A Different Kind of Therapy Practice
I work with professionals who:
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Have tried therapy before without sustainable results
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Navigate high-functioning ADHD that masks deeper dysregulation
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Carry trauma histories that require more than symptom management
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Need a clinician who understands complexity, not just coping skills
My training includes certification in trauma-focused interventions
(CCTP, EMDR-informed protocols, Accelerated Resolution Therapy) and
ADHD-specific psychotherapy (ADHD-CCSP). I work within evidence-based frameworks, adapted to your specific presentation.
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Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Florida)
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Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
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ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)
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Trained in ART, EMDR protocols, and MBCT
This Work Is For You If:
You’re a professional who has kept it together on the outside while managing
patterns that don’t respond to surface-level interventions.
You might be dealing with:
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Relational trauma that shows up in your partnerships, boundaries, or trust
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ADHD that complicates emotional regulation, not just focus
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Persistent anxiety, anger, or emotional numbness despite “doing the work”
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Histories of developmental trauma, attachment disruption, or complex PTSD
You’re looking for:
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A clinician who treats you as psychologically sophisticated, not fragile
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Depth-oriented therapy that respects your intelligence and time
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Evidence-based interventions without hype or rigid protocols
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Trauma processing that doesn’t require months of “building safety”
This is not the right fit if:
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You’re seeking brief solution-focused coaching or wellness support
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You need in-person sessions (this is telehealth-only across Florida)
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You’re looking for a therapist who will tell you what to do
How We Work
Pathways to Individuation
A concierge telehealth practice for high‑achieving professionals, partners, and families — inclusive of LGBTQ+, non‑monogamous, and polyamorous structures. In‑person work is reserved for the Gold Coast Retreat. Select a pathway to explore its architecture.
Trauma-informed psychotherapy means treating your nervous system as the
primary client. We work at the pace your system can integrate, using
interventions designed for memory reconsolidation and emotional regulation.
- Trauma Reprocessing
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and EMDR-informed protocols to address intrusive memories, somatic activation, and unresolved traumatic material without prolonged exposure.
- ADHD-Informed Psychotherapy
Structured interventions that account for executive function challenges,
emotional dysregulation, and the intersection of ADHD with trauma responses.
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Practical tools for working with rumination, shame spirals, and reactive
patterns—grounded in evidence, not lifestyle optimization.
- This is psychotherapy, not coaching. The goal is structural trait change, not
symptom suppression.
Getting Started
**Step 1: Complete Intake Paperwork**
You’ll fill out a secure online form covering your history, current concerns,
and therapy goals. This typically takes 15–20 minutes.
**Step 2: Schedule Your Initial Consultation**
We’ll meet for a 53-minute video session to assess fit, clarify goals, and
determine the most appropriate treatment approach.
**Step 3: Begin Psychotherapy**
Sessions are weekly, conducted via HIPAA-compliant telehealth, and available
throughout Florida.
- Telehealth only (secure video platform)
- Florida residents only (licensed LMHC in FL)
- Self-pay: $175 per session. Insurance accepted via Headway.co, Grow Therapy, Teladoc Health, and Alma.
- Evening availability. No weekend or availability on Mondays.
**Practical Details:**
You Don’t Have to Decide Everything Now
Starting therapy—especially trauma therapy—can feel like a vulnerability
you’re not sure you’re ready for.
That’s expected. The intake process is designed to be slow and transparent.
You’ll know what to expect before committing to ongoing work.
If you’re uncertain, text me with questions. I respond personally, and there’s
no pressure to book.
Academic Heritage:
Dominican Roots
from Oxford to Executive Mastery
Forged in 1221 at the world's oldest English-speaking university — carried forward by one of approximately 25 Dominican universities worldwide — and refined through precision-based clinical science.
Complimentary 15–30 minute discovery consultation · No commitment required
Eight Centuries of Faith and Reason
From the spires of Oxford to the clinic, the courthouse, and the boardroom
In the autumn of 1221, a small company of Dominican friars crossed the channel and made for Oxford — then already the most vigorous centre of disputation in the English-speaking world. The Order of Preachers, founded by St. Dominic de Guzmán scarcely a decade before, had from its inception bound the evangelical mission to the life of the mind. Study was not incidental to preaching; it was its indispensable foundation.
At Oxford the Dominicans did not merely attend the schools — they transformed them. Robert Kilwardby, later Archbishop of Canterbury, lectured in the Dominican house. And though Thomas Aquinas himself studied and taught in Paris and Cologne, his Summa Theologica became the governing text of Dominican intellectual formation everywhere. The synthesis Aquinas articulated — that truth reached by reason and truth received through revelation cannot ultimately contradict — is not merely a historical proposition. It is an operating method: hold complexity in tension; refuse the shortcuts of dogmatism and of cynicism alike.
What is less often acknowledged is that the continuity of this tradition was not guaranteed. The Reformation disrupted it violently. The 1559 dissolution of English religious houses under Elizabeth I dispersed the Oxford Dominicans entirely. For nearly three centuries, Catholicism in England existed under legal suppression — its adherents barred from university, civic office, and public life. The living thread of Dominican scholarship in England went underground.
Its recovery — and with it, the recovery of a serious Catholic intellectual presence in English life — came through two parallel movements. The Catholic Relief Acts of 1778 and 1829 gradually dismantled legal discrimination. Simultaneously, from within the Church of England itself, the Oxford Movement of 1833 — led by John Henry Newman, Edward Pusey, and John Keble — reawakened the Catholic theological inheritance within Anglicanism, insisting on apostolic succession, sacramental theology, and the patristic tradition. Newman's eventual conversion to Rome in 1845 brought the two movements into dramatic dialogue. The Anglo-Catholic revival that followed permanently altered the texture of English Christianity, creating the high-church constituency that continues to find resonance in a practice rooted in this tradition.
