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Welcome to StPetersburgTherapy.com Therapy & Career Counseling in St. Pete

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TELEMEDicine - Virtual online therapy

Teletherapy Virtual Office - https://doxy.me/annettereiter

St. Petersburg Therapy offers the convenience of Telemedicine via Doxy.me.

Contact me by phone or email to schedule your online or in-person appointment.
For in-person appointment, please wait on front porch of building for me to greet you
Health & Safety are our Highest Priority
Mandatory Face Mask required

For any concerns or questions please contact us via email AnnetteR840Beach@gmail.com, or call our landline 727-826-6807 and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Hope + Trauma Therapy with Barbara Rhode, LMFT

On this week's ShrinksChat podcast we're talking with Barbara Rhode, LMFT. She has been a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in individual, couples & group therapy for over 25 years, with a private practice in St. Petersburg, FL. Rhode provides workshops to colleges, corporations and nonprofit agencies throughout the country. She worked collaboratively for 12 years with a Board Certified Psychiatrist, receiving supervision and training in the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, clinically treating depression and anxiety disorders, and providing group interventions for clients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Trichotillomania. She has been a speaker at the National Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Conference, and also presented at the National Conference for Marriage & Family Therapists on "Adolescents & The Effects of Technology."

Barbara has recently been selected by L'Oreal of Paris as one of ten women in the United States as their Women of Worth. These are women that have made a significant impact in their communities. She was selected from thousands of applicants, after many interviews and after in-depth research into her organization, The Red Tent Women's Initiative. This organization has been improving the lives of incarcerated women since 2012, and has served over 1000 women during this time. Because of their efforts, 76% of the women do not return to jail after going through the program. You can vote for her here: https://www.lorealparisusa.com/women-of-worth.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0IvVCXswrmlabxrJWs2Rpy_-Y1lqb02Ai41knGjaiBC6jAQb8rQVJ27-0#page

To listen to the podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shrinkschat/Shrinkschat_Barbara_Rhode.mp3

For more ShrinksChat podcasts and resources: https://shrinkschat.com/

Who We Are

Annette Reiter is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Career Counselor in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Reiter has a full-time practice, where she has been providing therapy for over 20 years.

Areas of Expertise:

Couples Counseling
Individual and Family Counseling
Affair Recovery
Parenting
Divorce & Divorce Recovery
Parenting During & After Divorce
Young Adult Development (15-25)
Grief
Depression & Anxiety
Emotional & Physical Abuse Recovery
Long-Term Addiction Recovery
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eating Disorders
Career Counseling for all ages (GS 120 ™ Trained and Licensed)
LGBTQ Friendly

ABOUT ANNETTE REITER

Speaker (AAMFT & Eckerd College and other organizations)
GS 120 ™ Trained and Licensed Counselor
Expertise in Parenting and Generation Y.
Author - Co-author of Launching: Parenting to College and Beyond.
Certified Qualified Supervisor for post graduate registered interns - Field of Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling
Past board member of Florida Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (2011-2012)
University of CA - BS degree in Psychology
University of San Diego - Masters in Marriage, Family & Child Counseling

Is Annette the right therapist/career counselor for you?

Congratulations!

You've taken the first step to finding a counselor that will be a match for you personally and help you work though life’s regularly bumpy road. Allow me to give you some highlights to my style and what you can expect in therapy with me. The web is a fantastic way to find a therapist but nothing can compete with the in person meeting, so if you find you like what you see and read here and you live in the Tampa Bay Area be sure to give me a call so we can have a complimentary phone consult and take the next steps from there.

What’s a Marriage and Family Therapist

As a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Florida I practice a type of therapy based on systems theory. In short, systems theory is based on the idea: “the whole is greater than the some of it’s parts”. It is a relatively new form of therapy, from the 1950’s, and I try to take a look at the entire system a person is operating in and how to make changes to alleviate the current discomforts. Since it was one of the first psychological theories to treat ‘systems’ it was called ‘marriage and family’ but for my practice I see individuals, couples, and groups using this systems theory approach.

What To Expect

Well first off I can’t change you into anybody or thing you don’t want to change into. You are completely in charge of our therapy if you hire me, as an expert to consult in your life experiences. I often compare myself to an architect, I have a lot of good ideas on how and where to build your house but in the end, you build it, live in it and pay for it. I work hard and care deeply for my clients’ wellbeing, but I cannot do their job. Therapy lasts for an hour, the rest of therapy happens outside of session, where you will make changes and do your own work as you see fit. I have been a counselor in Florida since 1999, and most of the feed back I receive from clients and colleagues revolves around my personal strength of clarity and I have been called a “straight shooter”. To be clear, I am NOT Dr. Phil in style, but I am clear, and to the point.

First Session

When we first meet, I expect you to be interviewing me to see if I am a fit for you. Some clients do this more formally with a list of questions and others evaluate their comfort levels with me. If by the end of the first session you have any thoughts that basically are, “this lady can’t help me” I would hope that at the very least, I could be of help finding you a better therapeutic match. I will be assessing more about the dynamics of your situation and making sure I have complete clarity on what you need help with. I usually take notes during our first session, as a memorization tool. Typically, by the end of our first session we will begin to draw out a treatment plan together with therapeutic goals. Occasionally in the second session we may still be working this out. My sessions are usually 55 minutes long.

Buy our book!

Launching: Parenting to College & Beyond

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Parenting even the healthiest adolescent can sometimes feel like a very long roller coaster ride. Adolescence is a huge transition for each and every member of the family. After 18 years of sacrifice and devotion, you find yourself on the cusp of a major letting go process with little or no preparation. This handbook offers readers a deeper understanding of the goals in the separation and individuation process. You will gain insight into the stages of healthy adolescent development and gain knowledge through our series of examples and practical exercises. Important adolescent brain research data is explored and discussed.

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Hope + Trauma Therapy with Barbara Rhode, LMFT

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