Trauma & PTSD therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Amy Johnson Chong is a licensed clinical social worker in Winter Park, Florida, with 26 years in practice. She works with teens, adults, families and groups facing ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, life transitions, self-esteem and LGBTQ+ concerns. Over her career she has listened to the stories of both children and adults, and she holds a firm belief in people's natural capacity to move toward hope. Her approach combines attachment-based, emotionally focused and trauma-focused work with IFS, CBT, mindfulness, play therapy and positive psychology, adapted to each client's own story. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-FL, LCSW-CT, LCSW-TX

Dolly Skricka is a licensed clinical social worker who provides online therapy to adults in Florida, Connecticut and Texas from Orlando. She works with people who feel mentally stuck, caught in overthinking, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, perfectionism or trouble following through, and treats anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, trauma, burnout, grief and life transitions. Her background includes years in clinical and counseling settings and work alongside first responders. Her approach is practical and collaborative, using CBT, exposure and response prevention, DBT, schema-informed work, mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients build strategies that hold up in everyday life and reduce the grip of intrusive thoughts. All sessions are online.

Counselor, MA, LMHC, FLCS

Garrett Leslie is a licensed mental health counselor and Florida board-approved clinical supervisor in Oviedo, part of the Tree of Life team. He sees children, teens, adults, couples and families, with a focus on marriage and relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, and his listing also includes ADHD, OCD, addiction and LGBTQ+ concerns. His style is relational, combining warmth and acceptance with clinical clarity, and he believes a therapist can only guide others as far as he has traveled himself. His methods include EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, ACT, CBT, DBT, Gestalt and family systems. He offers sessions in person in Oviedo and online.

Family Therapist, MS, LMFT

Elizabeth Gorovitz is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Winter Park, Florida, with 24 years in practice. Much of her work is with couples caught in the same repeating fight, where one partner withdraws and the other erupts, and she helps them recognize and change those protective patterns. She also addresses intimacy, trust, communication, infidelity and family trauma, and works with individuals on anxiety, depression, life transitions, LGBTQ+ concerns and perinatal issues. Her approach is grounded in family systems and draws on the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, IFS, attachment-based work and CBT, aiming for safer emotional connection. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Mental Health Counselor, MS, LMHC, QS

Aalysha Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor and qualified supervisor in Lake Mary, Florida, who works with adults online. She focuses on how past trauma can show up in the present through rumination, low self-esteem, poor sleep, trouble concentrating and a harsh inner critic. She also treats anxiety, depression, relationship problems, life transitions, stress, family issues, substance use and bipolar disorder. Her methods include EMDR, internal family systems, CBT, mindfulness and solution-focused brief therapy, with a strength-based outlook aimed at helping clients worry less, think more freely and pursue what matters to them. Sessions are held online.

Counselor, LMHC, LCPC, LCMHC, LPCC-S

Emilie Butler is a licensed mental health counselor practicing at Butterfly Mental Health Counseling, based in Winter Park near Orlando, with over 20 years in the mental health field. She holds counseling licenses in Florida, Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina. She works with adults on anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and relationship and couples concerns, and supports women through parenting, pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her approach is person-centered and practical, using CBT, mindfulness-based and solution-focused methods to set clear goals and build coping skills and self-confidence. She provides all sessions online as telehealth.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MS, EdS, LCMHC

Jennifer Coleman is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Cornelius, North Carolina, with 21 years in practice. She helps teens, adults, couples and families with anxiety, panic and constant overthinking, along with depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, relationship problems, life transitions and bipolar disorder. Many of her clients feel exhausted by racing what-if thoughts that follow them from morning to night. Her approach is integrative, drawing on CBT, ACT, mindfulness, narrative and solution-focused therapy, compassion-focused work, sandplay and coaching to ease worry and help clients feel calmer and more in control. She sees clients in person in Cornelius and online.

Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, LCMHCA

Meikayla Williams is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate in Concord, North Carolina, working with teens, adults and couples. Many clients come in looking fine to everyone around them while privately fighting a draining daily battle. Williams helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, ADHD, grief, life transitions, substance use, bipolar disorder and LGBTQ+ concerns. The approach is eclectic and integrative, blending evidence-based methods such as CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, emotionally focused and solution-focused therapy, with Christian counseling available for those who want it. The goal is to help clients move from struggle toward peace, clarity and a stronger sense of purpose. Sessions are offered in person in Concord and online.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MS, LCMHC, QS

Tayona Fraylon Curry is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and qualified supervisor in Matthews, North Carolina, with 15 years in practice and licenses in North Carolina and South Carolina. Before licensure she spent years counseling children, adolescents, adults and families in a range of settings, on concerns such as behavioral problems, adoption and domestic violence. Today she works with preteens through older adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationships, OCD, eating disorders and substance use. She focuses on creating a safe, trusting space and works collaboratively toward each client's goals, using CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, family systems and narrative therapy, with Christian counseling available. She sees clients in person and online.