Anna Kirakosian, LMHC

I am Anna, I hold both a Master's degree (2008) and a PhD (2015) in psychology, I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (in Florida) and I truly find myself providing psychotherapy.

I am one of those therapists who use their natural empathy and heartiness together with the professional skills on the sessions. I believe it is possible and only increases the effectiveness.

In my practice I utilize the family system approach, EMDR and positive psychology. This combination helps me to cover a variety of professional tasks. First, get a right perspective about your case, the one that has both - reasons for your issue and a solution that could be your way out of it. Secondly, create a space that is safe, loving and accepting enough for you to feel secure, comfortable and ready to face your deep feelings, values and attitudes. That gives you an option to review your inner world and rebuild it in the way that works best for you. As we are humans, we do it much better in good caring contact with another person. And I am ready to be that contact for you.

And finally, my training brought me some techniques and methods that could help you change the way you feel in certain situations (such as EMDR, Brief solution-focused therapy, family system techniques). Pretty often this change leads to the alterations in your life.

With my more than 10 years of clinical experience I have come to believe that people can and do overcome challenges, including emotional ones, and I am ready to be part of this process.

I work with variety of issues, like self-grow and personal development; attachment issues; trauma and PTSD; marital and pre-marital disharmony, conflicts, adultery; polyamory; LGBT issues; relationship of grown-up children with parents; going through life crisis or stress; relationship or family issues; sexual disharmony; conflicts at home or work; self-esteem; emotional issues, including depression, anxiety; psychological issues in childhood and adolescents; parent-child conflicts and parenting, adoption; moving to another country and cultural adaptation.

I am bilingual - English and Russian, and I graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University.

As a person I am optimistic, open minded, curious, I've traveled a lot, I like music, history, sport and I value genuine human relationships.

I work with:

• Individuals
• Couples
• Families

Accepting the following insurances; Aetna, Cigna, Beacon Strategies (Humana Medicaid, Freedom Health, Miami Children).