Find a therapist in Jacksonville, FL — covered by insurance

When we feel othered, alone, or hopeless — it's hard to ask for help. Talking to a therapist can help you feel like yourself again. I help my clients discover the root of their concerns through storytelling, reflecting on their values and desires, and understanding in what ways they’ve adapted to being in the world.

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider, I believe mental health is an essential part of overall wellbeing. Reaching out for help can feel intimidating, especially if you’ve always been the one others rely on for strength or have learned to “stay strong” while using coping strategies that no longer serve you. I commend you for taking the first step.

I have over six years of experience in behavioral health across diverse clinical settings, and I focus on working with adults navigating life transitions, ADHD, attachment and family challenges, and the lingering effects of childhood experiences. My approach is warm, collaborative, and person centered, helping clients gain clarity, improve emotional balance, and build healthier relationships with themselves and others.

Welcome to Liberated Mind Counseling! I am deeply committed to partnering with growth minded creatives to make a lasting transformation into their happiest most fulfilled selves so they can finally experience a life of joy, meaning, creativity, and well-being. If you are looking for a counselor who can guide you to address: feeling stuck in situations, anxiety, overthinking, relationships and creative projects in your life, hopelessness after countless attempts to make lasting changes, disconnectedness from your life and the people around you or helplessness in the face of big, chaotic, or unmanageable emotions You've come to the right place.

Together we will be utilizing mindfulness and other cutting edge therapeutic techniques to change your relationship to yourself, your thoughts, and your emotions at the neurological level while practicing, opening, and strengthening your capacity to experience joy, compassion, forgiveness, and love in a way that is systematic and scientific.

It would be my pleasure to partner with you to achieve a life of joy, meaning, creativity, and well-being. Please contact me today for a free 30 minute phone consultation or visit me on my website. 727-451-9281

Katherine Castelo, LCSW is a licensed therapist and certified clinical supervisor in Virginia, Texas, Florida, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland, and Colorado. With over 25 years of experience, she specializes in trauma, military and veteran mental health, first-responder wellness, grief, deployment-related stress, and major life transitions.

A former Marine Corps veteran spouse, Katherine brings lived experience and deep cultural understanding to her work. She has served across the DoD, VA, nonprofit, and civilian sectors, providing high-level clinical care, consultation, and program leadership.

She previously oversaw a Defense Health Agency program for transitioning service members and served as the U.S. Army Reserve Psychological Health Program Director, leading outreach for more than 200,000 soldiers and families and advising on post-suicide psychological autopsies as part of the USAR Fatality Review Board.

Katherine also worked as a civilian Employee Assistance Program (EAP) manager for the U.S. Navy and as a casualty assistance consultant for NCIS, developing programs focused on readiness, crisis response, and deployment-cycle support.

As founder of Awaken Wellness Center, her practice centers on trauma recovery, crisis intervention, and integrative therapies. She is trained in Brainspotting, IFS-informed work, and trauma-responsive care, and has provided trainings for service members, clinicians, and community providers on PTSD, MST, suicide prevention, and Brainspotting.

Today, Katherine consults with the SAFE Project’s SAFE Veterans initiative and teaches caregiver wellness classes with Semper Fi & America’s Fund, bringing compassionate, evidence-based, culturally grounded care to military members, veterans, first responders, caregivers, and their families.

As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and a Christian Life Coach, I believe change is very possible. I have been a part of Atlanta’s professional community for over 28 years. My MS is from Mercer University (a CACREP approved school) with additional experience in intensive marriage and family from Piedmont Hospital. I interned with Kathy Steele, an expert on complex trauma, dissociation, and other related issues. I focus on person centered therapy and solution focused. I offer EMDR and Certified.

Melissa has combined her passion for educating the community about mental health and inspiring individuals to control their lives to create a legacy through post-secondary educational options.

Theresa Brown is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. She graduated from the Troy University in 2021 with a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Psychology. Previously she worked as an educator for 12 years and has spent a lot of time not only teaching but helping children and families beyond the classroom.