Tonya Woods 

Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, BCBA,ASAT-C, CCPS-C

 

I am a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern (RMHCI) in Jacksonville, Florida. My passion is helping individuals, couples, and families to develop authenticity, emotion regulation, and healthy connection. My approach is deeply relational, and includes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I incorporate Christian principles, prayer, and scripture when they are welcome. I use interventions based on mindfulness, somatic therapy, and Polyvagal theory.

 

I specialize in moving individuals from intimacy challenges, including infidelity, compulsive sexual behavior, unwanted use of pornography, sexual anorexia, and codependence to securely attached relationships with healthy intimacy. I am dedicated to providing compassionate, supportive, trauma-informed counseling for betrayed partners. I am a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist-Candidate (CCPS-C) through APSATS, and an Associate Sexual Addiction Therapist-
Candidate (ASAT-C) through IITAP. I use tenets from attachment science, neuroscience, and trauma-informed care to help individuals understand and heal the root causes of compulsive behavior and betrayal trauma.

 

I am committed to helping individuals, who received less-than-nurturing parenting, to reparent themselves, reclaim their core identity, develop healthy relationships, and create lives they are passionate about living. I am knowledgeable about parental enmeshment, and listed as a preferred provider on Dr. Kenneth M. Adam’s Overcoming Enmeshment website. I am dedicated to healing generational trauma, and helping parents to develop securely attached parenting and positive parenting. Through my previous career, I have over 18 years of experience supporting individuals and families affected by autism, ADHD, and ODD.

 

Certifications
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern (IMH27469), Florida Board of CSW, MFT, MHC
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (1-14-17431), Behavior Analysis Certification Board
Associate Sex Addiction Therapist-Candidate (ASAT-C), International Institute for Trauma and
Addiction Professionals
Certified Clinical Partner Specialist-Candidate (CCPS-C), Association of Partners of Sex Addicts

Trauma Specialists (APSATS)
Certified Trauma Professional, Evergreen Certification
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Trained, Connect EMDR

Professional Interests
Betrayed Partners
Codependence
Compulsive Sexual Behavior
Enmeshment
Infidelity
Neglect
Parent Training (Positive Parenting and Securely Attached Parenting)
Therapeutic Disclosure
Trauma (Betrayal, Developmental, Emotional, Generational, Relational, Sexual)
Unwanted Pornography Use