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I’m a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience in assisting adults, adolescents, couples and families with life, work and relationship issues. While the decision to enter therapy occurs at a difficult time, once you realize that most issues are simpler than they first appear, the experience can be transformative. Although my primary training Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), everyone is unique and I borrow freely from humanistic, psychodynamic and family systems approaches. But regardless of individual modalities lasting change is a product of significant self-appraisal within the context of a supportive and compassionate relationship. D. A. Jopp & Associates has 8 years of experience working with hospital, corporate and law enforcement agencies providing front line staff with training focused on improving service towards persons with mental illness and disabilities through stigma reduction and scientifically based educational modules.

Healing happens in the context of a therapeutic relationship between the patient and the therapist. This connection provides the foundation for attending to the problems and entails a dyadic commitment. Part of this process entails unraveling and integrating the unconscious with the conscious as well as reuniting the body and the mind. Through this process, the therapist supports the patients to hold their unbearable emotions and through this empathic holding, ultimately the patient can let go of their strong feelings. After a successful treatment, the patient could internalize the therapist’s holding function as their own.

Yasaman earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and her pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainings have been in psychodynamic psychotherapy working with both adults and children. After earning her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, she did her clinical work in various settings including outpatient mental health clinics, family resource centers, schools, and multicultural centers treating various disorders and conducting psychoeducational and process groups. She is currently finishing up her Fellowship in Reiss Davies Child and Family center. She also integrates mindfulness in her practice, and she is part of Mindfulness Meditation Teacher training.

Jane appreciates working with people of varied ages and abilities as a therapist. Jane seeks to understand differences in various cultures, race, and religions and strives to be as knowledgeable as possible in treating people with diverse backgrounds.

Jane’s background includes many years of helping children, adolescents and adults express themselves through various artistic mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, and multimedia. She completed her masters in clinical psychology at Illinois school of Professional Psychology. Jane learned behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy Jane trained and worked under clinical psychologist’s supervision for many years learning psychodynamic theory, play and family therapy while specializing in children, adolescents, adults and families at an APA approved training site. Jane has practiced in child welfare and substance abuse settings. Jane has worked with at risk men who were involved in prostitution as well as many issues such as LGBTQ, homelessness, medical and employment challenges.

Jane has completed her EMDR Level 1 training and obtained specialized training with Ana Gomez an author and specialist in EMDR and Dissociative disorders with children. EMDR is used to treat many issues from mild to very complex. such as PTSD, trauma, anxiety, phobias, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive and generalized anxiety disorder, and excessive grief. Children and adolescents have alleviated their symptoms using EMDR, including depression, caused by disturbing life experiences. Studies have shown that many crime victims, police officers, fire fighters, and field workers were no longer disturbed by the aftereffects of violent assaults and/or the stressful nature of their work. Victim of Sexual assault, natural and manmade disasters, accidents, surgeries and burn victims, family, marital and sexual dysfunction , involvement were also assisted. Clients at all stages of chemical dependency, sexual deviation/addiction, and pathological gamblers have been also treated successfully along with people with dissociative disorders.

Many people with performance anxiety or deficits in school, business, performing arts, and sport have benefited from EMDR as a tool to help enhance performance. People with somatic problems/somatoform disorders, including migraines, chronic pain, phantom limb pain, chronic eczema, gastrointestinal problems, CFS, psychogenic seizures, eating disorders, and negative body image, have attained a relief of suffering.

Adults and adolescents have been successfully treated for diagnosed depression Clients with acute trauma and wide variety of PTSD and trauma-based personality issues experience substantial benefited from EMDR. There are many applications for EMDR which has been used by many major treatment facilities such as the armed forces.

Jane also has completed levels one and two of the Gottman Institute in Couples therapy. This is a research based Couples therapy that has three phases. For nearly four decades. Dr. Gottman has conducted research on all facets of relationships, including parenting issues. At the Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, he developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships, but strengthens happy ones. One goal of the research is to make the services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. For more information, please visit the Gottman Institute. http://www.gottman.com/the-gottman-institute/

Jane appreciates working with people of varied ages and abilities as a therapist. Jane seeks to understand differences in various cultures, race, and religions and strives to be as knowledgeable as possible in treating people with diverse backgrounds.

