Dr. Howard Chusid

Dr. Howard Chusid brings 16 years of clinical experience working with clients ranging from children to older adults. He addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, attention disorders such as ADD and ADHD, and feelings of loneliness, while also offering support for family and parenting issues.

He provides mediation services related to family matters and divorce, as well as civil mediation and healthcare or medical arbitration. Dr. Chusid also works with children whose parents are struggling, and he has experience treating veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and who face post-traumatic stress and related challenges.

On the career front, Dr. Chusid offers career counseling and assessment to help people clarify professional goals and decide what they want to pursue. His practice emphasizes empowering people to help themselves, using an eclectic, conversational approach that draws on several therapeutic techniques.

He is trained in Solution-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and often combines these methods to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Dr. Chusid believes meaningful change originates from within, and he focuses on guiding clients so they can learn to navigate their own path forward.

His background includes work with physically ill patients, leadership of multimillion-dollar companies, and responsibility for more than 300 employees and their families, experiences he integrates into his clinical perspective. As a licensed mental health counselor in Florida (license MH10180), Dr. Chusid balances professional insight with personal experience - he mentions his own family, children, and dogs - and he expresses a clear enthusiasm for the work he does.