A licensed clinical social worker, Ms. Clark has a varied academic
background which includes three Master's Degrees: (1) Comparative
Religions from Temple University, (2) Educational Psychology from the
University of Houston, and (3) Clinical Social Work from Florida State
University. Ms. Clark is also a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical
Social Work, and is certified by the National Board for Clinical
Hypnotherapy and the National Academy of Clinical Social Work.
Her special interests primarily lie in the area of
hypnosis/hypnotherapy. She has been certified with the American Society
of Clinical Hypnosis as well as the Florida Society of Clinical
Hypnosis. Her clinical focus is on smoking cessation, weight control,
phobias/anxieties, and depression.
Ms. Clark also has a special interest in women and health. She has
worked in the areas of domestic violence and with the Child Protection
Team, as well as with the Department of Pediatrics as an expert court
witness on issues of child abuse. She also has past experience with the
Therapeutic Foster Home Program through the local Community Mental
Health Center. In her community volunteer services with the Equal Access
Clinic, Ms. Clark focuses on indigent health/mental care access, and for
the past 15 years has served on the Alachua County Health Care Board
advocating for mental health parity.