RO DBT East & Coastal Counseling of North Florida, LLC

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 w/Autism, & Obsessive Compulsive, Avoidant, & Dependent Personality Disorders). She provides comprehensive RO DBT individual therapy, skills classes, & skills support between sessions. To ensure adherence to the treatment protocol, Polly meets weekly w/her RO DBT consultation team & 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 is licensed in CT & FL and received advanced training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) a brief trauma therapy by Laney Rosenzweig, treatment developer. She was Foundationally Trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (2019 by Behavior Tech, a co. founded by Marsha Linehan). Melissa Tucker is also a fully-trained RO DBT Practitioner, LMHC in FL and WA State, w/extensive experience providing RO DBT to adolescents, families, 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 & physical conditions. Melissa is also advanced trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) by the treatment developer. Having traveled/lived in many of the 50 states and several countries, Melissa truly enjoys meeting and working with new people with diverse backgrounds. Kim LaMora, a Clinical Dietitian will join our team on 4/1/26. She has over a decade of experience working in diverse settings (hospitals, college campuses, eating disorder treatment centers, & schools). She has a wealth of experience working with newborns, children, adolescents, and adults of all ages especially adolescents and young adults struggling with disordered eating. Polly, Melissa, & Kim 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.