptance, all in a non-judgmental therapeutic environment. I place great emphasis on the therapeutic relationship along with helping my clients identify and achieve their goals. I am passionate about encouraging and empowering my clients to reach their full potential by helping them gain greater insight into their lives, strengthen self-esteem and foster feelings of self-worth.
I provide a safe and supportive space for my clients so they feel comfortable discussing their feelings with me. I take a collaborative approach to counseling and offer my clients warmth, empathy, understanding and acceptance, all in a non-judgmental therapeutic environment. I place great emphasis on the therapeutic relationship along with helping my clients identify and achieve their goals. I am passionate about encouraging and empowering my clients to reach their full potential by helping them gain greater insight into their lives, strengthen self-esteem and foster feelings of self-worth.
Hi- I am Carrie Moore, a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida. I have extensive experience with addiction, anxiety, and depression. I work with my clients to provide a safe space to facilitate the journey of healing. When working with clients, I hope to establish an effective therapeutic relationship and provide support and understanding to my clients through the entire therapeutic process. I look forward to working with you. I have always had a passion for helping people lead their best lives. I believe that we all need support and guidance at times, and I love being a part of the process.
Hi- I am Carrie Moore, a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida. I have extensive experience with addiction, anxiety, and depression. I work with my clients to provide a safe space to facilitate the journey of healing. When working with clients, I hope to establish an effective therapeutic relationship and provide support and understanding to my clients through the entire therapeutic process. I look forward to working with you. I have always had a passion for helping people lead their best lives. I believe that we all need support and guidance at times, and I love being a part of the process.
Tabitha Grant Dimino
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, MCAP, ICRCADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Pierce, FL 34950
Waitlist for new clients
Whether you’re having difficulty with a life circumstance or past trauma has raised its ugly head, you’ve come to the right place. Healing and wholeness are possible for everyone! When you mix authentic care for others with proven professional clinical techniques, change is inevitable. My approach to therapy is a combination of direct, non-bias, evidenced-based practice mixed with a caring, strengths-based, client empowered perspective. I offer a safe, private, open space to discover and celebrate your authentic self. Clients have full access to my schedule via my website to self-schedule according to their needs & availability.
Whether you’re having difficulty with a life circumstance or past trauma has raised its ugly head, you’ve come to the right place. Healing and wholeness are possible for everyone! When you mix authentic care for others with proven professional clinical techniques, change is inevitable. My approach to therapy is a combination of direct, non-bias, evidenced-based practice mixed with a caring, strengths-based, client empowered perspective. I offer a safe, private, open space to discover and celebrate your authentic self. Clients have full access to my schedule via my website to self-schedule according to their needs & availability.
I am a licensed clinical social worker. Clients have described me as thoughtful, relatable, humorous, open-minded, a good listener, and a creative problem solver. I utilize cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) which is a form of therapy that can be used to treat people with a wide range of mental health struggles. CBT is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion), and how we act (behavior) all interact together.
I am a licensed clinical social worker. Clients have described me as thoughtful, relatable, humorous, open-minded, a good listener, and a creative problem solver. I utilize cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) which is a form of therapy that can be used to treat people with a wide range of mental health struggles. CBT is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion), and how we act (behavior) all interact together.
Are you are a new mama who just wants to know you are doing something right? You are in the middle of a major life transition (motherhood) and you want to feel validated and supported without being criticized for your actions and thoughts. Becoming a mama often brings up issues you might not expect. Identity changes, anxiety and depression, past traumas and memories of your own childhood, changes in your values and beliefs, as well as changes in your relationships. Everything changes when you become a mama. It's not just the process of having a new baby. It's the process of birthing a whole new you.
Are you are a new mama who just wants to know you are doing something right? You are in the middle of a major life transition (motherhood) and you want to feel validated and supported without being criticized for your actions and thoughts. Becoming a mama often brings up issues you might not expect. Identity changes, anxiety and depression, past traumas and memories of your own childhood, changes in your values and beliefs, as well as changes in your relationships. Everything changes when you become a mama. It's not just the process of having a new baby. It's the process of birthing a whole new you.
