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Therapist Training in St. Pete

No other therapist I know of has dedicated themselves to the research, development, and practice of divorce and post-divorce counseling like I have.
As someone who’s lived through the trauma of divorce and helped countless others come to terms with who THEY are as individuals outside of a couple, and set them up for healthy, successful relationships in the future, I’m so excited to put this training together to help more therapists help pre-divorce and post-divorce couples and individuals.
The curriculum is designed to cover:
  • Helping clients understand the WHY behind their divorce—the interpersonal relationship issues that led to the breakup.
  • Getting clients to the heart of their individual relationship issues by understanding the damage done in their caregiver-infant relationship.
  • Helping clients find ways to heal those wounds as a single person, so they don’t need a partner to fill those needs for them.
  • Getting them on stable ground as a newly single, uncoupled person.
  • Teaching them my custom “Yours, Mine, Ours” relationship model & showing them ways to practice it in non-romantic relationships.
  • If they desire to start dating again, helping them navigate their new relationships with this model.
  • Teaching them how to behave and communicate in a healthy, “divorce-proof” way in their new relationships so they aren’t faced with the same heartbreak over and over again.
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The curriculum is currently being developed, but when you sign up for the waiting list, you’ll be the first to know when it’s available… and get some cool insights along the way.

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