Meet Our Therapists in Tampa, St. Petersburg & Sarasota
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Roberta Bruni, LCSW
St. Petersburg | Trauma, Addiction & Couples Therapist
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Roberta is an empathetic, compassionate, and seasoned therapist with more than two decades of experience helping adults, couples, and families. She works most often with trauma, addiction, anxiety, and couples, and also brings specialized expertise to neurodivergent adults.
SPECIALTIES
Roberta specializes in trauma, PTSD, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and infidelity recovery. She holds her MCAP, is EMDR-trained, and certified at the Master Practitioner level in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, along with certification in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She works with adults, couples, and families.
Meghan Hargaden, LMHC
Tampa | LMHC | Trauma, Addiction & Couples Therapist
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Meghan specializes in supporting compulsive behavior, trauma, and the relationship conflict that so often grows out of both, and she works with partners at every stage, from premarital preparation to couples caught in long-standing gridlock. Trained in EMDR and DBT she helps clients move from compulsion and reactivity toward freedom, regulation, and genuine connection.
SPECIALTIES
Meghan works with adolescents, adults, and couples, and her clinical focus is in trauma. Trained in EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing, she treats PTSD, complex PTSD, anxiety, and the emotional dysregulation that trauma tends to leave behind. She has particular strength in men's issues, including anger management and compulsive behaviors such as substance use, pornography, and gambling, approached through harm reduction that meets people where they actually are. Her couples work spans premarital preparation, communication breakdown, and partnerships strained by addiction or unresolved trauma. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Amanda Farris, MS, LCSW-QS
St. Petersburg | Attachment-Focused EMDR & Couples Therapist [verify city]
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Amanda Farris brings a relational, dynamic approach to therapy, helping individuals and couples break patterns that no longer serve them. A Registered Yoga Teacher in addition to her clinical training, she integrates mindfulness and body-centered work for clients drawn to a holistic path.
SPECIALTIES
Attachment-focused EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and somatic-informed care. Trauma, depression, anxiety, self-harm, intimacy, communication, and trust concerns. Specialized work with couples across all relationship structures. Adolescents, adults, and couples. St. Petersburg office and Florida telehealth.
Samantha Wilson, MA, LMHC
Sarasota | Trauma, EMDR & Child Therapist
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Samantha offers trauma and relationship counseling for couples, adults, teens, and children at our Sarasota therapy office. Trained in EMDR and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with experience across school-based and community care settings, she helps clients move through complex trauma, PTSD, relational stress, and life transitions. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded, balancing genuine compassion with practical tools and honest conversation so that therapy feels both supportive and meaningful.
SPECIALTIES
EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and strengths-based, collaborative approaches. Complex trauma, PTSD, couples and relational stress, anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Specialized work with couples recovering from relational distress and clients carrying long-standing trauma who are ready to feel genuinely seen and understood. Couples, adults, teens, and children. Sarasota and statewide Florida telehealth.
Paris McDonald, MS, LMHC
Tampa | Veterans, First Responders & Trauma Therapy
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A U.S. Army Veteran, Paris brings rare insight into the lived experience of first responders, military personnel, veterans, and their families. Her empowering, collaborative style helps clients across the lifespan tap internal strengths and build the resilience that holistic healing requires.
SPECIALTIES
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for adolescents. Complex trauma, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, personality concerns, infidelity, trust, and intimacy. Adults, and couples. Serving residents of Florida virtually.
Emma Groskind, MS, LCSW
Tampa | EMDR Certified Couples Trauma Therapist
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Emma Groskind is a trauma-informed, strengths-based clinician committed to authentic, compassionate therapeutic relationships. She supports children, adolescents, and adults healing from trauma, depression, and anxiety, tailoring her approach to each client and meeting them in the work that matters most.
SPECIALTIES
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Trauma, grief, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, self-esteem, identity, and interpersonal relationships. Significant work with foster youth and adults navigating life transitions. Children, adolescents, and adults. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Jessica Klein, MA, LMHC
St. Petersburg | CBT, Gottman & EMDR Therapist
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Jessica Klein is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in St. Petersburg, who helps adults and couples heal relationships, recover from trauma, and reconnect with themselves. Gottman trained and EMDR trained, she pairs structured, research backed couples work with attachment based and inner child approaches that reach the roots of old emotional pain.
SPECIALTIES
Gottman Method Level 1, EMDR (EMDRIA-trained), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, inner-child work, and attachment-based approaches. Couples conflict, life transitions, depression, grief, childhood wounds, and interpersonal challenges. Adults and couples. St. Petersburg office and Florida telehealth.
Dr. Alex Castañeda, PhD, LMHC
Tampa | EMDR, Trauma & Addiction Therapist
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Dr. Alex Castañeda helps adults and couples heal from trauma, process addiction, and emotional patterns that no longer fit the life they want. His doctoral work in psychology and theology lets him pair rigorous psychological science with a faith-aware approach for clients who want their values honored, while working just as readily with clients of any belief system or none. He sees clients at the Tampa office and through telehealth across Florida.
SPECIALTIES
Advanced training in EMDR, drawing additionally on Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, existential, and CBT and DBT informed approaches. Single-incident and complex trauma, pornography and process addiction, religious trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship repair. Deep doctoral focus on addiction and its impact on partners and relationships, paired with couples EMDR for trauma carried into the relationship. Adults and couples. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.