Vanessa is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who is certified as a Masters level Certified Addictions Professional, Enhanced Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and level two Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She specializes in working with clients who suffer from trauma, PTSD, substance use disorders and family dysfunction.
She received her undergraduate degree from St. Leo University in St. Leo, Florida and her graduate degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She received her ART certification from Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery and her EMDR training from the EMDR Institute, Inc.
Vanessa has worked with mental health, and substance use clients for over 20 years in the state of New York as a Clinical Director of an outpatient substance abuse program and in the state of Florida in many roles through the 5th Circuit, in the community, the courts and the state institutions working with both children and adults to guide them towards healing.
Vanessa enjoys the outdoors and is an avid angler. She enjoys being on the boat, traveling with her husband, and seeing new places.