COMING SUMMER 2026
Brain-Based Therapies For Real Results.
Anxiety | PTSD | Trauma | Performance
Counseling & Coaching to Optimize Your Mind!
For Professionals, Veterans & Athletes
Walk away with the results you’ve been hoping for.
What is Brain-Based Therapy?
Instead of spending years in heady, analytical talk therapy, re-hashing your trauma or feeling like your therapist is a “rent-a-friend”, connect with a therapist who is highly skilled and motivated to get you results.
Brain-based therapy is a category of treatment approaches that are designed to get quicker, more lasting results, in a less invasive way.
Brain-based therapies work with both the conscious and subconscious mind, so you get a fuller healing experience. Some methods include EMDR, Brainspotting, Rapid Resolution Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, AEDP, and Clinical Hypnotherapy.
Counseling & Psychotherapy
Individual counseling is available for adults, teens and children, from a licensed, Florida-based mental health provider. Services are provided virtually.
Treatment available for a wide range of issues including: Trauma, PTSD, anxiety, phobia, panic attacks, relationships, sexual assault, childhood abuse, guilt & shame, pet grief, insomnia & sleep issues, and more.
Method and duration is tailored to your goals and intended outcomes. Most begin with an Initial Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Plan over the course of 1-2 sessions. Sessions are 50min long, with 100min and 150min Therapy intensives available also, depending on your needs.
Performance Coaching
Performance coaching is available for athletes (adult & child), and high performers of any kind, such as entrepreneurs, professionals, or artists.
Coaching is intended to sharpen your focus, eliminate fears or worries, clear any blocks from prior events, shift any limiting beliefs & bring clarity to career transitions.
Your coaching plan is individualized based on your goals and schedule. If you need to see a shift before your next race, this will be considered when booking.
Critical Incident Stress Debrief
Critical incident stress debrief (CISD) services are available to small and medium sized workplaces, schools, sports teams, non-profit & government organizations throughout both Florida and New York.
Support is available following any critical incident helping employees to process the trauma or shock of a workplace death or injury, unexpected violence or crime, a natural disaster - and the return to optimal functioning.
We travel to you, but virtual services are an option if preferred. Follow up support is available in different formats based on the size and needs of the organization.
Approach
With a strong foundation in talk therapy, I knew it wasn’t enough. My clients needed something that got to the root of the problem, and allowed them to move past things that they spent years trying to process with other therapists.
Enter, “brain-based therapy”. Traditional talk therapies are TOP DOWN, which focus on using the cognitive, thinking mind to resolve problems and hope they get down to the root for real change. Brain-based therapies offer a different, more neuroscience perspective on the mind. They are BOTTOM UP, starting at the root, and working with the deeper, subconscious mind, thereby creating more automatic change.
Brain-based therapies are known to be less invasive, not requiring you to re-live the trauma, which stops many people from completing therapy. Instead, these neuroscience-backed methods are designed to rewire troubling thoughts, feelings, behaviours and impulses, using brain-based therapies on the cutting edge of mental health care.
It’s taken decades for some of these brain-based treatments to come into the mainstream of mental health care, and people have suffered, relying on medication and even lost their lives. I’m determined to ensure that the most effective methods of care are accessible now.
Brainspotting therapy
Brainspotting therapy is a brain-based therapy that uses your eyeline positioning to pin point the root of your trauma or stuckness. This method has been scientifically proven effective and is less invasive than EMDR therapy. This method also requires less prep time than EMDR, and can be used for a wide variety of issues, from a limiting belief, to a specific fear, to a more significant trauma. To learn more and find out if Brainspotting therapy is right for you, book a free consultation.
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Clinical Hypnotherapy has been a mental health treatment method for well over 100 years. Although in modern times, it has been used for entertainment, it still remains one of the most powerful ways to create automatic, and lasting change in terms of unwanted thoughts, feelings and behaviors. RRT, NLP, conversational hypnosis, and Eriksonian Hypnosis are drawn from, to address any issue from relapse prevention to trauma, to relationship patterns.
Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) is an experiential style therapy combining several methods into one approach. Using a variety of subtle hypnotherapy techniques, imagery, metaphors and philosophical perspectives, clients are led through a process designed to shift the way the mind processes information, so change is more automatic. Depending on the issue being addressed, there are different protocols available within RRT.
Somatic Therapy
Somatic Therapy is based on a psychological perspective that trauma and memories are stored within the body. The nervous system learns how to respond based on experience throughout childhood and life, creating somatic (ie: physical body) reactions that dysregulate us. Learning how to regulate your nervous system through body awareness is one of the most important skills you can learn, and take with you for the rest of your life.
