⤺ Becoming Us Homepage November Sessions - Purpose ⤻
moderators/facilitators
Joy R. Berkheimer, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Qualified LMFT & LMHC Intern Supervisor, Life Coach, Speaker & Author
As someone who practices marriage and family therapy, I naturally focus on relationships. I believe that we are all a reflection of our relationships and that we tend to envision who we are based on the part we play in these partnerships and what our loved one believes about us. We make life plans with all this in mind. It is because of the impact our connections have on
us, that I understand the need to help those dealing with transitions around your relationships, whether they be romantic, career or with yourself.
These changes can be you realizing the position you imagined you were in is transforming, slipping away or even ending, and you now need help to figure out who you are and what you will do following this new shift in your journey.
I’ve earned a Masters’ degree from Barry University, with dual specialties in marriage, family and couples therapy and mental health counseling. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, registered with the Florida Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC). I am also an Intuitive Joy Life Coach, trained with the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute (CaPP Institute) as well as received individual intensive intuitive healing training. My time with individuals and couples is focused on a humanistic and strength-based foundation to allow for clients, connection, self-discovery and healing.
Work, family, babies: how the pandemic has helped us find our purpose
Video: "becoming us" session on seeing purpose as a gift to share with others
Podcast: "becoming us" session on seeing purpose as a gift to share with others
Finding your purpose, and remembering why you're here, even during a pandemic
Video: "Becoming Us" session on purpose
Amanda Smith, LCSW
Therapist, Self-Care Coach
Amanda is a therapist in North Carolina, specializing in telemental health services. She also runs a bunch of virtual groups on Self-Care. Amanda loves helping people find their joy and inner strength. She believes that you are the expert in yourself and your healing and she is just there to help you find out how to maximize your potential. In her practice, she uses multiple research-based strategies to help you grow towards your personal goals. She is specialized in practicing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and have a lot of experience helping people deal with anxiety and panic.
Hilary Stover
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and telemental health therapist
Hilary has over 10 years of experience working with individuals with a wide range of concerns including trauma and PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance use, self-esteem, stress, motivation, health and wellness, anger, parenting, coping with life challenges and adjustments to life changes. She has worked with individuals on an outpatient and inpatient basis within community agencies, private hospitals, the Department of Veterans Affairs, private practice, and online therapy.
Her passion is to help clients move forward by taking the steps needed to move in the direction they want to. To do that, she uses evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. As she recognizes everyone's journey is different, she tailors her approaches to the specific needs, goals, and situations of each individual. She works with each person to develop and practice coping skills to manage stress and stressful situations throughout life. She believes in finding the strengths of each of her clients, and using these strengths to adapt, cope, and grow.
Hilary believes the basis of any life-changing journey is a strong therapeutic relationship, and she enjoys spending time getting to know each of her clients to foster that support.
Meet Hilary Roe Stover, BetterHelp therapist for Becoming Us on parenting
Healthcare technologists, policy advisors largely lean toward opening in-person schools
Video: "Becoming Us" session on parenting (September 3)
Podcast: "Becoming Us" session on parenting (September 3)
Parenting during COVID: finding gratitude amid the frustration
Video: "Becoming Us" session on parenting (September 17)
Podcast: "Becoming Us" session on parenting (September 17)
Connecting with children and keeping them off their screens during covid
Alyssa Morrison
Clinical Social Worker, telemental health therapist
Alyssa Morrison is a licensed clinical social worker with over ten years of experience working with children, adults, and families. Her primary clinical focuses have been varied and include grief and loss, trauma, life stage changes, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and parenting frustrations. She practices from psychodynamic; dialectical behavioral influenced therapy (DBT) with a particular focus on mindfulness; cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT); and solution-focused frameworks.
Through BetterHelp, Alyssa provides telemental health services including both individual therapy and weekly groups focused on positive relationship building and grief and loss.
She also serves as an adjunct professor at Fordham University in the Masters of Social Work program.
Maintaining and creating relationships during the pandemic
Video: "Becoming Us" session on relationships (August 6)
Podcast: "Becoming Us" session on relationship (August 6)
Christian Lamb
Licensed Clinical Social Worker at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs & Owner of Inspired Online Counseling, LLC
Christian is a licensed clinical social worker. He spent five years in Naval Special Forces and enjoys Jiu jitsu and Muay Thai kickboxing. His approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic, mindfulness and holistic practices in order to reach all areas of your life to ensure you are well equipped to truly see and understand who you are and what you need. Views specifically on loneliness: Loneliness is often a very subjective experience of feeling alone. This feeling creates many challenges for our mental health as well as our physical health.
It is tragic to see that loneliness is rapidly becoming a public health crisis. One reason I see for this is that we are not properly taught how to create healthy and meaningful
relationships. As a licensed therapist, with a passion for working with couples, I have found it my calling to lead couples to discover how to rebuild their relationship from the ground up. This in turn serves as a blueprint for each partner to be competent in forging lasting and meaningful relationships throughout their lives in all areas.
BetterHelp group therapy kicks off July 9 tackling fear and anxiety
Video: "Becoming Us" Session on Fear And Anxiety
Changing perspectives during COVID and social unrest
Podcast: "Becoming Us" Session on Fear And Anxiety Session July 9
Podcast: "Becoming Us" Session on Fear And Anxiety Session July 23
Bambi Francisco Roizen
FOUNDER & CEO, VATOR
Co-Founder, Invent Health; Entrepreneur, investor, journalist. Founder and CEO of Vator, a platform helping entrepreneurs grow, network, build; VatorX, a platform for startup programs; VatorNews and Vator Events. Award-winning tech/financial columnist at Dow Jones MarketWatch, providing analysis on tech startups on Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS.
TOM PATTERSON
3X ENTREPRENEUR, CEO, ADVISOR, COACH
Tom Patterson is a 3x venture funded entrepreneur, experienced CEO, Board Member, and Advisor with deep background in the consumer and enterprise space . After selling his latest insuretech venture Leaplife to Even Financial in 2020, he is actively advising and consulting with multiple high growth ventures on their Go To Market as well as their sales, product and marketing strategies. Tom actively advises a number of high-growth companies
Tom actively advises a number of high-growth companies helping them with product, sales growth and leadership. He is actively advising Betterup, the leader in Enterprise
Mobile Coaching as well as Even Financial, the API platform for selling financial products.
Storytellers
In 2020, a life-threatening virus ignited an unprecedented lockdown. Today tens of millions are losing jobs, seeking new careers, going through soul-searching experiences, and making changes. Our Becoming Us program seeks to remember these times through the stories shared with us.
Here are those sharing their stories.