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Petrina McGowen
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, RDT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
I am a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Clinical Fellow with American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a Nationally Registered Drama Therapist (NADTA) working with children, adolescents and adults individually, as couples and in family clusters guiding, teaching, exploring and discovering the truth, the love and the peace within each being. Educated in Transpersonal Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy and Drama Therapy Studies, I see each client as a whole being filled with love. I approach each person with respect, unconditional regard, non-judgment and with the awareness of all possibilities.
I am a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Clinical Fellow with American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a Nationally Registered Drama Therapist (NADTA) working with children, adolescents and adults individually, as couples and in family clusters guiding, teaching, exploring and discovering the truth, the love and the peace within each being. Educated in Transpersonal Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy and Drama Therapy Studies, I see each client as a whole being filled with love. I approach each person with respect, unconditional regard, non-judgment and with the awareness of all possibilities.
We all have gone through some stressful and traumatic events in our lives and although we consciously know that, what we lived, are past events, at times, those past events somehow become our present that seem to interfere with our ability to form and maintain positive relationships in our lives and feel good about ourselves. I can help you freeing yourself from the past and have present clarity to create your true you, so you can live your life with purpose. I am fully bi-lingual in English and Spanish and enjoy working with clients from all different backgrounds.
We all have gone through some stressful and traumatic events in our lives and although we consciously know that, what we lived, are past events, at times, those past events somehow become our present that seem to interfere with our ability to form and maintain positive relationships in our lives and feel good about ourselves. I can help you freeing yourself from the past and have present clarity to create your true you, so you can live your life with purpose. I am fully bi-lingual in English and Spanish and enjoy working with clients from all different backgrounds.
Jennifer E. Haynes
Counselor, LMHC, CAMS-II, CCTP, CAGCS, C-DBT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
As a Professional, I offer guidance to individuals, couples, families and groups who are dealing with issues that affect their mental health and well-being. Approach work holistically, using a “wellness” model (as opposed to an “illness” one) which highlights and encourages client’s strengths. Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve mental health. Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences. Work with families intimately, empathetically. I am pleased to share that I am certified and specialize in Anger Management, Grief, Trauma, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Parenting.
As a Professional, I offer guidance to individuals, couples, families and groups who are dealing with issues that affect their mental health and well-being. Approach work holistically, using a “wellness” model (as opposed to an “illness” one) which highlights and encourages client’s strengths. Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve mental health. Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences. Work with families intimately, empathetically. I am pleased to share that I am certified and specialize in Anger Management, Grief, Trauma, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Parenting.
Kevin has extensive experience helping children, adolescents, adults and families with a variety of emotional and mental health concerns. He believes the quality of the client - therapist relationship is one of the primary factors influencing therapy outcomes and endeavors to meet each client where he or she is on their path. He listens intently to their life stories and strives to empower them to face life’s challenges in healthy ways. In a safe, open and undemanding environment, clients are afforded the space to embrace the strengths they already possess and take steps toward living more rewarding and enriched lives.
Kevin has extensive experience helping children, adolescents, adults and families with a variety of emotional and mental health concerns. He believes the quality of the client - therapist relationship is one of the primary factors influencing therapy outcomes and endeavors to meet each client where he or she is on their path. He listens intently to their life stories and strives to empower them to face life’s challenges in healthy ways. In a safe, open and undemanding environment, clients are afforded the space to embrace the strengths they already possess and take steps toward living more rewarding and enriched lives.
Stephanie Sammons
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC, MCAP
Verified Verified
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
Hi, I’m Stephanie! I am a counselor and the founder of Rise Counseling Treasure Coast. I love helping others rise above life’s challenges, and I believe it is possible for you to live a fulfilling life. I am not just a professional counselor…I’m a human being! And I believe that each person is unique and important. My promise to anyone I counsel is that I will treat you like a person, not just a client.
Hi, I’m Stephanie! I am a counselor and the founder of Rise Counseling Treasure Coast. I love helping others rise above life’s challenges, and I believe it is possible for you to live a fulfilling life. I am not just a professional counselor…I’m a human being! And I believe that each person is unique and important. My promise to anyone I counsel is that I will treat you like a person, not just a client.