Rapid Resolution Therapy
The Mindful Space
Rapid Resolution Therapy with Expert Sheri Johnson, August 2023
Brainz Magazine
How PTSD Can Be Healed in 2 Hours (Part 1) July 2, 2022
Survivors.org Podcast
Sheri Johnson - Victim Empowerment, June 2022
Haute Living Magazine
Coming Soon, May 2026
Brainz Magazine
Quickly Healing PTSD In 2 Hours – How Is It Done? (Part 2) August 25, 2022
Meet Sheri.
I know you’re here because you’ve been feeling stuck in the thoughts, feelings or behaviors that are not working for you anymore. You don’t just want a friend to talk to about your day - you are ready for real change.
If you are looking for help clearing up the affects of trauma, PTSD, or ongoing anxiety, phobias or panic, I can help. Or if you are a high achieving athlete, entrepreneur or performer, you and I both know you don’t have time to wait years before you get results.
My training in neuroscience methods, is combined with life experience, and 16 years in the social work and mental health field. I aim to address your issue with pin point precision, and support you during life and career transitions.
My intention is that you walk away from counseling with a breakthrough in areas of prior stuckness. I work to get my clients results, and I am very motivated to do so. However, my clients know me as someone who is easy to talk to and down to earth - therapy can be enjoyable too!
With extensive clinical experience in the field, and years of experience coaching entrepreneurs, leaders and athletes, I am an Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida, a National Board Certified Fellow of Clinical Hypnotherapy, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary, and the Founder of FreeMind Therapy, a multi-national therapy group. I hold a Master of Social Work from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Social Work & Social Services Diploma.
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME:
I love sunshine and humidity, especially given my origins in freezing cold Canada. I am also passionate about motorsport and a track day is my idea of the perfect Sunday. I also enjoy travelling the world, and creative pursuits like film.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW - Florida)
National Board Certified Fellow of Clinical Hypnotherapy (CCHt, NBCCH)
Adjunct Profession, University of Calgary
Founder, FreeMind Therapy Inc., national therapy group in Canada
Founder, OptiMind Therapy, online mental health clinic, Florida
Registered Social Worker (RSW), BC College of Social Workers (BC, Canada)
Registered Social Worker (RSW), OCSWSSW (Ontario, Canada)
Master of Social Work degree, University of Calgary
Bachelor of Social Work degree, University of the Fraser Valley
Social Services Diploma, University of the Fraser Valley
Frequently Asked Questions
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Counseling and psychotherapy for Florida residents, both children and adults. Sessions are 50min long, and therapy intensives are also available based on your needs.
Performance Coaching for athletes entrepreneurs and artists worldwide, who are looking to optimize the way their mind is working and perform at your best.
Critical Incident Stress Debrief for organizations, following a traumatic incident.
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Click the Book Now button and schedule yourself online right away.
Or, fill out the contact form below to ask a question or request a special appointment time based on your needs (individualized booking times available for Performance Coaching only)
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No direct billing is available, private-pay only.
However, we are happy to offer a Superbill any time you request (not available for Performance Coaching).
Receipts are automatically sent to you by email the day of your scheduled session.
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The best way to reach out is by completing a contact form, below.
Otherwise, you may email directly at therapistsheri@gmail.com
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Therapy is a licensed, clinical service focused on diagnosing and treating mental health conditions such as trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Therapists are only permitted to see clients who are located in the state they are licensed in.
Performance coaching is not a clinical services and does not involve diagnosis or treatment of clinical mental health presentations. It is focused instead on optimizing performance, building skills, managing pressure and navigating transitions. Coaching is suited to those who are functioning well but want to perform at their best. Coaches are permitted to see clients worldwide.
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Research consistently shows that virtual therapy is equally effective as in-person therapy, for the majority of mental health conditions, including trauma, PTSD and anxiety.
Virtual therapy is preferred by many due to the lack of commute, no waiting room, total privacy from your local community, and access to specialized care regardless of your location within the state.
Many clients share that they feel safer doing therapy in their own space, which can support the therapeutic process when working through emotionally demanding material.
All sessions at OptiMind Therapy are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform, ensuring your privacy is fully protected.
If you are skeptical, I recommend requesting a free 20min video consultation so try it out before committing.
Contact Us
Virtual across Florida & Worldwide
TherapistSheri@gmail.com