Beach Counseling Center

Introduction: I have been in the business and corporate world most of my life. A few years ago, I decided to make a change in the direction of my life, turning back to my love of psychology. With a business and psychology background, I feel that I can offer an understanding and unique perspective to a variety of problems, particularly due to my life's experiences and my age. I welcome people from all walks of life, and I am willing to help with most of all life's problems. Dr. Prather's qualifications, specialties and client focus are as follows: I. Qualifications * Doctor of Psychology, California Southern University, 2011 * Degrees from Florida State University, Capella University and North Central University * License Number and State: MH9104 Florida II. Client Focus * Ethnicity: any * Gender: all * Religious orientation: any * Age: children, adolescents, adults and elders * Gay and lesbian expertise: yes * Alternative language: German III. Specialties * ADHD * Addiction or substance abuse * Anxiety or fear * Behavioral medicine * Child or adolescent issues * Chronic pain or illness * Depression * Dissociative disorders * Divorce * Domestic abuse or violence * Eating disorders * Elderly person disorders * Gay or lesbian issues * Impulse control disorders * Life coaching * Loss or grief * Obsessive-compulsive disorder * Parenting issues * Personality disorders * Psychosis * Relationship issues * Sex therapy * Thinking disorders * Trauma and PTSD * Treatment preferences * Orientation * Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) * Eclectic * Addiction therapy * Family therapy * Marital therapy Modality may involve individuals, couples or a family. Have you ever been to counseling? If not, you may think that you will come in, lay on a couch in a dimly lit room, and reveal your life's secrets while a stranger sits behind you, scribbling on a notepad and saying nothing. This is simply not the case, especially in my office. We sit face-to-face, with no desk between us, and can carry on conversations that may directly or indirectly help you with your problems. My clients are helped to feel comfortable, calm and relaxed as possible. If it's felt that medication would be helpful in your case, you will be referred to your family physician or a psychiatrist for medication management. Likewise, if your condition is due to a physical problem, I will refer you to your family physician for medical assistance. If you do not have a family physician, I will provide you with a list of physicians, and my assistant can help you to make an appointment. We accept the following types of insurance (as of June 1, 2011): * Aetna * Anthem * Beech Street * Behavioral Health Systems * Blue Cross Blue Shield * Cigna * Compsych EAP * Coventry EAP * Deer Oaks EAP * First Health (now Coventry) * Harmony (now Wellcare) * Impact EAP * Humana * Magellan EAP * Magellan Behavioral Health * Medicaid * Multiplan * Novanet * PPO USA Network * Prime Health Services * Private healthcare systems (see Multiplan) * Tricard Standard * Tricare Prime (still in approval process) * United Behavioral * Value Options Others are available. If you don't see your insurance carrier here, please call us for verification.