My top 3 tips on how to find the best counselor for you when starting trauma therapy in Florida

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Finding the Help You Need: Counseling in Florida for Trauma, PTSD, Anxiety, & Depression

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida I specialize in helping both men and women who have had something bad happen to them in the past. Many of my clients have trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression issues and have been dealing with their problems for a long time.  Some of my clients have never told anyone about their trauma, hiding their issues from their family and friends for years.  They feel deep shame and embarrassment but know that they need help to live the life they really want. Once you do decide to start trauma therapy it can be difficult to find the right counselor. Here are my top three tips on how to find the best counselor for you. 

Tip One

Look for a counselor with the education and experience to provide trauma therapy. Just like doctors, many counselors specialize in the type of problems they help people with. Would you want your primary care doctor to do your heart surgery? Probably not. By finding a counselor that specializes in trauma therapy you will know that you have a counselor that understands the unique difficulties that you are experiencing.

Quiet Water Counseling of Florida offers free consultations so that you can find the best EMDR Therapist in Florida for you.

Tip Two

You need to not only find someone that has the experience and training to help you tackle your problems, you also need someone who you feel comfortable talking with.  Research shows that the relationship you have with your counselor will be one of the most important factors in you getting the help you need. Because of this I offer free 20-minute consultations so you can make sure that I am the right counselor for you.  I also offer convenient online appointments so you can do trauma therapy online in Florida, and also easy scheduling with most appointments booked at the same day and time each week to make scheduling easier. I recommend that you choose at least two different therapists in Florida and have consultations with both and see which one you connect with the best. I want you to find the best therapist for you, even if that is not me.

Tip Three

Think about your schedule. When starting trauma counseling it is very important that you attend all your scheduled sessions. Missing sessions will only delay you getting the help you need. If you know you are super busy every Wednesday don’t schedule sessions on that day. Pick a day and time that is convenient for you. Because I know how important trauma counseling is, and because I know how busy people can be, I offer trauma therapy online in Florida. I even offer online EMDR therapy in Florida (EMDR is a specialized type of therapy specifically for trauma). I find that when people have easy access to trauma therapy they are more likely to attend their scheduled sessions and start feeling better faster.

Quiet Water Counseling of Florida offers trauma therapy online in Florida to help make appointments more convenient for your schedule.

Ready to get started?

I offer online counseling throughout Florida, so you can stay in the comfort of your own home while still getting the help you need. Click below to schedule a free 20-minute consultation and find out how I can help you start living the life you want.

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Kellie Brown is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Florida EMDR therapist providing trauma therapy online throughout Florida.

About the Author:

Kellie Brown - Licensed Mental Health Counselor providing Trauma Therapy in Florida

Besides being a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and Nationally Board Certified Counselor, Kellie Brown is also a Certified EMDR therapist and specializes in providing trauma therapy for her clients in Florida. She knows how hard starting counseling can be but she also knows how much counseling can help change a person’s life for the better. She loves helping people get to the root of the problem so that they can make big changes in their lives and start living the life that they really want.

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Holding On To Anger - When a loved one is abusing drugs or alcohol

Many of the people that I talk to express how angry they are about their loved one’s drug and alcohol use. They are tired of the lying, and broken promises. They hold onto so much anger, so much hurt. They keep hoping for just one good day, one meal that is not ruined by drugs or alcohol. They desperately want things to change, and when they don’t, because addiction is so hard to conquer, the anger just keeps growing and growing inside of them.

You are justified in having that anger. Drugs and alcohol have probably ruined so many things in your life. Birthdays, celebrations, time with family, all ruined because your loved one was either actively using, trying to use, or sick because they did not use. You have every right to be angry about that.

When your loved one starts experiencing severe consequences due to their drug and alcohol use, you hope again that “this is it, they have hit rock bottom”. They might have lost their job, just been arrested, lost their children, or maybe they just overdosed and ended up at the ER. Your loved one comes to you, asking for help, telling you that they are done with that old life, things are going to change. You give them money, help them find treatment, maybe even help them find a job, or take care of their children while they get back on their feet.

For awhile, things are better, you think this is it, I am glad its over. But then things start changing again. You notice that they aren’t their usual self, or they are late, they start getting phone calls from people you don’t know. Your loved one might be more tired than usual, more stressed, more secretive. At first you chalk it up to them working too hard, being sick, “going through a lot right now”. But then they start asking you for money, they start selling things, draining accounts. The money isn’t adding up. You tell yourself, they had to spend the money on gas, or prices are going up. That is how addiction is, it sneaks up on you. You don’t want to believe it, but you know your loved one has relapsed. And your anger starts building up again. Anger because you know that the drugs and the alcohol are taking over again, taking your loved one from you again. And it is just a matter of time before something bad happens again.

I understand your anger. You have every right to be angry. Every right to be hurt and hate this situation. You want to lock your loved one up in the house so they can never go buy drugs or alcohol again. You want to be with them 24/7, watch where they go, watch who they hang out with, go through their belongings, see if you can catch them using, stop them before doing more drugs or alcohol. If you find their stash, you throw it away and get even more angry that they even brought it into the home.

You are so angry at your loved one, so angry for everything they are putting you through, and so tired of the endless cycle of addiction. Holding all this anger inside of you starts taking a toll, you start losing sleep, being short tempered with other family members, your muscles get so tight because the anger is stopping you from relaxing at all. You have done everything you can to help your loved one, and they are using again, of course you are angry.

But I want you to ask yourself, who is that anger helping? Is that anger helping them get the help that they need? Is that anger helping you? Sometimes family members think that if they only yell loud enough, or get mad big enough, that their loved one will stop using. And I am going to tell you right now, your loved one’s addiction has nothing to do with you. You didn’t cause it and your anger isn’t going to stop it. Your anger isn’t going to help them and it certainly will not help you either.

Letting go of the anger is probably one of the hardest but most important things you can do to help not just yourself but your loved one as well. Al-Anon meetings or Nar-Anon meetings can help give you support as you find a new path. Individual counseling can help as well. Its important to find what works for you. If you have any questions or want to schedule an appointment please reach out.