The Dominicans returned formally to Oxford in 1921. Blackfriars Hall was granted Permanent Private Hall status by the University in 1994 — 773 years after the friars first arrived, and after 335 years of interruption. That endurance is not incidental. It is the argument: a tradition that survives suppression, legal exclusion, and cultural marginalisation does not survive by accident. It survives because it addresses something the alternatives cannot.
The thread across the Atlantic was drawn in 1940, when the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan — heirs to this same tradition — founded Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. Barry belongs to a rare global network of approximately 25 Dominican-affiliated universities — among more than 4,000 accredited institutions in the United States alone. That rarity is a signal. The CACREP-accredited Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Barry carries the charter of contemplata aliis tradere — to hand on to others the fruits of contemplation — into the formation of clinical practitioners.
This is the heritage Michael Blake-Edwards brings to every engagement. Not as ornament, but as operating method: the capacity to hold rigour and compassion together, to pursue truth without cruelty, and to equip leaders for the kind of excellence that endures.
One of ~25 Dominican Universities Worldwide
From Blackfriars Oxford (1221) to Barry University (1940) — through expulsion, revival, and the founding of a global network.
Dominican Universities Worldwide — Against 4,000+ U.S. Institutions
Barry University belongs to a rare global network shaped by the Dominican charism of contemplata aliis tradere. From Oxford's Blackfriars (1221) through 270 years of suppression, the Anglo-Catholic revival, and the American Dominican expansion — this tradition was not preserved by institutional inertia. It was defended, recovered, and carried forward. For discerning professionals who value rigour alongside ethical formation, that history is not background. It is the credential.
From Blackfriars to Barry
Eight centuries of Dominican scholarship — one intellectual lineage, two institutions, one mission.
When the friars of the Order of Preachers arrived at Oxford in 1221, their popular name was already circulating through the church: Domini canes — the Hounds of the Lord. The wordplay on Dominicani was deliberate. A hound does not give up the trail. It does not mistake comfort for purpose. It carries the torch into the dark and refuses to release it.
The medieval emblem of the Dominican hound — passant, torch in mouth, flame held aloft — is more than heraldic ornament. It is a statement of vocational method: to pursue truth with the tenacity of a tracking hound, to carry the light of learning into whatever difficulty the human situation presents, and to remain in service to something larger than personal advantage.
This is the animating spirit Michael Blake-Edwards brings to clinical and coaching practice. The same formation that shaped Blackfriars Oxford shapes this work: relentless intellectual honesty, the courage to pursue what is actually true rather than what is comfortable, and the discipline to hold the torch steady in the dark.
A Practitioner Shaped by Method
Each modality chosen deliberately — for empirical rigour, neurological precision, and alignment with the whole person. The arc moves from contemplative foundations toward precision-based neurological intervention.
EMDR is not a modality for a single symptom. It addresses the whole architecture of a person's response to difficulty — the automatic patterns, physiological habits, and narrative distortions that accumulate under sustained high-performance pressure. For executives, this means working at the level of the nervous system, not just conscious intention.
Curious how these modalities apply to your situation?
Book a 15–30 Min ConsultationClinical Depth · Scientific Rigour · Artistic Formation
From a federal research grant to a nationally ranked conservatory — united by Dominican intellectual rigour.
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the Examined Life?
A complimentary 15–30 minute discovery consultation — to explore whether this work is suited to where you are and where you intend to go.
No commitment · No pressure · Completely confidential
Clinical & Coaching Services
Services available are governed by jurisdiction. Select your location to view the services available to you.
- Trauma-informed therapy (ART · EMDR pending)
- Anxiety and depression treatment
- ADHD assessment and therapeutic support
- Mindful hypnosis protocols
- CBT and Motivational Interviewing
- Depth-psychology and narrative approaches
- Imago Relationship Therapy (primary framework)
- Imago dialogue and intentional communication
- Relational trauma and attachment repair
- Communication and conflict resolution
- Premarital preparation
- LGBTQ+ affirming practice
- Executive performance coaching
- Health coaching (lifestyle, nutrition, movement)
- Wellness coaching (Harvard Med School framework)
- CBT-informed cognitive coaching
- Motivational Interviewing for change
- Dominican-rooted depth methodology
- Mindful Hypnosis Protocols™ (Slonena, PsyD)
- CMIP-grounded mindfulness integration
- Performance anxiety and identity work
- Habit and pattern change at process level
- Stress and nervous system regulation
- BSACH advanced training added Fall 2026
- Executive performance and leadership coaching
- Health coaching — lifestyle, nutrition, movement
- Wellness coaching (Harvard Med School framework)
- CBT-informed cognitive coaching
- Motivational Interviewing for sustainable change
- Depth-psychology and Dominican-rooted methodology
- Mindful Hypnosis Protocols™ (Slonena, PsyD)
- CMIP-grounded mindfulness integration
- Performance anxiety and identity work
- Habit and automatic pattern change
- Stress regulation and nervous system support
- BSACH advanced training added Fall 2026
- Individual psychotherapy (on RP confirmation)
- EMDR trauma processing (Summer 2026)
- Full ART protocol in psychotherapy context
- BSACH advanced clinical hypnotherapy (Fall 2026)