THERAPIST LICENSURE
Our team of mental health therapists are all Masters Degree clinicians, with a couple working toward their doctorates. With a strong base in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) the therapists treat a wide variety of complex problems. There are various types of State Licenses the therapist hold at Behavioral Turning Point, Inc. There is Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern. Each one of the licenses mentioned are issued by the State of Florida Department of Health Division of Medical Quality Assurance to provide therapy.
HOW DO I KNOW
In the same manner that we recognize when our physical body needs attention by experiencing symptoms, we also must learn to recognize symptoms of when our mental health needs attention. Our mental health suffers emergencies and crisis that we know has an impact on our daily lives, but it can actually have an impact on our physical health as well.
Treating mental health conditions starts off by recognizing them. One easy way of doing this is asking yourself
- How am I feeling? - because that's what "Mental Health" means at its core. It's how you are feeling. These feelings stem from emotions that translate into behaviors. The problem is that these feelings can trigger untreated emotions to manifest with a response of incorrect and dangerous behaviors towards others or towards ones self. An example of how they can surface is in uncontrolled anger, rage, depression, anxiety, low self esteem, eating disorders and many more. The behaviors are not always obvious with giant outbursts or violent rage, they can be subtle and seemingly unassociated which means we have to pay close attention to them. So what do you do if you recognize some of these things you are reading, or what if you can't quite put your finger on it but you know something doesn't seem or feel right? This is where we can help.