Brain-Based
Trauma Therapy
Professionals, Veterans & High Achievers
For the anxiety, trauma, and relationship patterns that talk therapy hasn’t resolved. Advanced methods to get you results.
FLORIDA
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MASSACHUSETTS
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NEW YORK
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You’ve tried talk therapy before.
Finally, something different.
Sheri Johnson - Founder, Psychotherapist
What is Brain-Based Therapy?
If you’re like most of our clients, you don’t have time for years of talk therapy. You want results, because your work depends on it, your family depends on it, and your happiness and future depend on it.
Brain-based therapies are modalities that work not only with your conscious, logical mind, but also with your deeper, subconscious mind. By working with both, your chance to CLEAR your trauma, IMPROVE your relationships, and SUCCEED in your work, is exponentially higher.
And it’s often going to be achieved in a shorter time frame too.
Trauma counseling & anxiety counseling require methods that understand the neuroscience of your brain and body. Brain-based therapies like RRT, ART, EMDR, Brainspotting & more, are designed for just that.
Sheri Johnson, RSW, CCHt, LCSW created FreeMind Therapy to challenge the status quo in therapy and offer a place where you can get only the best care available in the mental health industry today.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy with brain-based methods is available for adults, but we also work with kiddos (teens & children 9+) if suitable for virtual therapy. We can serve clients located in Florida, Massachusetts & New York.
Trauma therapy is available for a wide range of issues including: PTSD, veteran trauma, car accident trauma, sexual trauma/sexual assault, childhood trauma/abuse, guilt & shame, relationship and attachment trauma, insomnia, and many other problems resulting from small and big traumatic experiences.
We recommend that you begin with an Initial Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Plan over the course of 1-2 sessions of 50min each. Your treatment plan may be anywhere from 6-12 sessions or an intensive may be recommended. You can discuss an individualized plan with your therapist.
Stress & Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety therapy using brain-based methods is a game changer. You’re not just figuring out how to “cope”. You are actually healing.
Stress and Anxiety therapy is available for all ages 9 to 99 and is available for those located in Florida, Massachusetts and New York. Our methods are useful for addressing various anxiety and stress presentations including panic attacks, phobias, social anxiety and agoraphobia, chronic worry or overthinking, mental overwhelm secondary to ADHD, relationship anxiety or anxious attachment style, and more.
We recommend an Initial Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Plan, followed by consistent visits to gain momentum toward your outcome. An Intensive may be recommended.
Therapy Intensives
An intensive is a longer session that addresses one or two specific issues. This could be for you if you have experienced slower progress with other providers.
A brain-based intensive targets the root of the problem and can let you see results faster. Instead of waiting a week or more between sessions, you are building on the momentum for double or triple the amount of time.
Start with a free phone consultation to discuss the game plan, and determine if you are a candidate for an Intensive. They are typically either 100min or 150min long, followed by at least two 50min follow up sessions in the weeks after.
You don’t have to feel it to heal it.
Neuroscience has given us new, advanced ways to clear severe trauma, chronic anxiety, shame & guilt, and many other issues. You just need to right method to unlock that door for you.
Our Therapeutic
Approaches
Cutting-edge, brain-based therapies that go beyond talk therapy. Get to the root and make actual change.
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Brainspotting therapy is a brain-based therapy that uses your eyeline positioning to pin point and quickly clear the root of your trauma or stuckness.
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Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) is an experiential style therapy combining several methods into one approach.
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Clinical Hypnotherapy has been a mental health treatment method for well over 100 years, and is applied by us using modern, non-invasive techniques.
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EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) is the leading method for clearing trauma, using memory reconsolidating methods and side-to-side eye movement or tapping.
IFS, or Internal Family Systems is a world renowned method for reframing your daily experiences, emotions.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is one of the best known rapid therapies available today, with proven results.
Somatic Therapy is based on the psychological perspective that trauma and memories are stored in the body - by starting with the body, the mind can get on board with healing more easily.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The best way to reach out is by completing a contact form, below.
Otherwise, you may email directly at info@freemindtherapy.us
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We often recommend starting with a 50min session as your therapist will be able to start creating your treatment plan. This can ensure the greatest chance of success and choice of modality.
Your therapist may determine, based on your presentation, that a series of 50min sessions may be best for you. However, if your goals are rather specific and clear from the outset and there is an approach that is designed to treat this, we may recommend an Intensive of 100-150min. This allows for more time to build on the intervention and create quicker results, rather than splitting it up and losing momentum.
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Research consistently shows that virtual therapy is equally effective as in-person therapy, for the majority of mental health conditions, including trauma, PTSD and anxiety.
Virtual therapy is preferred by many due to the lack of commute, no waiting room, total privacy from your local community, and access to specialized care regardless of your location within the state.
Many clients share that they feel safer doing therapy in their own space, which can support the therapeutic process when working through emotionally demanding material.
All sessions at OptiMind Therapy are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform, ensuring your privacy is fully protected.
If you are skeptical, I recommend requesting a free 20min video consultation so you can try it out before committing.
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Counseling and psychotherapy for residents of Florida, Massachusetts, and New York.
We work with adults and children/teens (age 9+)
Sessions are all virtual
Typical sessions are 50min long, and therapy intensives range between 100 and 150min long.
Specialized adult ADHD therapy and diagnosis services are available for adult clients 18+. You can choose either assessment & diagnosis, or ADHD therapy (or both).
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Click the Book Now button and schedule yourself online without wait times.
Or, fill out the contact form below to ask a question or request an appointment time to get started.
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No direct billing is available, private-pay only.
However, we are happy to offer a Superbill any time you request, if you have Out-Of-Network benefits.
Receipts are automatically sent to you by email the day of your scheduled session.