Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM
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5550 Northwest 111th Boulevard, Alachua Crossings, Gainesville, FL 32653
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Dr. Valerie Allen specializes in working with children, adolescents, and their families. She works with youngsters who have learning, behavior, medical, and/or social skills issues. She offers supportive counseling, direction, understanding, and referrals for ongoing care. She focuses on life-long skills for positive socialization and independent living. She also provides case management and coordination of related services between schools, colleges, and community agencies. She published a workbook for teens, "Go to the Guidance Office and Ask the Counselor About Career Choices," available on Amazon. Amazon.com/author/valerieallen
Dr. Allen is a state-licensed and Nationally Board Certified School Psychologist and Nationally Certified Case Manager. She has many years of experience working with at-risk youngsters and families in distress. She also works in crisis care management with individuals and organizations. She has taught students from elementary school to post-graduate studies.
Dr. Allen has been in private practice for over 30 years and has been a teacher, guidance counselor, and administrator in public and private education. She has taught graduate and undergraduate students in teacher preparation and mental health counseling. Her articles on parenting and education have appeared nationwide.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Pay by Cash, Check
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- BayCare
- Beech Street
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Carebridge EAP
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Corporate Care Works
- Coventry
- Deer Oaks
- E4Health
- EAP Consultants
- EAPs
- Emblem Health of NY
- EmblemHealth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Espyr
- Evernorth
- Florida Blue
- Great-West Life
- Group Health Incorporated (GHI)
- Health Advocate
- Heritage
- HIP | Health Plan of New York
- Horizaon Health
- Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Human Management Services
- Humana
- Kepro
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- MultiPlan
- Mutual of Omaha
- Network Advantage
- New Directions | Lucet
- Optum
- Personal Assistance Services
- Resource for Living
- SAPs
- TELUS Health
- United Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- VA Community Care Network (CCN)
- WorkPlace Options
- Out of Network
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Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Florida / SS257 Valerie Allen
- In Practice for 37 Years
- Certificate from National Association of School Psychologists 14409
- Certificate from Florida Association of School Psychologists 41684
- Attended Florida Atlantic University, Graduated 1982
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Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
- Behavioral Issues
- School Issues
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Career Choices
- Career Counseling
- Depression
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- LGBTQ+
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Stress
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Vocational Exploration
- Women's Issues
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Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
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Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM
Location
Primary Location
Dr. Valerie Allen
5550 Northwest 111th Boulevard
Alachua Crossings
Gainesville, FL 32653
(321) 710-2195Email me
Nearby Areas
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Valerie Allen
EdD, NCSP, CCM