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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Client 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
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 MSWClinical Social Work1994
Rollins College BSSocial Sciences1983

Office Address


Earl Ledford, LCSW

Earl Ledford, LCSW

1600 W Eau Gallie Blvd, Suite 201-U

Melbourne, Florida 32935

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