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Choosing the right mental health treatment provider: Qualities and Characteristics

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Differences in qualities and qualifications among types of mental health treatment providers, and how to determine which is best for you.

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Assertive communication

April 2, 2016

A "win at any cost" mentality does not work well with assertive communication. Instead, consider the other person, and recognize that you can only control your own behavior.

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Florida Family Options mental health services

Solution-focused strategies for dynamic change

Flamingo Commons

4301 S. Flamingo Road, Suite 106-600

Davie, FL 33330

(954) 665-4115

help@family-options.com

Open by appointment; weekend and evening appointments are available.

Telehealth appointments are available.

Dr. Tracy Mallett is a Licensed Psychologist in Florida, California, Texas, Arizona and Iowa, and has Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) through PsyPact, which allows her to conduct virtual counseling, therapy, and mental health services to clients located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Board of Psychology
1625 North Market Boulevard, Suite N-215
Sacramento, California 95834
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