About Florida Family Options
Florida Family Options is a counseling and mental health practice serving clients in the Plantation and greater Fort Lauderdale area.
The practice offers therapy along with psychological evaluation and testing, supporting adults, children, teens, couples and families navigating anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and relationship challenges.
With a solution-focused philosophy, the team matches each client with a therapist and treatment method tailored to their current goals and needs.
Family and Relationship Counseling
The practice’s core strength lies in relationship and family-systems care with specialized services for couples, blended and stepfamilies, and co-parenting support.
The team of psychologists, counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists brings deep experience working through communication breakdowns and family transitions.
Sessions emphasize practical, solution-focused strategies designed to create meaningful change whether that means rebuilding trust between partners or helping families reconnect.
Specialized Family Services and Faith-Based Care
Beyond traditional therapy, Florida Family Options offers distinctive services including parent-child reunification counseling, friendly divorce consultation and coaching for first responder and law-enforcement families.
The practice also provides Christian counseling and animal-assisted therapy for clients seeking faith-aligned or alternative therapeutic approaches.
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Levels of Care
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
Treatments
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Clinical Services
Animal therapy (aka pet therapy or animal-assisted therapy) can be very healing, as it allows patients to bond with animals, who give unconditional love. This is particularly useful for those who suffered trauma by the hands of people, who may be able to trust and form closer attachments to animals than humans at certain stages of rehabilitation.
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Staff
Dr. Tracy Mallett
Clinical Director
Dr. Barbara Palomino de Velasco
Psychologist
Rehab.com regularly reviews this listing for accuracy but changes may occur between updates. For the most up-to-date information, please contact Florida Family Options.
Contact Information
8201 Peters Road
Plantation, FL 33324


































































































