CHEER! Counseling
Mental Health Enrichment
& Emotional Recovery
1109 N. Parsons Ave
Brandon, FL 33510
ph: 813-620-4900
fax: 813-620-4991
alt: 813-850-6674
linda
Counseling Services
Relationships, Couple and Premarital
Relationships with others are important to everyone's emotional health. Happy relationships enrich your life, while unhappy relationships can become a living hell. Many people have never learned the basic skills required for a good relationship,and have no idea what they can do to change the situation. Many people also believe that they are helpless to change a relationship because it's the other person's problem, not theirs. At CHEER!, you will learn how relationships are interconnected, and what you can do (Yes, you, not your partner) to change and improve your situation. You will have the opportunity to learn new communication skills, and learn to get your needs met without controlling others. Better relationships lead to a happier life, more fulfilled sex life, reduced depression and anxiety, and even improved health benefits such as a decrease in headaches, backaches, stomachaches, and increased energy.
Couples counseling is helpful for improving a bad relationship, and wonderful for enriching an already great relationship. Premarital counseling is also available.
Substance Abuse Recovery
We offer group, individual, and family therapy, all on an outpatient basis -- with hours that are convenient to your schedule.
* Cognitive (thinking) and behavioral therapy helps you replace harmful thinking with a healthy recovery plan.
* Our secular program is based on solid and proven therapy techniques.
* We are NOT another AA or twelve-step program. We do not blame or shame you,
* You can make permanent life-style changes that leave substance abuse as only a memory.
Professionals Group
You will experience respect and confidentiality in a peer group of professionals whom you can relate to.Individual and family therapy are also available.
Intensive Outpatient Therapy
For individuals who need intensive ongoing treatment, for serious drug/alcohol problems. Clients continue living their lives outside of a hospital or half-way house. Your program will be individualized to meet your needs and budget.
Drug testing
Cost is $25 a test for the community. Clients pay $10. Alcohol breath tests are free for clients.
Communication Skills
Healthy communication skills are essential for getting along with others in all areas of your life. Good communication is a learned skill.
CHEER therapy includes learning to be assertive in getting your needs met. At CHEER! we use cognitive/behavioral therapy to help you learn to feel better. Couples learn to express themselves for effectively. Our clients find that, no matter why they came to therapy, their improved communication skills benefit them in every area of their lives.
Depression
People often develop depression when many things go wrong in their lives all at once. In therapy you will begin feeling better and learn to avoid future depressions. There is no reason for going through life feeling down and depressed when short-term therapy can help you learn to cope better in life, and to feel happy and healthy. Even people with medically caused depressions such as manic-depression, or bipolar disease, improve at CHEER! Counseling.
Anxiety and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder(OCD)
Anxiety disorders develop from negative self-talk and unconscious messages that you give yourself. The more you tell yourself that you are afraid, the more fearful you become. This becomes a vicious circle that you have become entangled in, through no fault of your own. Often, doctors treat anxiety with medications for years, yet the underlying thinking pattern is never examined or changed. Anxiety, OCD and PTSD are treatable disorders, and you will have the opportunity to reduce or throw away your medications and finally be free of your fears.
Anger Management
CHEER! couselors will help you improve your emotional management skills to defuse anger and intense emotions. Some people express anger outwards through violence. Others internalize their anger and hurt themselves through depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. At CHEER! you will learn where your anger comes from, and develop techniques to control your emotions, rather than letting them control you.
Rapid Trauma Reduction and Hypnotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Have you ever walked along the sand of a beach, and then looked back at your footprints? The sand doesn't know that your feet are no longer there, and they hold onto the shape of your footprints until a wave washes them away. In the same way, your subconscious mind holds onto past traumas that can continue haunting you years after the incident is over. Rapid Trauma Reduction washes the ghosts from your subconscious mind in the way a wave washes your footprints from the sand.
Clients find it amazing how quickly the pain from severe traumas can be erased, along with depression, anxiety, stress, and even physical pains such as headaches, stomachaches, and backaches. This effective, painless method helps you move on from the emotional and physical pain that has been holding you back for years, and will free you to enjoy a life of happiness, health, and fulfilling relationships.
Biofeedback for Anxiety & Stress Reduction
Our unique biofeedback adventure program is an "inner-active" computer adventure that combines ancient breathing and meditation with modern biofeedback technology for total mind-body wellness.
Groups
We offer relationship improvement & emotional control groups for women and men in English and Sign language. Health improvement/weight management groups, parenting/anger management therapy and substance abuse groups. Check out our group section for more information.
Children & Adolescents
Growing up is a stressful time. Like adults, children and adolescents can have problems with adjusting to life stresses, social interactions, and growing expectations. There are many children who have problems fitting in, possibly from a learning disability, attention problem, or even giftedness. Family problems, divorce, step-parents, siblings, and school work can all put a stress on children, and result in behavorial problems. Therapy can help children learn to resolve their problems and grow into healthy and happy adults.
Psychological Evaluations: Gifted, ADHD, Learning Problems, Mental Health
Dr. Jeffrey Goidel is experienced in psychological evaluations. He tests children who have attention deficits, learning problems, and gifted children. Get your child tested and enrolled in the right program to meet his or her needs in the fall.
Dr. Goidel also does adult evaluations and is an experienced expert witness in court hearings.
Disabilities & Relationships
Physical illnesses take a toll on family stability as well. With Linda's experience as a foster parent and respite care provider for disabled children, she has made it her specialty to assist families in dealing with the emotional ramifications of illness and disability.
Linda has worked extensively with clients who have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, developmental disabilities, and autism. She spent several years working as an activity director for nursing homes and has added enjoyment to the lives of individuals with traumatic brain damage, stroke, and dementia. She has strong behavioral modification skills, and continues to work with neurologically impaired individuals in counseling.
Sign Language
Linda has been using Sign Language (PSE) for the past thirty years. Her undergraduate degree was in Speech Therapy. She has counseled deaf groups and individuals using Sign Language. She has been active in the Deaf Community since the early 1970's.
Spanish
Counseling in Spanish is available.
Please contact us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.
1109 Parsons Ave.
Brandon, Fla. 33510
(813) 620-4900
1109 N. Parsons Ave
Brandon, FL 33510
ph: 813-620-4900
fax: 813-620-4991
alt: 813-850-6674
linda
