Susan Miles Rodriguez, M.S., LMHC
Florida Licensed Psychotherapist in private practice
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At peaceParenting, I implement effective, strengths-based psychotherapy methods to instill self-understanding, via enhanced, internal and external awareness, and encourage clients to adopt new attitudes and feelings towards life situations. Therapy is a healing process that necessitates participation and investment from the client and professional alike. In the end, making small changes in self-defeating behavior and in feelings of sadness, fear and pain can bring life-altering results - and I will help you achieve just that. My services are personalized to suit individual needs and I will do my very best to provide you with all the tools you need to aid in this fascinating process of personal growth and development.
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Over the years, besides successfully parenting four, now adult, children of my own (above), I have worked in almost all mental health milieus: In tandem with my long-standing, private practice, I have individual and group experience in domestic violence shelter and child protection advocacy; women's wellness; home-, school- and community-based outreach and juvenile justice; inner city mental health clinic service; hospital in-patient mental health and substance use detox for both adults and adolescents; and, most recently, at Baptist Health of South Florida's South Miami Hospital Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center, where, as a family systems therapist, I spent over nine, enriching years working with adolescents, adults and their families in both residential and intensive out-patient settings. I have worked as clinical mental health supervisor of Master's student interns in Florida, New Mexico and Ohio and have also served as clinical out-patient coordinator at a local psychiatric center for children in Miami-Dade.
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Whether you choose an Individual, Family, Couple's or Parenting format of therapy, I can help you recognize how your family of origin and generational forces--your family "legacy"--continue to shape, often unconsciously and in knee-jerk reaction, your current responses to life and relationships. With awareness, there is no blame, but rather a sense of understanding and compassion for the generational pain that has preceded our own. With awareness comes empowerment and an accompanying ability to choose change (or not) and to re-write your own life script.
I embrace diversity in all its aspects, am an ally to the LGBTQ community and strive to make my office environment one of peace, positivity and serenity, where all clients can feel safe to share from a deep place.
A Bit about Therapy and My Professional Experience
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Family Therapy
If you’re looking for informed Family Therapy sessions with a licensed expert who cares and who has years of training and experience in family systems - then you’ve definitely come to the right place. At peaceParenting, I walk with my clients along every step of the process and implement various methods to help them develop new attitudes towards all of life’s most complex matters. Schedule an appointment today and let's see how I might help your family.
Individual Therapy & Personal Growth
Feeling a bit down lately, or just stuck, and nothing seems to lift your spirits? It might be time to seek help from a licensed professional. At peaceParenting, my Individual Therapy sessions help clients--who are, more often than not, in a reactive stance towards life--develop proactive modes of action and positive attitudes towards life’s most challenging circumstances. Allow me to help you find the gift (often "in disguise", it's true) in everything that life brings.
Couple's Therapy
In our therapy sessions, we’ll work to solve current problems and change unhelpful thoughts and behavior. I will help you “re-frame” your thinking and provide you with valuable skills to cope with life’s obstacles. I believe that you will walk out of your personalized Couple's Therapy sessions with a new set of relationship tools. Contact me today and let's get to work!
Parenting/Divorced Parenting
Whatever your parenting state, in our therapy sessions, we’ll work to solve current, parenting problems and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. I will provide you with both emotional support and valuable, concrete skills for your parenting "toolbox". Let's talk today and see how I might be of help.
Contact Me
At peaceParenting, your mental health and well-being are important to me. I love helping my clients develop the tools they need to cope with all of life’s challenges and I get great satisfaction from seeing them heal and thrive. If you are in Florida, contact me today to see how I can help you, and let’s discuss the wide range of options at your disposal. All sessions are provided via Zoom.