Roberta Tvenstrup LCSW

Clients will be treated with sincere, genuine, and unbiased respect each and every time they meet with me. I take the necessary time to get to know the "whole" client, including their past experiences, present situation, and future hopes and/or desired outcomes in working with me. Although we will create a treatment plan with goals to work towards, I begin each session where my client is. My clients will leave each session feeling heard, validated, challenged, and encouraged to keep moving forward. The decision to invest in therapy is a difficult one. My clients will be reassured they are not in this alone; they will come to know that I am committed and invested in this journey too!

Treatment methods for me take on a holistic, eclectic, and client-centered approach. My therapy methods draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Strengths-Based, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I am also trained and certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART Therapy). ART Therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapeutic approach that uses relaxing eye movements and a technique called Voluntary Memory/Image Replacement. This therapy works to reprogram the way in which distressing memories and images are stored in the brain so that they no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions. The best part is ART is shown to achieve benefits much more rapidly (usually within 1-5 sessions) than other methods of therapy.

Clients will be treated with sincere, genuine, and unbiased respect each and every time they meet with me. I take the necessary time to get to know the "whole" client, including their past experiences, present situation, and future hopes and/or desired outcomes in working with me. Although we will create a treatment plan with goals to work towards, I begin each session where my client is. My clients will leave each session feeling heard, validated, challenged, and encouraged to keep moving forward. The decision to invest in therapy is a difficult one. My clients will be reassured they are not in this alone; they will come to know that I am committed and invested in this journey too!

• Florida, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, SW11986