There are answers to many of life’s problems and they’re easier to attain than you think. Many of the difficulties, stress, and emotional upsets that we all encounter from day-to-day can be minimized--even eliminated--if we follow some relatively simple methods.

We’re here for you with answers because our first step is listening. We hear out what’s happening in your life first. Having an understanding ear is the beginning of the process.

Whitford-Thomas Group, Inc. (WTG) is an accomplished assembly of licensed mental health counselors and psychotherapists devoted to providing real solutions that last a lifetime.

Short-term counseling--no couch. Ours is “talk-thru” counseling. Our methods are easy to learn. Once you learn them, you become your own self-help therapist for life.

We show you how to get to the heart of your problems and upsets so you can overcome them and move-on. And with everything you need to stay cool and on-track in the future.

Showing others how to live relatively free of emotional upset is what we do. Whether it’s helping someone cope with depression, anger management, self-acceptance/self-confidence or anxiety and panic attacks, Whitford-Thomas Group is here with a caring and qualified counselor at the ready.

Comprehensive services also include marriage counseling, stress counseling, psychotherapy for sex life problems, alcohol and drug problems, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), weight loss, job problems, loss and grief, trauma and abuse, smoking cessation and more.

Psychotherapists at WTG also include those expertly trained at counseling for teens, juveniles and adolescents. We know that it’s a very different world today for those growing up, and we know how to help.

Our counselors are experienced at helping parents cope with the stress of raising children, and kids handling the problems of being kids.

For adults it seems the bumps in the road of life are endless. Stress is real. But the term itself is used too often as a diagnosis or assumption for something often more complicated and possibly quite harmful.

Counseling can give you all the tools to smooth out the bumps and being able to identify them can help.

Do you (or someone you know) experience any of the following?
Relationship/Spouse problems?	Mad all the time?
Difficulties with your children?	Lack of joy in life?
Not having an enjoyable sex life?	Cry often?
Gaining weight and can’t control it?	Sleeping too much?
Abuse alcohol or drugs to cope?	Have fits of anger?
Use food as a way to handle stress?	Lack motivation, energy?
Have troubles in social situations?	Can’t find any good in things?
Feel overwhelmed with responsibilities?
Have trouble communicating with others?
Don’t know how to change how things seem?
Difficulty being happy or enjoying many aspects of life?
Hate your job and don’t know what to do?
An overall sense of nervousness, uptightness?

The above list includes signs often associated with depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), anger, impulse disorder, lack of self-esteem and more.

When several of these symptoms combine and last for a month or longer, then there is good reason for you to consult your physician, or someone who provides counseling services such as Whitford-Thomas Group.

Learn further about our Counseling and Psychotherapy Services and how we can help.

Click here to find out more about our Free Phone Consultation, or call (813)-872-8022 and talk to one of our counselors to learn first-hand how we may be able to smooth out the bumps for you or someone close to you.

Whitford-Thomas Group also provides court and forensic related services for attorneys, judges, and the judiciary system. These include court-ordered mental health assessments, adult sexual offender assessments and sex offender counseling, child custody evaluations and more.

Family related court services are provided to help all parties cope and mend. Objective screenings and evaluations are available to the judiciary for the purposes of removing ambiguity from a variety of circumstances in litigious situations.

WTG further offers specialized assessment and treatment services for delinquent juveniles that have been adjudicated by the court and/or are suffering moderate to severe adjustment disorders including anger control, running away behaviors, defiance of authorities, assaults, depression, substance use, sexually acting out, and more.

Often times the mental and/or emotional pathways that allow these varied maladaptive behaviors in juveniles are numerous, and may include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), general learning disabilities, Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), Posttraumatic Stress (PSD), and others.

WTG is also a provider of counseling services for those who have been court-ordered for alcohol and substance abuse psychotherapy, family counseling, anger management and control, and adjustment disorders.

Forensic psychology services are provided by Dr. Peter Bursten and Dr. Peter Shaw, Licensed Clinical Psychologists, who along with Robert Whitford, Ed.S., LMHC also provide competency exams and expert witness testimony for the courts.

Further services for the judiciary include penile plethysmography exams, providing for the utmost in scientific, objective sex offender assessments, follow-up psychotherapy and testing for recidivism to therapy.

In fact, WTG has the only penile plethysmograph (PPG) in central and southwest Florida. WTG utilizes the latest in state-of-the-art technology from Monarch Behavioral Technology Inc. (www.btimonarch.com)

Whitford-Thomas Group is also a provider of continuing education credits in Florida for Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Registered Nurses, and Certified Addiction Professionals.

WTG has many ways in which we can be of help to you, someone you know, or those around you. Group lectures, presentations, and print materials are available at no cost. Professional training seminars are also available for those interested in learning and using cognitive-behavioral and/or Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.

Please Contact Us to learn more.