Elbow Tree Counseling

11/12/2025

Have a 20-something in your life? Kindly consider sharing this episode with them. https://open.spotify.com/episode/11rNpDWJKCDwngDUGSt82g?si=XQ78s4EpQq28Wa5qpUXMgA

10/26/2025

“I’m convinced most problems disrupting our lives and impeding healthy psychological function are the direct result of how we have been seen, soothed, safe and secure. Or, as is often the case, how those needs have gone unmet in our lives.” -Michael Cusick

What We Need for Secure Attachment Michael Cusick, RTS's co-founder and CEO, has written a new book titled Sacred Attachment - but what does attachment really mean? In this excerpt from the book, Michael explains the four needs that contribute to attachment: to be seen, soothed, safe, and secure. I....

10/06/2025

My dear friend, Jason English, made this beautiful short film three years ago and we have made it a point to link on the home page of our counseling practice websites because it is the clearest metaphor for resilience I have ever heard. Still hits.

I used to have this 150 year old farmhouse that had a mulberry tree in the side yard. It produced literally thousands of mulberries despite having trauma in ...

10/06/2025

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

― Ernest Hemingway

09/19/2025

Lots going on at Elbow Tree these days! Our team is seeing clients up and down the Florida coast. Here’s a little peek of entry and waiting area in our SoFlo office in Fort Lauderdale.

09/01/2025

Our and operations still growing in depth and strength with offices in St. Augustine and Jacksonville Beach. This weekend we dialed in a new outpost in Fort Lauderdale to begin serving SoFlo. Also launched our south Florida focused website which is officially up and running too at www.elbowtreesoflo.com.