Orlando Counseling Specialists

Orlando Counseling Specialists is a Family Counseling Center offering a variety of counseling services to those in the Central Florida area.  We currently have job opportunities available for experienced Licensed Mental Health Counselors, and Registered Mental Health Interns. 

We are looking for an experienced Licensed Mental Health Counselor, who is looking for an office space to rent or desires to be apart of our growing practice in Winter Park, Florida.  We are interested in hiring someone who has somewhat of a client load already, who would enjoy being apart of our team. 

We also offer a wonderful opportunity for Registered Mental Health Counseling Interns who desire to be part of an exciting growing counseling center.

Orlando Counseling Specialists is involved in a variety of counseling services, such as drug testing and drug counseling and career assessments and career counseling.  We offer a variety of assessments, such as the Myers-Briggs temperament profile as well as the Strong’s Interest Inventory among others.  One of our specialties is working with children, adolescents, teens and families.  We have a unique style of working with children, adolescent and teens, which includes working with the family as a whole unit.  We have seen optimal results when we can work with parents and other family members toward the health and well-being of everyone.  This is a great place to gain experience in a variety of counseling services.  We have a flexible philosophy which includes training, supervision as we prepare and encourage our Interns to develop their own private practices through the unique opportunity we offer. 

Please call for an appointment:

Ask for Nancy A. Johnson, M.A., LMHC, P.A

We would be kidding ourselves if we said that at some point in our lives we didn’t feel a bit anxious or at other times a bit down.  Well, we all fall somewhere on the continuum, more or less.  Even though so many of us struggle, we still feel alone, like no one would understand, like no one could grasp just how much it affects our lives.  It hurts.  We get angry and confused.  Some even get stuck.  And there are so many other words that describe what it’s like.  In this brief post I’d like to give us just a few ideas in staying engaged in the battle and actually making some headway, as difficult as it can be.

I’ve always thought honesty was one key element when walking towards a healthier you.  And it rings true when we battle anxiety and depression.  Being honest with yourself about how you feel and what you are experiencing is very important.  It is way to easy to go on living the busy life than to stop and take care of yourself.  And stopping to be honest is very important.  This should place within us a desire for change, for more.  If we let our emotions stay hidden deep within we run the risk of losing ourselves, losing the life we long for.  

Secondly, it must be said that healing is only possible in relationship.  We must not only be honest with ourselves but with others as well.  When we keep our hearts in the secret it gains the unhealthy power to isolate, to bring about shame, to avoid intimacy, or worse loneliness.  No doubt risking in such a way is fearful and scary, but think about the benefits.  I am not saying all of us who struggle need to see a counselor, but often at that time it could be our only safe place.  Being together in our pain is the only possible way to heal, in that it is most likely that our pain is a result of a broken relationship.  

Lastly, curiosity can be a driving force in getting healthy.  What is possible?  What would a stable mood feel like?  How would I experience intimacy if I could connect with others?  What would a deep rest feel like?  Is there something going on inside me that might need healing?  Is there more?  These are just some of the questions that drive me towards a healthier life.  That more satisfaction, connection, rest are possible.  

At Orlando Counseling Specialists people are being equipped to find these very things.  A safe place to be honest, be with others and dream about the possibilities. 

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