Personal Statement
Tired of arguing? Tired of fighting? Feel like you cannot communicate or that communication is superficial? Lost that loving feeling? You have found the right therapist. I work with couples to find solutions for staying together, recover from affairs and other infidelities and recover from substance use and addictive behaviors.
I work with couples only or an individual with couples issues and see 25 to 35 couples per week. My work with couples is not something else that i do........it is all that is I do. Our focus will not be stirring around in the past to find blame. We will address things from the past from a solution focused approach.
I specialize in couples counseling to help couples find solutions for staying together, guiding couples through affair recovery and other infidelity recovery, and facilitating couples substance and behavior addiction recovery.
My belief is that divorce is not the answer except for extreme situations. Affair recovery, pornography problems/addictions and sex addiction recovery is of special interest and 85% of the couples I work with in this area stay together. Of those more that 50% feel like they are better friends and more in love than at any other time of their life.
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Click HereClient Focus (Age)
- Adults
- Elders (65+)
Therapy Specialties
- Alcohol Use
- Codependency
- Divorce
- Gambling Addiction
- Infidelity
- Relationship Issues
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Addiction
- Substance Use
Treatment Orientation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Conflict Resolution Therapy
- Eclectic
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuro-Linguistic
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
- Relational
Modality
- Couples
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Beacon Health Strategies
- Beech Street
- Cigna
- Health Net
- Humana
- LifeSynch
- Military OneSource
- Multiplan
- New Directions
- Optum
- Tricare
- UnitedHealthcare
- ValueOptions
Years in Practice
20+ years
Services Fee
- Therapy Session $100
Licenses
License Name | License | State | Year |
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) | SW5008 | FL | 1998 |
Certifications
Name | Year |
---|---|
Certified Addictions Professional (CAP) | 2010 |
Certified E-therapist (CET) | 2005 |
Certified Sex Therapist (CST) | 2000 |
Associations
Name | Duration |
---|---|
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) | 1991-Present |
National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) | 2009-Present |
American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) | 2005-Present |
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) | 2010-Present |
Education
School | Degree | Major | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Florida State University | MSW | Clinical Social Work | 1994 |
Rollins College | BS | Social Sciences | 1983 |
Office Address
Earl Ledford, LCSW
1600 W Eau Gallie Blvd, Suite 201-U
Melbourne, Florida 32935