Jane’s background includes many years of helping children, adolescents and adults express themselves through various artistic mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, and multimedia. She completed her masters in clinical psychology at Illinois school of Professional Psychology. Jane learned behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy Jane trained and worked under clinical psychologist’s supervision for many years learning psychodynamic theory, play and family therapy while specializing in children, adolescents, adults and families at an APA approved training site. Jane has practiced in child welfare and substance abuse settings. Jane has worked with at risk men who were involved in prostitution as well as many issues such as LGBTQ, homelessness, medical and employment challenges.

Jane has completed her EMDR Level 1 training and obtained specialized training with Ana Gomez an author and specialist in EMDR and Dissociative disorders with children. EMDR is used to treat many issues from mild to very complex. such as PTSD, trauma, anxiety, phobias, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive and generalized anxiety disorder, and excessive grief. Children and adolescents have alleviated their symptoms using EMDR, including depression, caused by disturbing life experiences. Studies have shown that many crime victims, police officers, fire fighters, and field workers were no longer disturbed by the aftereffects of violent assaults and/or the stressful nature of their work. Victim of Sexual assault, natural and manmade disasters, accidents, surgeries and burn victims, family, marital and sexual dysfunction , involvement were also assisted. Clients at all stages of chemical dependency, sexual deviation/addiction, and pathological gamblers have been also treated successfully along with people with dissociative disorders.

Many people with performance anxiety or deficits in school, business, performing arts, and sport have benefited from EMDR as a tool to help enhance performance. People with somatic problems/somatoform disorders, including migraines, chronic pain, phantom limb pain, chronic eczema, gastrointestinal problems, CFS, psychogenic seizures, eating disorders, and negative body image, have attained a relief of suffering.

Adults and adolescents have been successfully treated for diagnosed depression Clients with acute trauma and wide variety of PTSD and trauma-based personality issues experience substantial benefited from EMDR. There are many applications for EMDR which has been used by many major treatment facilities such as the armed forces.

Jane also has completed levels one and two of the Gottman Institute in Couples therapy. This is a research based Couples therapy that has three phases. For nearly four decades. Dr. Gottman has conducted research on all facets of relationships, including parenting issues. At the Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, he developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships, but strengthens happy ones. One goal of the research is to make the services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. For more information, please visit the Gottman Institute. http://www.gottman.com/the-gottman-institute/

Biljana’s passion is connecting with people in helping relationships recognizing that we all struggle with various things at some points of our lives. Her primary focus is wellbeing of people she works with as she continues to expand her multicultural approach to counseling.

 

Biljana’s background includes working with teens, adults, and mature adults struggling with mental health issues of substance abuse and co-morbid disorders, trauma, morbid obesity, and other mood and personality disorders. She spent several years in an inpatient unit helping women of various races, cultures, and backgrounds, including homeless population. She provided individual and group counseling including Moral Reconation Therapy, movement, and music therapy. She also spent several years working with people with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and compulsive-obsessive disorders, and teens and adults with ADHD.

Biljana acquired her master’s degree in counseling from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and received supervision from established LCPCs and clinical psychologists in Illinois. She completed her training residences in Orlando, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Biljana bases her approach to therapy on empathy, trust, and strong therapeutic relationship. She is integrating different theoretical approaches, based on the individual needs of her patients, with special interest in Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy for treatment of trauma. She is LGBTQ+ affirming.

She is fluent in Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian languages. 

Biljana’s passion is connecting with people in helping relationships recognizing that we all struggle with various things at some points of our lives. Her primary focus is wellbeing of people she works with as she continues to expand her multicultural approach to counseling.

 

Biljana’s background includes working with teens, adults, and mature adults struggling with mental health issues of substance abuse and co-morbid disorders, trauma, morbid obesity, and other mood and personality disorders. She spent several years in an inpatient unit helping women of various races, cultures, and backgrounds, including homeless population. She provided individual and group counseling including Moral Reconation Therapy, movement, and music therapy. She also spent several years working with people with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and compulsive-obsessive disorders, and teens and adults with ADHD.

