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Located in the heart of Ocala, Florida, From the Heart Counseling is dedicated to guiding individuals, couples, and families toward healing, growth, and empowerment. With an extensive range of services tailored to meet diverse needs, we provide a compassionate space where every individual is valued, supported, and equipped to navigate life's challenges.
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Why Choose From the Heart Counseling?
Our experienced and compassionate team is dedicated to providing a supportive and nurturing environment where you feel seen, heard, and valued. Combining state-of-the-art therapeutic techniques with a client-centered approach, we tailor each session to your unique needs and goals. Our methods are grounded in evidence-based practices, yet flexible enough to integrate holistic and innovative approaches, ensuring that your care is as dynamic and multifaceted as you are.
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Whether you are navigating personal challenges, seeking to deepen and repair relationships, or looking for effective ways to manage pain, stress, or trauma, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. We believe in fostering a collaborative partnership, empowering you with the tools, strategies, and insights to move toward a life of peace, balance, and fulfillment. At From the Heart Counseling, your well-being is not just our priority—it’s our purpose. Let us help you rediscover hope and healing in a way that truly resonates with your heart and mind.
Healing, Growth, and Empowerment
We breathe as one, I am safe
I feel her pain, joy, compassion, anxiety, depression and live her life experiences
If she is anxious or fearful, I am born activated
If she is calm, I am peaceful
I push from her warmth into a cold, bright lit room
I am ripped away screaming and crying
It is not a natural cry but rather a primal sound. I cannot be consoled
I sit on my bed and cry, I want to be comforted. I don’t belong, life is too difficult, i want to be saved, where is my knight and shining armor, my biological mother
I am attached to everyone or I am attached to no one
I love or I am angry, I am good or I am bad
Who do I look and sound like, do I have siblings, who am I?
I have this pain that goes to my soul, it is a gaping wound that cannot be fully healed
It is a primal wound
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This is not about speaking disparagingly about our adoptive parents
It is trying to maneuver adoptive family dynamics we are unfamiliar with or it is trying to maneuver biological family dynamics that we are strangers to, it can be both and we are trying to walk that fine line so family members are not hurt or become angry
It is about sharing our journey, discussing topics no one else would understand
It is grieving my biology and culture that has been forgotten
It is pain to my core
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Baby Cristina/Dr. Lunday