Mary Jo McHaney is dually licensed both as a Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a Mental Health Counselor. She is also a Certified Parenting Educator from the Post Institute.   In addition, she is also a Florida Board approved Clinical Supervisor for registered Interns.  She graduated from Florida State University with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and she obtained her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  With over twenty-five years of clinical experience, Mary Jo has worked in a variety of settings, from agencies, schools, medical centers, and ultimately private practice.

Mary Jo specializes in working with trauma, Reactive Attachment Disorder  (RAD), grief, adoption,  parent education, couples, families, children adolescence, anxiety, and depression.  She has received extensive training in the use of Eye Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing (EMDR), and utilizes it, when clinically appropriate, to facilitate rapid healing.  She also embraces the Stress Model developed by the Post Institute when working with Attachment issues. The Stress Model is a “love based” intervention that strongly incorporates the family in facilitating the healing of the attached challenged child.

Mary Jo has conducted numerous seminars and training programs.  Specifically, she has provided parent-training classes focusing on children and teens for over twenty-five years. In addition she has consulted with Florida Department of Law Enforcement teaching school resources officers on the topic of teen suicide.  She has consulted with schools and PTA’s regarding solution focused teaching strategies, positive parenting, and dealing with trauma.  She has also consulted in the area of personality temperament and legacy planning.  Mary Jo provides marital enrichment seminars  and parenting classes for local area churches and communities.

Contact Mary Jo:  maryjo@consciouslyparenting.com