Biljana acquired her master’s degree in counseling from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and received supervision from established LCPCs and clinical psychologists in Illinois. She completed her training residences in Orlando, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Biljana bases her approach to therapy on empathy, trust, and strong therapeutic relationship. She is integrating different theoretical approaches, based on the individual needs of her patients, with special interest in Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy for treatment of trauma. She is LGBTQ+ affirming.

She is fluent in Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian languages. 

Dr. Rossilli has worked in the mental health field for 26 years. He is one of the very few board-certified medical psychologists in Florida and the nation. Besides his doctorate, he has a post-doctoral master's in Clinical Psychopharmacology and a separate master's in Mental Health Counseling. In March of 2018, he passed the Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists. Only a tiny percentage of psychologists in the nation have this distinction. Dr. Rossilli is the only Board Certified Medical Psychologist in the Jacksonville area. He has helped countless people regain control of their lives and heal from cognitive and emotional wounds.

My approach is to meet you where you are, in an authentic and compassionate way.  I remain challenging yet sincere, open and non-judgmental in an effort to cater to your needs while ensuring a high standard of quality care. With a specialty in marriage and family and organizational counseling. I’m like a primary care physician of mental health care. I treat an array of patients, including kids (ages 5-18), adults, couples, families, groups and organizations.  

Together, we will explore the experiences that have molded your personality and the presenting issues that bring you to therapy in the first place, including depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, insecurity, learning disabilities, relationship & family conflict, grief and loss, rejection, perfectionism, feelings of inadequacy, stigma, prejudice, and marginalization within your family, organizations and in society. Our therapeutic rapport will be the instrument for change in your relationships with significant others. The insight you gain from our relationship will sharpen your awareness of your thoughts, feelings & roles you play in relationships with the people you encounter in your every day life. 

Kelley Hershman, B.S., M.A., M.S., LMHC, is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Clinical Director and Co-Founder of The Soho Center for Mental Health and Clinical Learning in New York City.  She received both her B.S. in Applied Psychology, and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from New York University. She received her M.S. in Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology at The University of California in Santa Barbara.  Her research interests include the study of adult attachment in marriage, family and organizational behavior. She also researches race, interracial marital stress, authority, gender and status as they relate to power and leadership within human systems and cultures. She has been practicing the Group Relations Consultation since 2008.

When scheduling an appointment, you may be seeing Kelley or one of the clinicians on her team.

Compassionate and caring yet challenging, Anthony Freire, MA, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC founded the Soho Center for Mental Health Counseling & Clinical Supervision in New York City and works as a licensed psychotherapist and clinical director and supervisor.

Anthony’s specialties include trauma-informed care, psychological trauma, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. He also provides counseling for other issues such as addiction, marriage difficulties, and relationships and organizational counseling.

Anthony earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University and completed his residency at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 2015, he received his Certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice from NYU’s School of Social Work. Anthony is a member of the American Counseling Association and the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems.

Anthony’s approach includes working with patients to identify and improve negative behavior or negative beliefs about the self. He works with his diverse clientele to improve their relationship with themselves and others to live fulfilling lives.

At the Soho Center for Mental Health Counseling & Clinical Supervision, the staff utilizes a team approach to individual care. Patients see their own therapists, but the entire team works together to help you achieve your goals.

Anthony welcomes the opportunity to work with you to improve your mental health and relationships at the Soho Center for Mental Health Counseling & Clinical Supervision. When scheduling an appointment, you may be seeing Anthony or one of the clinicians on his team.

Jearlean Ruiz, PsyD, is a skilled psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics in Jacksonville, Amelia Island, and Saint Johns, Florida. 

Dr. Ruiz grew up in Puerto Rico and received her bachelor’s in Psychology and Mental Health from the University of Puerto Rico in 2007. She completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with a certificate in couples and family therapy from the Ponce Health Sciences University, also in Puerto Rico. 

Dr. Ruiz has over three years of postdoctoral experience in assessing and diagnosing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression, among other mental health disorders in the pediatric population. She has extensive training in evidence-based therapy models such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Applied Behavioral Analysis. 

