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Ornella Dickson

Therapist
~1 year of experience
  • Virtual
  • Anxiety, Depression, Relationship issues, Trauma
  • Individual therapy, Family therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy

Great to meet you!

I help my clients truly heal from life or marital crisis, overwhelming sadness, generational trauma, panic attacks, self-defeating thoughts, intimacy issues, anxiety, stress, anger and grief. I specialize in emotional release therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, clinically supporting and empowering you to finally release the painful emotions and agonizing thoughts that have been consuming your peace. You will begin to love yourself, “Feel Understood”, and adopt the skills to support healthy relationships, restoring you to a healthier sense of self. My expertise is in root and inner child work, my style is down-to-earth, client centered with a mixed approach.

For couples, I am passionate about helping you resolve the power struggle “to be heard” that happens in relationships, helping you see that the past can influence how you both show up to each other. We build mutual understanding, conflict resolution and communication skills, and address the areas causing disunity, sometimes that means generational trauma.

My approach to therapy

I am registered with the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, certified in Crisis Prevention Interventions (CPI), specializing in Crisis Stabilization, Marital-Crisis Intervention, Trauma Recovery (TRM), Grief, Diagnosis Navigation, Stress, Emotional Disturbances, Body Image and Life Crisis, working in Mental Health for 8 years, and in intensive outpatient and in-patient crisis stabilization since 2021.

What you can expect from me

You can expect to connect with an authentic therapist who understands your experiences, while helping you move through it.

About me

  • I identify as
    Black or African descent, Woman
  • My style is
    Empowering, Affirming, Direct

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    ~1 year of experience
  • Training
    MSW (Master of Social Work) at University of Central Florida
  • License type
    LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (Florida)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Anxiety, Depression, Relationship issues, Trauma
  • More specialties
    Family issues, Stress management, Cultural & ethnic issues, Grief or loss
  • Therapy methods
    Strength-Based, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), Structural Family, Trauma Focused CBT, Solution Focused Couples Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Behavioral Activation (BA), Somatic, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Bowen Family Systems, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Cognitive Processing (CPT), Behavioral, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy, Experiential, Gestalt, Family Focused Therapy (FFT), Gottman Method / Gottman Couples, Behavior Modification, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Behavior Management, Behavioral Couples Therapy, Attachment Based, Attachment Based Family Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Care types
    Individual therapy, Family therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy
  • Ages served
    Adults, Seniors
  • Languages
    English