Meryl DeLena
LCSW
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
Miami, USA
Answers questions in Anxiety · Depression · Social Issues
About Meryl DeLena
- I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Military Marital Consultant. I have over ten years case management and clinical and experience providing therapy to children and adults. I specialize in programs related to anxiety, PTSD, deployment issues and reintegration stressors for military spouses and families. My previous experience is with Sexual Abuse Trauma when I was the Clinical Director of the Kristi House in Miami, FL. A graduate of Florida State and Florida International Universities, I am a member of national and state mental health professional associations.
What I do
I am presently a Military Marital Consultant. I have a Facebook page "Supporting Military Spouses and Their Relationships" as an educational and supportive forum for military spouses. I can also be reached on website contact page at www.meryldelena.com. I am a relationship writer for Army Spouse Magazine. I am a military wife of a disabled Veteran and have worked with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps since 2003.
My story
- I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Military Marital Consultant. I have over ten years case management and clinical and experience providing therapy to children and adults. I specialize in programs related to anxiety, PTSD, deployment issues and reintegration stressors for military spouses and families. My previous experience is with Sexual Abuse Trauma when I was the Clinical Director of the Kristi House in Miami, FL. A graduate of Florida State and Florida International Universities, I am a member of national and state mental health professional associations.
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Answered Questions(2)
Positive Self Talk
Is there an online course or something where I can learn positive self talk techniques? I have a hard time with anxiety problems and I had a couple sessions with a therapist back in Oregon and she talked a lot about how I could counter the thoughts in my head that were sending my false or information or having me always act based upon a worst case scenario. I think it’s a good technique but I want to learn more about how to do it and how to apply it. Do I need to work with a therapist now that I have found something that works for me or can I learn this skill on my own. And if I can, can you point me in the direction of a good place to do so?
Read answer →A concerned spouse: Wife has depression
My wife has depression. When I got to the bookstore I see there is a lot of books on self help for depression. I would like my wife to try something and I think she would also like to try something. But I think that if I get her to try something and encourage her and it turns out to not be at all helpful then that is worse than doing nothing at all. I do not want to discourage her. Is there a self help book or program for depression that you would recommend that I buy? I would feel more comfortable getting into something after I had an expert recommend it. My wife is not seeing a therapist right now. She has worked with a therapist before and she says it did not help her so she does not want to do that again. Unfortunately, money is also an issue for us, especially with my wife out of work, so a paying for a therapist is also tough for us.
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