I prefer to partner with my clients in a collaborative relationship to help them achieve maximum physical, emotional, and spiritual health. My therapy approach is eclectic and depends on client needs. Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is often incorporated with other treatment modalities into the therapy mileau.
My MSN in Nursing enables me to be well-suited with clients and their families who have emotional issues as well as physical health issues - such as cancer, stroke, heart disease, MS, pain management, GI issues, sleep deprivation, Alzheimer's, menopause, and kidney disease. I specialize in managing stress and anxiety, life balance, and total wellness utilizing an integrative approach. I am a clinical health psychologist who works with clients whose health issues are affecting their emotions (through depression &/or anxiety) or someone whose emotional stresses are impacting their physical health. I am a credentialed member of the medical staff at the Indian River Medical Center, the Sebastian River Medical Center and Palm Bay Hospital..
In addition, I have a strong background in cardiac care and working with heart and stroke patients. Depression is a common experience in patients who have had a heart attack, heart surgery, a stroke or other cerebral event. Depression is impacting the elder population with increasing frequency and is often correlated with underlying sleep and health issues as well as a lack of familial and social support. Anxiety and depression are often experienced by a patient diagnosed with cancer or any other life-threatening disease and with any chronic disease process. Stress Management has been proven to play a key role in keeping our mind and body healthy by relieving all forms of anxiety and enabling one to get a good night's sleep that feels restorative!
Compulsive Overeating and/or Emotional Eating is one of my specialty areas. I have worked extensively with both obese patients as well as patients who have undergone bariatric surgery. I offer education and support around ongoing emotional eating and learning how to escape from self-sabatoging eating behaviors. I have experience with working with eating disorders of all kinds and with all age groups.
Substance abuse and dependence is another strong specialty area. I completed my Internship and Fellowship years at the world renowned drug and alcohol Hazelden Treatment Center in Center City, MN. I offer a long history of working within the addiction field. One of my subspecialities within the addiction field is working with impaired professionals (doctors, nurses, attorneys, etc.) and their families, as well as coordinating care and support for patients after primary addiction treatment with their physician/physicians, the treatment center, and any extended care needs or facilities. Trauma and PTSD are often part of a substance abuse patient's psychological experience and can prevent them from staying "clean and sober" if not adequately processed in a manner that is healing and NOT re-traumatizing. People who suffer with addictions have a strong tendency to cross-addict to other areas such as gambling, exercise, internet use, sex, food, shopping, etc.
Lastly, peri-menopause and menopausal issues present their own specific challenges for patients. The hormonal roller coaster coupled with stress and lack of sleep often exacerbate feelings of fatigue, mood swings, alterations in sexual feelings and desire, and food cravings. Today's middle-aged women is often a card carrying member of the "sandwich generation" where she is looking after the welfare of aging parent/parents, children (often teenagers) and sometimes even grandchildren, in addition to trying to look after herself and her husband or partner.
I prefer, whenever possible, to coordinate a patient's care with their entire health care team encompassing their primary care physician, and any applicable specialists such as psychiatrists, cardiologists, bariatric and other surgeons, neurologists, urologists, oncologists, gastroenterologists,etc.
Dr. Lynn Williams offers a free initial phone consultation - to arrange: send an email to Dr. Lynn Williams.
GENERAL
- Gender: Female
- Years in Practice in Florida: 2 Years
- Avg Cost (per session): $150 - $250 for initial session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Accepted Insurance Plans:
- BCBS:out-of-network provider
- Humana
- Medicare
- TRICARE
- Beech Street
Please ask about your health insurance coverage when you speak with me about your first visit.
If you have BCBS or United Health Care, I have found a way to bypass their not signing on new providers so you will not over-pay. Ask about this feature when you book your 1st appointment.
CLIENT FOCUS
- Ethnicity: Any
- Gender: All
- Religious Orientation: Any
- Age: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Elders
QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate School: Florida Institute of Technology
- Year Graduated: 2005
- License No. and State: PY7808 Florida
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing - University of Kentucky in 1973
- Master's Degree in Nursing- Medical College of Georgia in 1976
- Registered Nurse in Florida: RN 71456-2
SPECIALTIES:
- Pre-Surgical Evaluations and Testing
- Obesity (without bariatric surgery)
- Bariatric Surgery: pre- and post surgery support
- Addictions - Shopping, Internet use, Gambling, Sex, Food, Exercise, and Substance Abuse
- Chronic Ilness and/or Pain
- Cancer
- Heart Disease and Stroke
- Dialysis and Kidney Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Depression
- Anxiety or Fears
- Child or Adolescent Issues
- Eating Disorders- anorexia and bulimia
- Self-Harm Behaviors such as cutting or picking
- Elderly and/or Caretaking Issues
- Psychological Testing
- Life Coaching and Motivational Interviewing
- Loss or Grief
- Parenting Skills and Communication Skills
- Stress Management
- Trauma and PTSD
- Peri-Menopause and Menopause
- Andropause (male menopause)
- Spiritual Issues
TREATMENT PREFERENCES
Orientation:
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT)
- Brief Psychodynamic
- Coaching and Solution-Focused Therapy
- EMDR, Guided Imagery
- Eclectic and Integrative Approaches
- Modality:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group
EASY ACCESS
- Nearby Towns: Sebastian, FL, Vero Beach, FL
- Nearby Counties: Indian River
- Nearby Zips: 32958, 32960, 32963
Dr. Lynn Williams also hosts the following groups:
Bariatric Surgery Support Group
1000 36th Street, Treasure Coast Bariatrics, Vero Beach, Florida
Third Tuesday at 6pm - 7pm
Support group for people who have undergone or are contemplating bariatric surgery for morbid obesity.
Bariatric Surgery Support Group
13695 US Hwy. 1
Sebastian River Medical Center Dining/Conference Room
Fourth Tuesday at 6pm-7pm
Support group for people who have undergone or are contemplating the bariatric lap-band or the gastric sleeve surgery for morbid obesity
