Meet Gwenevere

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Gwenevere Abriel,  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

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I am in the business of putting myself out of business!  Everything I have learned, is yours for the taking. I believe every one can have the tools of self-healing and interpersonal communication skills that can heal our families, our homes, our children, our community and ourselves.

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As a licensed marriage and family therapist I have been practicing for over 20 years.  I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and hold licenses as a Marriage and Family Therapist in both Florida and New Mexico. Maintain certification in electronic therapy. I received  my undergraduate B.A. degree in industrial psychology from the University of Miami, as well as, my master's degree at the school of education in Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Miami.

 

My specializations include complex trauma, developmental trauma, couples of infidelity, adults and adolescents with chemical dependence (drug/alcohol), individuals identifying with anxiety, depression, PTSD, Bi-polar disorder symptoms.

 

 A few highlights of my training include: IMAGO Relationship Therapy, CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems, Transactional Analysis, Somatic Transformation and EMDR and IMAGO relationship Therapy, certification trained as Collaborative Dispute / Divorce Resolution Facilitator.

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The importance of establishing a trusting relationship is essential to every exercise, technique or behavioral experiment we do. So often in the stories of peoples mostr troubled memories are rupture in childhood attachment to their primary caregiver, therefor my being  ally to you and ou well being will lead the direction and goals of our work together.  You won't trust me through hearing about my stories, your time is for you to experience healing in a relaxes body, re-wiring left and right brain hemispheres through narrative integration with me as your attuned caregiver - you are safe.  It is time to re-story the painful learning of the past into an adaptive faster, better smart brain using the science of neuroplasticity to drive our work.

 

I have a playful and at times irreverent personality that allows for an easy relaxed environment where we can get to work quickly without wasting your time. Establishing safety, resourcing and grounding for my clients is often the first step in client sfeel comfortable letting their gurd down and being to take in the and learn new ways of both respecting past memories and -rewiring the mind, body brain connection so that there is 'choice' where once there was on reaction and an unconscious response.

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If I had a an unwritten book isnide, it might be the tell the many stroies of how clients have to the realization of a choice to "choose curiosity over being right." The philosphy is weaved into the fabric of the therapeutic process from start to finish. I have known I wanted to become a psychologicla healer since I was in high school when I volunteered to help younger children truggling to.... The best aprt of being in this profession is there is so much more scientific evidence to offer clients around why the experiential practices heal the trauma experienced by the human body and that through healing the body and mind their hope for a life free from the paralysis of despair, behaviors of addiction, dissociation and anxiety.