Online Counseling & Psychotherapy Services
Carlos Macedo, M.S., LMHC
Affordable Online Psychotherapy for Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and more
Most of us can handle life's ups and downs, but there are times when what you’re doing isn’t working, and you continue to struggle instead of reaching out for help. Sometimes you don't seek help because you're afraid or don’t believe you can be helped, because you don't know that help is available, because society suggests those who need therapy "must be crazy," or, to be bluntly honest, because you think that psychotherapy is just another scam to steal your hard-earned money. Maybe you even had a negative experience with a therapist before, which didn’t help you and wasted your time. Whatever your beliefs or experience, I'd like you to consider that psychotherapy can help. Not only have I witnessed positive changes in my clients, friends, and family as a result of therapy, but numerous research studies have also demonstrated the benefits of the "talking cure." And while it’s true that psychotherapy doesn't work for every single person, just as prescription medications, the only way to find out whether it'll help you is to actually experience it.
Bottom line: You'll get as much out of your therapy as you put in. Think about it as joining a gym: You can buy a membership and never show up (physically or mentally), or you can show up regularly and exert the kind of effort you need to truly achieve your goals.
Whether you're experiencing depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, or dealing with trauma or a difficult, painful divorce, you don't have to go through it alone. Let me, a licensed mental health counselor, help you move forward, get unstuck, and live the life you want to live!
About Me
I’m a licensed Mental Health Counselor, and have been living and working in South Florida since 1981. I'm fully bilingual (English and Spanish), earned a MS in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University, and a BFA from Florida Atlantic University. I’ve also attended several seminars on Trauma and PTSD, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (the latter given by Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, one of the world's foremost experts in CBT). Most recently, I have researched and incorporated Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a mindfulness-based approach to psychotherapy, as a cornerstone of my practice — with amazing results.
Throughout my career, I have helped clients deal with issues that range from depression, anxiety, self-harm, OCD, traumatic grief, PTSD, LGBT identity and chronic illness. I’ve worked at private practices and not-for-profit organizations. My practicum took place at the Broward Outreach Center, a homeless shelter in Downtown Hollywood, where I worked with clients of different genders, ethnic groups, nationalities, and sexual orientations with severe mood disorders, mental illness, and co-occurring conditions. While there, I also helped recently-released convicts adjust to life outside an institution. I call this learning period my "boot camp" into the mental health field.
Evening and Saturday appointments available!
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