Why I do what I do

bio // who i am

Alicia has been a professional therapist for 22 years and currently has a private practice in Gainesville, Florida, working with children, teens, families, and women. She specializes in trauma-informed care, adoption and foster care issues including attachment, abuse recovery, and healthy styles of connecting in relationships with God, self, spouse, church, community, and children. She is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner and educator.  Her most life-giving topics to study and discuss include the intersection of faith, mental health, and the church as well as the topic of emotionally healthy spirituality. This passion comes from a past as a missionary/pastor’s kid and a present in growing deep roots in the soil of God’s love. The most challenging places to grow and learn have come from being a voice for the survivors of abuse and the marginalized through advocacy in the community, testifying in court, and speaking in churches. She is one of the founders of Thrive, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering, equipping, and encouraging foster and adoptive families in Alachua County, Florida. Her joy is being married to Dave for 24 years and raising two college-aged daughters together. And her favorite activities include family time, traveling and exploring, tennis, reading, writing, speaking, community development, and dinners & coffee with friends.

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