I work with individuals of all backgrounds and personal experiences. I work closely with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, and traumatic-stress. My approach is client-centered and addresses the function of symptoms in halting one's progress and healthy functioning. I help individuals speak and process their adverse experiences as well as learn skills to improve their relationship to self and others.
I work with individuals of all backgrounds and personal experiences. I work closely with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, and traumatic-stress. My approach is client-centered and addresses the function of symptoms in halting one's progress and healthy functioning. I help individuals speak and process their adverse experiences as well as learn skills to improve their relationship to self and others.
Hi- I am Carrie Moore, a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida. I have extensive experience with addiction, anxiety, and depression. I work with my clients to provide a safe space to facilitate the journey of healing. When working with clients, I hope to establish an effective therapeutic relationship and provide support and understanding to my clients through the entire therapeutic process. I look forward to working with you. I have always had a passion for helping people lead their best lives. I believe that we all need support and guidance at times, and I love being a part of the process.
Hi- I am Carrie Moore, a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida. I have extensive experience with addiction, anxiety, and depression. I work with my clients to provide a safe space to facilitate the journey of healing. When working with clients, I hope to establish an effective therapeutic relationship and provide support and understanding to my clients through the entire therapeutic process. I look forward to working with you. I have always had a passion for helping people lead their best lives. I believe that we all need support and guidance at times, and I love being a part of the process.
Real Grounded Therapy
Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern, RCSWI
Verified Verified
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986
Hello there! I'm Mindi Fetterman. As a survivor of sexual trauma and the proud founder of an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors, I've spent over 20 years helping individuals like you find their voice, empowerment, joy, and play. My mission is to guide you in reconnecting with your inner spirit and body, helping you regain control and confidence in your life.
Hello there! I'm Mindi Fetterman. As a survivor of sexual trauma and the proud founder of an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors, I've spent over 20 years helping individuals like you find their voice, empowerment, joy, and play. My mission is to guide you in reconnecting with your inner spirit and body, helping you regain control and confidence in your life.
Jacquesta Michel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986 (Online Only)
Have you had a NICU experience or birth trauma? Are you struggling with your identity after a stressful event? Are you navigating the transition to motherhood and finding yourself overwhelmed and tired? Do you need a safe space to share about the challenges of motherhood or process grief/loss from your birth experience? Matrescence (the process of becoming a mom) affects us physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Many times we are not prepared for it! But you can heal and be well with the right support and resources.
Have you had a NICU experience or birth trauma? Are you struggling with your identity after a stressful event? Are you navigating the transition to motherhood and finding yourself overwhelmed and tired? Do you need a safe space to share about the challenges of motherhood or process grief/loss from your birth experience? Matrescence (the process of becoming a mom) affects us physically, emotionally, psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Many times we are not prepared for it! But you can heal and be well with the right support and resources.
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Experiential Therapy
How does experiential therapy work?
Experiential therapy works by allowing an individual to use their creativity to re-imagine themselves and their lives in an effort to process their emotions. Experiential therapy may take many forms, including engaging clients through art, re-enactments, role-playing, music, or forms of physical recreation. By focusing on these activities, experiential therapists help individuals identify the emotions they associate with previous experiences and work together to cope with negative reactions, like fear, anger, or shame.
Is experiential therapy evidence-based?
Experiential therapy incorporates many therapy modalities, some of which have been more closely researched than others. Music therapy, for example, has been shown to help with sleep problems. Some studies find that art therapy can be beneficial for those with eating disorders or personality disorders, while other research suggests that such approaches have little impact.
How long does experiential therapy last?
The duration of experiential therapy will depend on the type of therapy used as well as the severity of the challenges an individual faces. Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Art therapy may comprise 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Music therapy sessions generally last between 30 and 50 minutes and can be scheduled weekly or on an as-needed basis. For each therapy type, clients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.
Does experiential therapy help with trauma?
Trauma is one area where experiential therapy may be useful. Traumatic experiences such as combat or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating visual art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. Listening to music can be relaxing, while making music as part of a group provides plenty of opportunities to connect with other people. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, or who have been physically or emotionally abused.