Florida, ISW19872
Ornella Dickson

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RCSWI
Tampa
Female
Black, Caribbean immigrant
Virtual and In Person
Specialties
Trauma, Anxiety, Depression
Education
Master of Social Work | University of Central Florida, 2021
About
You can heal the rejection, sadness, panic attacks, negative thoughts, intimacy issues, don't just survive. I help clients truly heal from life or marital crisis, overwhelming sadness, generational trauma, panic attacks, self-defeating thoughts, intimacy issues, anxiety, stress, anger and grief. My expertise is in emotional release therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, clinically supporting and empowering you to finally release the painful emotions and agonizing thoughts that has been consuming your peace. You will begin to love yourself, "Feel Understood", and adopt the skills to support healthy relationships, restoring you to a healthier sense of self. My style is evidence-based, down-to-earth, client centered and solution-focused with a mixed treatment approach. For couples, I am passionate about helping you resolve the power struggle "to be heard" that happens in relationships, helping you see that the past can influence how you both show up to each other. We build mutual understanding, conflict resolution and communication skills, and address the areas causing disunity, sometimes that means generational trauma.
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Message to clients
You can heal from the sadness, panic attacks, negative thoughts, intimacy issues, don’t just survive. I help clients truly heal from life or marital crisis, overwhelming sadness, generational trauma, panic attacks, self-defeating thoughts, intimacy issues, anxiety, stress, anger and grief. My expertise is in emotional release therapy, clinically supporting and empowering you to really let go and release your painful emotions and thought patterns, love yourself, “Feel Understood”, and adopt the skills to support healthy relationships, focusing heavily on restoring you to a healthier sense of self. My style is evidence-based, down-to-earth, client centered and solution-focused with a mixed approach. For couples, I am passionate about helping you resolve the power struggle “to be heard” that happens in relationships, helping you see that the past can influence how you both show up to each other. We build mutual understanding, conflict resolution and communication skills, and address the areas causing disunity, sometimes that means generational trauma.
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Race and ethnicity
Black, Caribbean immigrant
Cultural and experiential knowledge
Black culture, Hispanic culture, Native American culture, Pacific Islander culture, Asian culture, Caribbean culture, African culture, Central and/or South American culture, White culture
Languages spoken
English
Spiritual knowledge
Christianity, Non-religious (Agnosticism, Atheism, Secular)
Location
Tampa
Specialties
Trauma, Anxiety, Depression
Additional areas of focus
Abuse, Addiction, Anger management, Anxiety, Aging, Bicultural experience, Bipolar disorder, Biracial experience, Blended families, Coparenting, Step parenting, Body image, Burnout, Career counseling/coaching, Caring professionals (doctors, therapists, etc.), Chronic illness or pain, Couples counseling, Codependency, Dating, Depression, Divorce counseling, Existential questioning, First generation immigrant experience, Grief and/or loss, Highly sensitive people, Infidelity/affairs, Insomnia, Life transitions, Midlife stress, Military families, Mindfulness and/or meditation, Panic attacks, Parenting, Pregnancy and/or infant loss, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Premarital counseling, Racial/cultural identity, Second or third generation immigration experience, Self esteem/self worth, Sexual harassment, abuse, and/or assault, Social anxiety, Socioeconomic issues, Spirituality, Stress, Substance misuse/dependency, Suicidal thoughts, Trauma, Veterans/military services
Therapeutic style
Affirming, Calming, Conversational, Empowering, Solution-oriented
Modalities
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment based, Faith-based counseling, Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Ecotherapy (nature therapy), Emotionally focused therapy (EFT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Family systems, Gottman method, Internal family systems (IFS), Mindfulness based, Music therapy, Narrative, Solution-focused brief therapy, Somatic therapy, Strength-based therapy, Trauma-focused
Cost
$95
/Individual Session
$95
/Couples Session
/Family Session
Sliding scale
Offers sliding scale spots
Insurance accepted
Works with your out of network benefits to get you reimbursed for therapy
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Alia Machin, RCSWI
Ornella is the therapist to go to for long lasting substantial change. Ornella seeks to dive into the difficult yet necessary work with her clients to ultimately improve their quality of life. Ornella is consistently eager to put forth the utmost effort into working with each of her clients despite their challenges. Ornella's gentle yet firm approach backed by her knowledge of various modalities and coping skills makes her an excellent therapist.
Megan Christmas, LMHC
Ornella provides a warm and compassionate therapeutic environment for her clients. She comes prepared with thoughtful ideas for group and individual sessions.
Edn Habte, LCSW
Ornella is well informed on clinical practice and she is very effective transforming lives. Her empathy is evident in communicating with clients. She is able to create a safe environment to explore feelings. She is dedicated to helping patients heal from emotion hurt.
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