Helping Teens, Young and Middle-aged adults Navigate Anxiety, Depression, and Life's Challenges.
Compassionate, evidence-based counseling designed to help teens and adults better understand their thoughts and emotions.
Welcome to Learning Alternative Behaviors
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming. Anxiety, depression, and emotional challenges can affect how you think, feel, interact with others, and navigate everyday responsibilities.
At Learning Alternative Behaviors Youth and Family Services, LLC, we provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health counseling to help individuals better understand their emotional experiences, recognize unhelpful thought patterns, and develop healthier coping strategies.
Our approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and practical strategies designed to support emotional wellness and meaningful personal growth.
BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY!
Your Partner in MenTal HeALTH
Counseling Services
We provide virtual mental health counseling for teens, young adults, and middle-aged adults experiencing a variety of emotional and behavioral concerns..
Our Approach to Counseling
We believe that understanding your thoughts and emotions is an important part of creating meaningful change.
Our approach emphasizes:
- Identifying and reframing unhelpful thought patterns.
- Developing practical coping strategies.
- Improving emotional awareness and regulation.
- Building healthier behavioral responses.
- Strengthening confidence and problem-solving skills.
Our goal is to help individuals develop skills they can apply in everyday life.
Counseling for Depression
Depression is more than just " a bout of the blues or feeling down" and it is not always that easy to just snap out of it. If not treated depression can affect how you feel, think and behave. We help individuals explore emotional challenges, identify unhelpful thinking patterns, and develop strategies that support emotional wellness and daily functioning.
Counseling for Anxiety
Anxiety often consists of you experiencing anxious thoughts, excessive worrying or over thinking a lot about things. However, Anxiety isn't just a mental experience- it has a physical impact too. We help individuals learn to recognize anxious thought patterns, manage excessive worry, and develop practical coping strategies.
Counseling for a Mood Disorder
A mood disorder often has individuals feeling as if they are on an "emotional roller coaster ride." It is a mental health condition in which you experience long periods of extreme sadness, extreme happiness or both. We help identify the real issue and help you receive the right treatment needed to live a healthy, and fulfilling life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps individuals understand the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors while developing healthier ways of responding to everyday challenges.
LAB Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group Program
The LAB Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Group Program is a supportive group program for teens, young and middle-aged adults dealing with anxiety and mild to moderate depression. The program is designed to support emotional awareness and healthier coping. Participation is subject to screening and clinical appropriateness.
Meet LaToya Boyd,LMHC
LaToya Boyd is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 20 years of counseling experience across inpatient and outpatient mental health settings.
She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor's of Science degree from Florida State University. She brings a compassionate, supportive, and nonjudgmental approach to working with individuals experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges.
Her counseling approach integrates evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques and practical coping strategies to help clients recognize patterns, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and develop healthier ways of responding to life's challenges.
“Regardless of what behaviors or issues you have struggled with in the past with a desire for change, guidance and support you can Learn Alternative Behaviors.” LAB
INSURANCE AND PAYMENTS
Insurance and EAP Plans Accepted
We accept the following insurance plans and Employee Assistance Plans (EAP's), however if we are not accepting your insurance, you are free to self- pay:
Florida Blue /Lucet
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Magellan
Aetna
Cigna/Evernorth
Carelon
Ambetter
Sunshine Health
Curalinc (EAP)
Acentra Health (EAP)
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be made 24 hours in advance. If you cancel an appointment without giving 24 hours notice you will be charged $50.00 and must pay this fee before scheduling a new appointment. Please note that missed or canceled appointments are not covered by insurance.
Virtual Counseling Throughout Florida
Learning Alternative Behaviors Youth and Family Services, LLC is based in Florida and provides telehealth counseling to eligible clients located throughout Florida.
Virtual counseling offers an opportunity to receive professional mental health support from a private and convenient setting.
All telehealth services are provided in accordance with applicable Florida licensing and telehealth requirements.
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