"You owe it to yourself and those that you love to get the help and support you need in an environment which is conducive to behavioral change" |
Welcome to the office of Betsy Michelena, LCSW, CAP. Betsy is a specialist in the areas of Addiction and Trauma Therapy. For those of you who can’t or don’t want to go away for treatment, Betsy’s office provides discretion and privacy in a confidential and safe environment. Her clients prefer the outpatient environment of Betsy’s office so they have the least amount of disruption in their lives.
Are you ready to change your self destructive behaviors? Have you tried treatment before only to realize it wasn’t right for you? Are you struggling to find purpose in your life? Maybe it is time you reach out to Betsy Michelena, for the support, motivation, and encouragement you need to achieve your therapy goals. Your success starts by calling (305) 491-3254. Her office is conveniently located on Northlake Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens. Often overlapping the disease of addiction are the following: Family Dysfunction, unresolved sexual, physical, and emotional traumas, eating disorders, PTSD, and ADHD. Betsy treats these co-occuring disorders giving her clients the highest quality of care. |
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Addiction Therapy |
Eating Disorders |
Trauma Therapy |
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Recovery is more than abstinence – it is a lifestyle. Our treatment approach allows clients to experience both the joys and the struggles that real life has to offer, knowing that we are right here to walk with them as they learn, grow, and solidify their recovery
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You have probably heard it all already: “Eating disorders are dangerous, life-threatening, and complicated illnesses that require professional assistance,” yet you remain confused, uncertain, and overwhelmed. Betsy, can help you get the root causes and set you on a path to success
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Traumatic events that happen to us as children or adults can be so overwhelming and inherently frightening that they cause temporary, and in some cases, permanent changes in our physical and psychological responses to stress. Through the course of therapy, the solutions often arise.
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ADHD Treatment |
Family Dysfunction |
Sexual Trauma |
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Your question of “Do I really have something that is real?” is an almost universal question until people can wrap their minds around the subtleties of the ADHD nervous system. The diagnosis is rock solid and one of the few times in life that we can say Always and Never.
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Betsy works with traditional families, extended or blended families and families as unique as the individuals who comprise them. Betsy can help you with the overcome unexpected, and sometimes overwhelming, challenges of family life. By providing therapy in an outpatient environment, clients generally feel more relaxed, which assists in long term change.
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Whether or not you knew the person, were using drugs or alcohol, had sexual relations with the person previously or dressed in a way that some would say was provocative, you are not at fault! You were the target of someone else’s dysfunctional behavior and it is the other person, not you, who is responsible.
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