Solution Focused Brief (SFBT) Therapists in Largo, FL

I believe that all people can learn to identify and change thoughts and behaviors in ways that better help them live their ideal lives. I aspire to be a resource you can use to accomplish that goal, using approaches that create a balance between acceptance and change. You'll likely experience me as warm, positive, respectful, informed, practical, and often solution-focused. I work with a wide range of relationship, mental health, and career-related concerns, and I'm eager to help you navigate your path to personal growth.

Have you found it difficult to move past the pain of yesterday to enjoy your today? At Epic Counseling Services, we are here to help you experience peace in your circumstance. These circumstances may range from common life stressors to major situations that disrupt your day to day functioning at home, school, or work. Sometimes fear, anxiety, depression, and trauma can feel like an emotional paralysis. If you’re reading this you’re probably contemplating taking the first step toward your healing.

The best investment one can make is in themselves. I strive to provide a safe place to facilitate optimal growth in all areas which will include healing and resolution of past traumas.

Are you seeking understanding and relief from the tormenting grip of your eating disorder. Are you grappling with distorted body image, destructive eating habits, and underlying emotional turmoil. As an eating disorder therapist, I provide compassionate support, effective coping strategies, and a safe space for vulnerability. If you seek liberation from your eating disorder's suffocating hold, striving for self-acceptance, improved mental health, and a nourishing relationship with food, I am here to lead you towards a life free from the constraints of your eating disorder and address your desire to reclaim vitality and resiliency.

When asked, "How are you?" Clients often respond, "I feel lost/empty," "I don't know who I am. What's wrong with me?" I hear confusion as they ask for help, but these feelings can change. When overwhelmed, it shows intelligence and courage to seek help. I provide a safe, confidential, and comfortable environment where you can speak and heal without fear. Learn how to resolve conflicts in a positive, and productive way. The change process is most likely to succeed if we identify and stay connected with your strengths and values. Let me partner with you to assist you in reaching your potential.

Are hard times triggering a past traumatic event? Are you so distracted by anxiety that it feels like you can’t think straight? Are you angry at the people you love most? I have years of experience helping people through those “I don’t know what to do” moments. From everyday stressors to traumatic events -- things are going to cause us to feel anxious, depressed, or angry. Feelings are real. I have years of experience and specialized training in helping people overcome traumatic events and families working through behavior challenges after an adoption.

Hi! My name is Dr. Mary Torok. I am an accomplished and Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. I have had years of experience supporting adults, children, adolescents, and families through counseling, psychoeducation, directive, and non-directive instruction. I am passionate about motivating, empowering, and helping people manage situations and overcome obstacles.

You are the architect of your life. My goal is to empower you to create it as you desire it to be. My therapy approach is to use a variety of techniques including cognitive, dialectical,(DBT), solution-focused,and others, to help you achieve your goals. I have worked in multiple settings over the past several decades to gain the skills and maturity that I hope will enable you to actualize your potential. I am a graduate of the University of Missouri and hold active licenses in Florida, (Licensed Mental Health Counselor), and Kansas, (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor).

I have observed that most of the clients I have helped over the years suffer from and express feeling fragmented by either traumatic experiences or inner conflicts between competing wishes and desires. With their sense of self shattered, client's often feel anxious and depressed as well as powerless in being able to move forward in life resulting in more anxiety and depression, eventually spiraling out of control resulting in panic, self harming behavior and often substance use. My goal then for you my client, is to help piece together your shattered self and set you back on the path towards a better present and future.

I really enjoy working through a variety of issues, and have a unique and comforting approach to guiding clients out of whatever they are currently sitting with. I believe the client is the expert in their own lives and they are capable of change, but sometimes need some help to figure out their path and find solutions. I don’t believe there is a one-size-fits-all approach to any issue, and use various methods such as EMDR, DBT, ACT, and solution focused, depending on your needs. I use Gottman Method Couples Therapy in my work with couples.

Are you feeling discouraged, stuck, and hopeless in your life or marriage? Life's negative experiences are causing continued distress and preventing you from reaching your potential. Are you experiencing depression, anxiety, anger issues, relationship challenges and major life changes? are your preteens or teens experiencing behavior problems in school, home setting, or continue to get in trouble with the law?

ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS Maybe your spouse refuses to go to counseling, or it could be that you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed. Perhaps you need help with boundaries, people-pleasing, or perfectionism. You want to feel calmer, more at peace. You've dug deep and tried hard, but the stress, depression, and edginess just won't budge. Maybe it's time to reach out for support to get back on track. Hope, relief, renewal, and peace are still possible. Let's rise above the pain together.

Thank you for exploring my Psychology Today profile. Aside from working in private practice, I have also been an adjunct professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Lifespan Development at various Universities for the last 11 years. I have genuine confidence in working with teens, adults of any age range, and I actually prefer couples for relationship-based client stressors. I have limitless perseverance, I am authentically brave, and I will climb down in any trench with anyone.

Life sometimes has unexpected challenges: loss of someone we love, traumatic or frightening events, separation or divorce. Therapy is a way of being heard without interruptions, learning new strategies to reduce the emotional pain and tapping into the strengths that you are already using to heal. Where is it written that you cannot find happiness again?

You're always there for those in your life who depend on you; children, partner, friends, co-workers, but you can't find the time to take care of yourself. Sometimes the stressors of life can feel like too much to manage alone. Maybe your past has been too hard to forget. The expectations placed on you are overwhelming or unmanageable. If you are struggling to keep it all going, I offer a safe space in my office for you to sit back, take a deep breath, and refocus. I want you to bring all of your emotional "stuff" to my office and we will sort through it together. Leave it all behind so you can finally make yourself a priority.

My ideal client is ready and motivated for a new way of living. They may be struggling with issues such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, food-related issues, work stress, grief, lack of purpose, burn out, or overall unhappiness without knowing why. My clients want to feel better, happier, and more balanced. They are tired of struggling and ready to find a fresh path. My clients want to feel heard and seen, exactly as they are, without judgment. My clients long for inner-peace and to feel joy inside, sometimes for the first time ever or in a very long time.

I work with people who are dealing with anxiety, past trauma, and life transitions. You might notice you can’t stop worrying, going through the “what ifs”, and avoid as a result. Dealing with emotional struggles on your own can be tiring and isolating. Imagine how your life could be without your suffering weighing you down. There is hope and you can thrive!

I enjoy, excel and have extensive experience working with teens, adults and other clinicians looking to identify and find solutions to life's problems. My clients come to me with a goal in mind, whether it big or small, and we will work together to identify solutions to the barriers holding them back or in their way. Additionally, I enjoy working with survivors of any trauma and those looking to break out of toxic relationships, whether personal, professional or romantic. I also enjoy working with other therapists (or first responders), seeking support, and feel strongly about helping those in my profession.

My commitment is to assist you utilizing your own virtues and resilience If suffering of sadness or depression, due to: grief and loss; going trough major life changes that are causing you anxiety and stress; need to increase self-esteem and improve satisfaction and quality of life; need to increase feeling of well-being; need to repair and enhance relationships; raising a child with special needs, which becomes overwhelming and requires specific parenting skills. If you are experiencing any of this, I can partner with you and offer my clinical skills and expertise to enhance your strengths and overcome those difficulties.