Catherine is a Board Certified Licensed Mental Health Clinician, a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Associations [AMHCA], and a training Clinical Hypnotherapist. Most of her professional practice has been with children, adolescents and adults. Catherine received her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling from Carlos Albizu University in Miami. Catherine is also a graduate of Florida International University. Her early work consisted of working with children in the foster care system with Kids in Distress and Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health. Catherine has worked for 10 years in community mental health programs within Miami-Dade and Broward. She has served more than a year with the Youth Emergency Services [YES] mobile crisis team post-licensure. Areas of study include Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Trauma informed interventions, Infant and Child Play Therapy, and parenting support education through the Nurturing Parenting Program. Catherine is currently employed full-time with the Florida Department of Education. She is currently working on completing licensure in Hypnotherapy with the Wellness Institute. Catherine is a follower of the AMHCA Code of Ethics and recommends that you read them here. At this time services are self-pay only.    Areas of specialty include the following: Anxiety & Depression Child & Adolescent Attachment/Adjustment problems Behavioral Disorders Trauma LGBTQIA+ Advocacy and Support