Here to Help You Move from Surviving to Thriving

Feeling ruled by thoughts or emotions, are better relationships&life goals drifting just beyond your reach? Family, work,&personal relationships can present endless challenges & increase feelings of frustration, anxiety, loneliness, or the desire to cling to control. At times, simultaneous feelings of joy&grief may overwhelm; we are here to help.
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THE COASTAL COUNSELING OF NORTH FLORIDA TEAM...

A graduate of Tulane University (BA) and Florida State University (MSW), Polly Bauer, LCSW has spent decades serving individuals & organizations in the communities where she has lived: New Orleans, New York City, Chicago, Connecticut, and Greater Jacksonville/St. Augustine. Polly is a fully-trained Practitioner of Radically-Open DBT, an evidence-based treatment addressing over-control (Hyper-perfectionism, Refractory Depression, Anxiety, Anorexia Nervosa, & traits commonly experienced with OCD, Autism, & Obsessive Compulsive, Avoidant, and Dependent Personality Disorders). She provides comprehensive RO DBT indiv therapy, skills classes, and skills support btwn sessions. To ensure adherence to the treatment protocol, Polly meets weekly w/her RO DBT consultation team and self-enquiry partner, and w/a RO DBT senior clinician for supervision. She incorporates Radically Open DBT skills (self-enquiry, flexibility, curiosity, & awareness of social signaling in line w/valued goals) into her personal & professional life to help herself and her clients respond flexibly & find peace in a chaotic, ever-changing world. Polly received training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) a brief trauma therapy by Laney Rosenzweig, treatment developer. Foundationally Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (2019 by Behavior Tech, a co. founded by Marsha Linehan), Polly offers a Standard DBT Advanced Group meeting monthly to help individuals keep their DBT skills fresh. Melissa Tucker is also a fully-trained RO DBT Practitioner and RMHCI with extensive experience providing RO DBT to teens and adults through individual therapy and RO DBT skills classes. Melissa has a proven track record of helping parents, couples, and families improve communication & interpersonal issues, and better manage family members' mental and physical conditions. Melissa is also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). If you are a professional, looking to treat burnout, compassion fatigue and social anxiety, Melissa is skilled at creating individualized plans to address specific concerns and help you achieve wellness and reduce symptoms of stress. Having traveled/lived in many of the 50 states and several countries, Melissa truly enjoys meeting and working with new people. Polly & Melissa passionately and firmly believe that within each of us (often buried deep) is the inner wisdom we need to envision and work towards the life we want to live...a life worth living & sharing. We look forward to meeting and working with you.
Polly Bauer, MSW, LCSW & Melissa Tucker, RO DBT Practitioner & RMHCI
Radically Open DBT Psychotherapists Lic & Reg inFL

Services

SKILLS CLASSES, GROUPS, & INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

  • Teen RO DBT Skills Class Wed 4:45-6:15pm
  • Hyper-perfectionism
  • Chronic Loneliness
  • Relationship Issues
  • RO DBT Skills Class 18+ TUES 9-10:30am
  • Depression
  • FL Virtual RO DBT Class Mon 6:30-8pm ET
  • Communication Issues
  • Anxiety
  • RO DBT Skills Class 18+ WED 6:30-8pm
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Coping Skills
  • Avoidant Personality
  • Burnout
  • Stress
  • Mindfulness
  • College Mental Health
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Anorexia
  • Anger Management
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Life Transitions
  • RO DBT Grad Gathering Monthly 6-7pm

Approaches

  • Radically Open DBT (Excessive Over-Control) Indiv & Classes
  • Grief Work Using RO DBT Protocol
  • Strength-Based
  • Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Advanced DBT Graduate Group (3rd Tues of Month 6:30-7:30pm)

Insurance Accepted

  • Out of Network
  • Self-Pay Only
  • Monthly Super Bills Provided

Fees

  • 20 Min Initial Virtual Consult RO DBT/DBT w/Polly: $0
  • Initial Diagnostic Intake, 60-75 min w/Polly: $180 - $240
  • Individual Therapy Session, 53 min, w/Polly: $160 - $180
  • Btwn Session Skills Coaching for Clients Receiving Full RO DBT Protocol w/Polly & Melissa: $0
  • RO DBT Skills Class & DBT Skills Group 90 min: $70
  • RO DBT Graduate Gathering Monthly, 1 hr: $35
  • DBT Graduate Meeting Monthly, 1 hr: $35
  • Initial Diagnostic intake w/Melissa: $160
  • Indiv Therapy Session, w/Melissa: $150
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