Professionals working with the Transgender and Gender Non-Confirming Communities. These Professionals and Organizations have been vetted and approved by the International Transgender Certification Association.
Piper Counseling & Psychiatric Services DBA Back Door Counseling LLC
I received my Bachelor's in Psychology in Berea, Ohio at Baldwin-Wallace College in 1996. I then pursued my Master's degree in Community Counseling at Florida Gulf Coast University and graduated in 2001. I achieved my clinical license as Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in 2005 and Qualified Supervisor Certification in 2015. I am trained in EMDR therapy and am currently in the process of national certification. I am currently training to be a certified gender therapist, certified master clinical hypnotherapist, and certified addiction professional.nnMy professional experiences include: teaching psychology classes at the university level, counseling the HIV/AIDS population, homeless, child welfare, special needs of adults, children and their families; hospice, grief and loss, GLBT, SIB, adolescents, couples, groups, and step down therapy from more intensive crisis units. I am also a Florida licensed Foster Parent.nnI specialize in providing therapy services to adolescents and adults with a variety of issues and diagnoses.nnMy satisfaction derives from helping others invested in achieving their goals. I live by the motto that seeking therapy is a positive goal in life to improve on the well being of the person and to learn more effective life management skills, not because "something is wrong with them".