Dr. Ruiz speaks fluent English and Spanish to better serve her patients. She finds her greatest passion in helping others achieve their best quality of life. To book an appointment with Dr. Ruiz, contact the office nearest you.

Olivia Hernandez-Gonzalez, LP, NCSP, TF-CBT, PCIT, is a licensed psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics in Jacksonville, Amelia Island, and Saint Johns, Florida. She is a certified trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy specialist and certified in parent-child interaction therapy. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez grew up in Cuba, speaking fluent English and Spanish. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville with a Bachelor of Science in Child Psychology. She attended the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, where she obtained several graduate degrees in School Psychology. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at the prestigious Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Lincoln. Her work includes assessment and therapy services for multiple disorders in children and adolescents in hospitals, primary care clinics, and schools. She has also received extensive training in administering the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) and has many years of experience in evaluation, assessment, and psychotherapy. After completing her training, she relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, and joined the Angel Kids Pediatrics team. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez feels passionate about promoting integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care, increasing access to mental health services for families of diverse backgrounds, and has been a change-maker and leader in normalizing treatment for mental health services. 

She enjoys spending time with her family and dogs and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather in her spare time.

Natalie Leedy, PhD, NCSP is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics. Natalie graduated from the University of South Florida with her doctorate in School Psychology, with a concentration in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She has training in evidence-based interventions like cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and behavioral parent training.

Prior to working at AKP, she worked in Duval County Public Schools and worked in Pre-K Disabilities. She is passionate about serving children/adolescents and families by teaching skills and promoting positive environmental supports at home and in school. Her goal is to help strengthen the support system surrounding youth by working together with their families, educators, and medical providers.

Jearlean Ruiz, PsyD, is a skilled psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics in Jacksonville, Amelia Island, and Saint Johns, Florida. 

Dr. Ruiz grew up in Puerto Rico and received her bachelor’s in Psychology and Mental Health from the University of Puerto Rico in 2007. She completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with a certificate in couples and family therapy from the Ponce Health Sciences University, also in Puerto Rico. 

Dr. Ruiz has over three years of postdoctoral experience in assessing and diagnosing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression, among other mental health disorders in the pediatric population. She has extensive training in evidence-based therapy models such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Applied Behavioral Analysis. 

Dr. Ruiz speaks fluent English and Spanish to better serve her patients. She finds her greatest passion in helping others achieve their best quality of life. To book an appointment with Dr. Ruiz, contact the office nearest you.

Natalie Leedy, PhD, NCSP is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics. Natalie graduated from the University of South Florida with her doctorate in School Psychology, with a concentration in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She has training in evidence-based interventions like cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and behavioral parent training.

Prior to working at AKP, she worked in Duval County Public Schools and worked in Pre-K Disabilities. She is passionate about serving children/adolescents and families by teaching skills and promoting positive environmental supports at home and in school. Her goal is to help strengthen the support system surrounding youth by working together with their families, educators, and medical providers.

Olivia Hernandez-Gonzalez, LP, NCSP, TF-CBT, PCIT, is a licensed psychologist at Angel Kids Pediatrics in Jacksonville, Amelia Island, and Saint Johns, Florida. She is a certified trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy specialist and certified in parent-child interaction therapy. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez grew up in Cuba, speaking fluent English and Spanish. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville with a Bachelor of Science in Child Psychology. She attended the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, where she obtained several graduate degrees in School Psychology. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez completed her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at the prestigious Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Lincoln. Her work includes assessment and therapy services for multiple disorders in children and adolescents in hospitals, primary care clinics, and schools. She has also received extensive training in administering the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) and has many years of experience in evaluation, assessment, and psychotherapy. After completing her training, she relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, and joined the Angel Kids Pediatrics team. 

Dr. Hernandez-Gonzalez feels passionate about promoting integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care, increasing access to mental health services for families of diverse backgrounds, and has been a change-maker and leader in normalizing treatment for mental health services. 

She enjoys spending time with her family and dogs and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather in her spare time.