Initially, during your first session, you will discuss your concerns and provide some historical information about what brought you into counseling. You would have an opportunity to meet with your therapist regularly for about 50-60 minutes each week. Counseling is a collaborative effort between the counselor and the client. Your therapist will help you identify goals and potential solutions and a plan for problems that cause emotional turmoil; resolve your inner conflict(s), seek to improve communication and coping skills; strengthen self-esteem; and promote behavior change and optimal mental health. Through counseling, you are able to examine the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that are causing difficulties in your life. You learn effective ways to deal with your problems by building upon personal strengths and learning ways to encourage personal growth and foster your interest and welfare. It is not unusual for people to feel nervous or uncomfortable at first, but this usually dissipates as your counselor helps you talk about your concerns and your needs. Feel free to bring any questions, concerns, or notes

Relationships can be the most important and satisfying part of our life, as well as the most challenging part of our life. If you are feeling stuck in your relationship, or if you are not sure about whether your relationship is going to work out but would like to work at things, counseling could be beneficial for you. When inside a relationship, it is sometimes difficult to see why things are not working and how to change them. Many times, it takes an outside perspective to create change and to help shift your perspective—someone who is clinically trained and has experience in this could be beneficial so you can have help in recognizing the patterns that are keeping you stuck and in the same cycles.

You can maximize the progress you make in counseling by being actively involved in the work you and your counselor are doing.
Some suggestions include:

• Be on time and try not to miss any of your sessions, consistency is important with counseling and to your goals.
• Between sessions, make time to think about the things you have discussed with your therapist during your session.
• Journaling about topics discussed can be helpful.
• Invest in following through on any homework assignments, readings, or books your counselor has suggested for you.
• Be as honest and open with your counselor as possible…as well as honest with yourself.

A Fulfilled Life is registered as an in-network provider with any insurance panels. This means that we work with insurance companies directly. 

A Fulfilled Life works with these Insurance Providers:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (Famous)
• Cigna
• Cigna Behavioral Health (MCCBV)
• Cigna Health Plan
• Cigna Healthcare  
• Compsych
• Humana  
• New Directions
• Optum Health  
• TriWest
• United HealthCare

If you are in need of therapy and you have hardship challenges, please contact us and request a scholarship application and/or learn more information about package deals that may be able to assist you.

For those with scheduling conflicts, we offer therapy through video conferencing. Our website has the simplicity of scheduling sessions online through our online system and completing an appointment online from the privacy of one’s own home or personal space. No need to download software or create an account. Just use a browser on a computer or device with a camera and microphone. All data is encrypted, your sessions are anonymous, and none of your information is stored. We adhere to HIPAA, PIPEDA, and GDPR data privacy requirements. Accessible from everywhere Your desktop, tablet & smartphone.