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Alice Baker

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Courageous Hearts Counseling

Trauma Sensitive Healing

A trauma and social justice informed therapy practice empowering you towards freedom.

Services & Fees

Please note, to respect and honor clients on the waiting list and the provider's time, we have and uphold a 48 business hour cancellation policy. If the appointment is cancelled in less than 48 hours, the full fee will be charged.

Fees

$175/ up to 50 minute session

We take most all major credit and debit cards. We do not work with insurance; however, we will provide documentation of treatment with necessary codes for clients to submit their own claim to insurance for reimbursement.

Good Faith Estimate

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

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Philosophy

Courageous Hearts Counseling is a faith based, clinically sound, safe haven dedicated to coming alongside men and women as they bravely enter their stories and the wounds they have experienced, the self-protective responses they have developed to survive, and to discover new ways to love and be loved.

We use a core attachment theory that just as relationships can harm, they can heal as well. Drawing on evidenced based, holistic therapies such as Internal Family Systems, Cognitive-Behavioral, Body Trust®, and Narrative, we gently come alongside individuals on their healing path. We also practice from a Trauma Informed and Social Justice Informed paradigm and choose to remain present to the reality that oppression and marginalization is trauma to the mind, body and soul.

The Story of Courageous Hearts

In 2003, Alice was asked to create a women’s support group for Eating Disorders in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was here, the name Courageous Hearts was born.

Alice fell in love with facilitating groups as she witnessed the healing power that occurred.

Therefore, when she moved to Orlando, she knew she wanted to continue the work. In 2005, she began Courageous Hearts at a local church in Orlando. She continued to lead and in 2014, helped create and develop the Eating Disorder Ministry – True Image Care. These experiences formed many of her early counseling skills, and continued to grow her heart towards counseling, styles of relating, and underlying wounds that drive behaviors.

So, when she got clinical training to provide mental health care, she knew Courageous Hearts Counseling would be the name of her practice.

To Alice, this represents and honors the many women in her groups who have courageously shared their stories, taken risks toward freedom, and taught her what the books could not.

Resources

Often in a period of growth, we become hungry for more truth. Below are some recommended resources to help give you more mileage in between sessions

Eating Disorders Expand

8 Keys to Recovery book/workbook – Carolyn Costin

Eating by the Light of the Moon – Anita Johnson

Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders –  Jennifer Gaudiani

Intuitive Eating book (3rd Edition) and workbook – Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Binge Eating Disorder – Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner

Body of Truth – Harriet Brown

The Beauty Myth – Naomi Wolf

Body Kindness – Rebecca Scritchfield

Your Dieting Daughter – Carolyn Costin

Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults – Jenny McGlothlin and Katja Rowell

Fat: The Owner’s Manual – Ragen Chastain

Fat!So? – Marilyn Wann

Love, Food Podcast – Julie Duffy Dillon

Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast – Janean Anderson

Carolyn Costin, a pioneer in the field of eating disorders, has numerous free articles and videos. http://www.carolyn-costin.com

Body Bloved is website that offers blog articles, and numerous resources on healing your relationship with food and weight    http://www.bodybloved.com/

National Eating Disorder Association https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

Parenting Expand

Parenting with Love and Logic – Foster Cline & Jim Fay

The Whole Brain Child – Dan Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

No Drama Discipline – Dan Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

Parenting from the Inside Out – Dan Siegel & Mary Hartzell

Mindful Discipline – Shauna Shapiro & Chris White

Parenting without Power Struggles – Susan Stiffelman

The Connected Child – Karyn Purvis

Relational Expand

Bold Love – Dan Allender

Codependent No More – Melody Beattie

Boundaries – Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Safe People – Henry Cloud & John Townsend

Stop Caretaking the Borderline or Narcissist – Margalis Fjelstad

Love is a Choice – Robert Hemfelt, Frank Minirth, Paul Meir, & Deborah Newman

The Cure – John Lynch, Bruce McNicol, & Bill Thrall

The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast – Adam Young

Restoring the Soul Podcast – Michael John Cusik

Marriage Expand

Intimate Allies – Dan Allender

Bring yourself to love: How couples can Turn Disconnection into Intimacy – Mona Barbera

Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It – Leslie Becker-Phelps

From Bondage to Bonding – Nancy Groom

Safe Haven Marriage – Archibald Hart & Sharon May

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson

Internal Family Systems Expand

Self-Therapy – Jay Earley

Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life – Tom Holmes

Nathan Meets His Monsters – Joseph Kropp

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model – Richard Schwartz

Trauma and Abuse Expand

Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners – Kenneth Adams

Healing the Wounded Heart – Dan Allender

Wounded Heart – Dan Allender

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? Encouragement for Women Involved with Angry and Controlling Men – Lundy Bancroft

Why Does He Do That? – Lundy Bancroft

The Betrayal Bond – Patrick Carnes

On the Threshold of Hope – Diane Langberg

The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do when a Parent’s Love Rules Your Life – Patricia Love & Jo Robinson

People of the Lie – Scott Peck

The Body Remembers – Babette Rothschild

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel VanDerKolk

PTSD Workbook  -Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula

The Allender Center Website has numerous resources including blogs and podcasts dedicated to the subject of trauma https://theallendercenter.org/

Diane Langberg has numerous free article, video, and audio presentations available on the subject of trauma http://www.dianelangberg.com/

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmee Menakem

Pastors/Those in Ministry Expand

Consenting to Grace – Tilda Norberg

The Wounded Healer – Henry Nouwen

Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness – Dan Allender

Healing Expand

The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepest Questions About God – Dan Allender & Tremper Longman

The Healing Path – Dan Allender

Urgings of the Heart – Wilkie Au & Noreen Cannon

Daring Greatly – Brene Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown

Rising Strong – Brene Brown

Changes That Heal – Henry Cloud & John Townsend

The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God – John Eldredge & Brent Curtis

Hinds Feet in High Places – Hannah Hurnard

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self – Alice Miller

Mindsight – Dan Siegel

Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing – Jay Stringer

Stumbling toward Wholeness: How the Love of God Changes Us – Andrew Bauman

A Brave Lament: For Those Who Know Death – Andrew Bauman and Christy Bauman

Women Expand

Captivating – John & Staci Eldredge

Becoming Myself – Staci Eldredge

Every Women’s Battle – Shannon Ethridge & Stephen Arterburn

The Allure of Hope: God’s Pursuit of a Woman’s Heart (Walking with God) – Jan Meyers & John Eldredge

Beauty and the Bitch: Grace for the Worst in Me – Jan Meyers Proett

Redeeming Love – Francine Rivers

Men Expand

Every Man’s Battle – Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, & Mike Yorkey

Wild at Heart – John Eldredge

Killing Lions: A Guide Through the Trials Young Men Face – John Eldredge & Samuel Eldredge

Fathered by God – John Eldredge

Prayer Expand

Moving Mountains – John Eldredge

Listening Prayer – Leanne Payne

EMDR Expand

Getting Past Your Past – Francine Shapiro

what others are saying...

I have known Alice for years. She brings a true commitment, deep compassion, and unwavering faith to her work and life.

Tara Harvill, LMHC // Maitland, Florida

With strength and love, she invites others on the healing journey that she herself walks.

I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Alice for 10 years and count her as a trusted colleague in the field. She brings a balance of strong clinical expertise, compassion, and wisdom to the counseling room. With strength and love, she invites others on the healing journey that she herself walks. I highly recommend her as a therapist and refer to her often.

Amy E. Roza, LMHC // Winter Springs, Florida

She brings a keen mind, tender heart, and sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit to her therapy.

Alice is a tender and wise woman who has courageously faced the pain of her own story and tasted the hope, joy and redemption of the Gospel.    She brings a keen mind, tender heart, and sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit to her therapy. Alice carries a unique perspective on the therapeutic process because of her extensive experience on the impact of trauma on the body in her work as a dietitian with eating disorders, her curiosity for the intricacies of each client’s story, and her tenacious belief in the healing work of Christ. I would recommend Alice to anyone hoping to receive more healing and in effect live more wholeheartedly.

Rachel Blackston, LMHC Redeemer Counseling // Winter Springs, Florida

Connect

AliceLBaker@gmail.com

407.340.8251

Alice Baker

Location

535 Versailles Drive
Ste. 110
Maitland, FL 32751

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