Derylene Proctor, LMHC

Derylene Proctor is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage depression, relationship difficulties, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. Her practice includes work with anger, anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, and related life transitions.

She uses straightforward, goal-oriented conversations to help people identify patterns that keep them stuck. In session she helps clients notice thoughts and behaviors that heighten strong emotions and then practice different responses. She also supports people working through impulsivity, control issues, and problems with commitment or communication.

Derylene incorporates Christian-informed perspectives when that is important to a client, and she often works with people facing midlife transitions or questions about life purpose. She emphasizes self-love and forgiveness as practical steps people can use to reduce guilt and resentment.

Her methods draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide change in day-to-day habits and decisions. Sessions focus on clear strategies, brief skill-building, and practical homework that fits into regular life.

People who come to her are often looking to stop snapping at loved ones, lower workplace frustration, or break patterns of drinking or impulsive behavior. She helps people map out small, repeatable steps to replace old reactions with more helpful choices.

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