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Psychotherapy; Clinical Sexologist

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13500 sw 88 st Miami, FL 33176

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Odalys Waugh, Ph.D

Years In Practice 26

Primary Specialty

Psychologist

Gender Female

Education Doctoral program in Clinical sexuality
PhD graduation: 2007 ~ American Academy of Clinical Sexologist. Orlando, Florida

Masters of Science in Counseling
Graduation: 2002. ~ DUAL PROGRAM: Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.
Barry University ~ Miami Shores, FL.

Bachelors of Liberal Studies -1998. ~ Graduation: Behavioral sciences.
Barry University ~ Miami Shores, Fl.

FULLY BILINGUAL: ENGLISH / SPANISH

Training Private Practice Psychotherapist/ Clinical Sexologist
Outpatient psychotherapy practice: Treatment of depressed, anxiety, PTSD, Domestic Violence, Psychotic Bipolar and Schizophrenia. In addition assessment, Individual, Couples, Group and Family therapy, dual diagnosis/substance abuse groups, parenting issues, habit and behavior modification, Clinical Sexology. Business consultations, CEU Trainings and Community awareness workshops.

Miami Dade College (Kendall Campus)
-Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Social Sciences,
-Professor for the Independent Studies program, psychology.

Developed and implemented new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research. Designed, prepared and developed teaching curriculum. Delivered lectures, seminars, tutorials.

Victim Response/the Lodge ~ Coordinator Elderly Services
Advocacy services for the Elderly population victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
Community Awareness with Presentations at Fire and Police Dept., Hospitals, Government Agencies, Miami-Dade Family Court and other providers in the community. Public Speaker: radio and T.V.
Douglas Gardens CMHC ~ Assistant Clinical Manager
Managed the Older Adult program, 200 clients and 5 Targeted case managers. Performance and productivity improvement of the Elderly program, staff training (Assessment and documentation).

Citrus Health Network ~ Therapist - BHOS
Therapist for the Residential Group Care Plus program.

Regis House ~ Project Coordinator
Coordination of the drug prevention program Positive Options. A curriculum for 3rd grade students.

Miami Children's Hospital ~ Internship Therapist
Individual and Family therapy for children and adolescents in the psychiatric unit.

Professional Affiliations:
Miami Dade Mental Health Counselors Assoc. 2004-2006
Presenter for the Miami Dade Mental Health Counselors Assoc. Topics: Injury
Prevention for Hispanic Older Adults Train the Trainer, Human Sexuality workshops on Transgender Adolescents, Domestic Violence and others.

Coalition to prevent abuse of vulnerable adults
2005 to present member
2007-2008 Board Member
Chairperson for Membership Agreements

Trainings/Workshops as a conductor:
Conducted: Envirocops training for Arise Foundation, 1996
Conducted: Employee Trainings and presentations at Douglas Gardens CMHC 2003
Conducted: Employee Trainings and presentations at Victim Response/The Lodge 2005-2006
CEU training provided: Reviving Sex

Affiliations Board of Sexology
American Counseling Association

Certification Board Certified Clinical Sexologist

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13500 sw 88 st , Miami, FL 33176

Services A Psychotherapy practice offering the following Services:
Couples Counseling
Individual Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapy
Gender Identity Issues
Adolescents and Young adults
Geriatric (ELDERLY)
Groups
Trainings and Workshops in the Community.

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This is my first review for anything ever, if you're reading this right now please be kind with me.

I've seen this woman many months ago, I think sometime around the summer of this year on 2015. It didn't take me until now to realize that I could've written a review for her and it hit me that I most likely should. To start things off, I'm a nonbinary trans person who's assigned female at birth. I'm also an adult but I'm stuck in an unfortunate situation where I'm still living with my family and because of this, I haven't been doing very well. I'm very misunderstood and partially still closeted because no matter how much I speak up about myself, I get brushed aside and I have to put up with living with this fake identity that doesn't even belong to me.

I have a lot of issues with myself, and I've had bad experiences with therapy before. My friend who's also trans wanted to help me find someone useful and happened to bump across Waugh in an online search. Even though some of the wording on her page put me off a bit, she still provided all the things I needed to go back into therapy again, especially my insurance. To make sure she was the right person to see, I sent her an email explaining who I was and hoped for the best that she would respond back wondering if she could help people like me (I didn't want to go if her knowledge on this sort of topic was limited) I never heard back from her, but instead, a woman who asked if I wanted to schedule an appointment.

I did this anyways, praying that maybe she's not that bad and I needed to get over myself and stop being so picky. But once I came in, my anxiety was right warning me to take precaution because it did not work out so well. The page I was given on Waugh told me that she was specialized with "transgender identity" and so, the whole time we talked about that. This woman doesn't know a single thing she was talking about. She had the very basic misconstrued idea that most cis people have on what it's like to be trans and hearing her talk about "being born in the wrong body" nonsense made me extremely uncomfortable. (Not that I'm denying that there aren't trans people who're like that, it's just not accurate for everyone as a whole)

She wouldn't stop defining my gender FOR me. As a trans person I feel violated that I can't have a say on stuff that deeply affects me. Being transgender is all about self identification, it's a different experience for everyone how they feel about themselves and how they want to transition (or not!) When I was trying to explain to her specifically how I felt, she kept stopping me in the process telling me how wrong I was and trying to read up the definitions on her phone. Why? I have no idea, but she asked me if I was genderfluid as an example of being nonbinary and I told her I was something else, she then told me that I was using too many labels from the trans community and that I needed to make it sound more simpler. Which honestly contradicts that because she had just done the same thing! (Asking that I was genderfluid that is)

She then asked me if I wanted to prescribe hormones, and then added that this was entirely up to me and that I didn't have to do so. I said no because that wasn't what I was looking for, the way I want to transition isn't spot on with how most people think I should. I told her that even though I had no desire to take testosterone, I've had thoughts on having top surgery. This is when she suddenly took another turn and asked me in all seriousness "you don't want to become a man?" I never told her that I was a trans man, why would she say something like that?

This woman is completely binarist and basically ignored everything that ever came out of my mouth. I know for a fact she never even read my email (even though she said she did) she doesn't even know what pansexuality was when I explained her my orientation and said that I was only attracted to men and women, my attraction reaches beyond the binary and I'm open to all not just two genders. The whole time she tried to make me rethink things about myself stating that I had an "identity confusion" I never even said I was confused, this is clearly transphobia at it's finest.

I'm glad she agreed that my mother didn't understand me, but I'm definitely not willing to take family counseling by someone who doesn't get me herself. I think maybe perhaps another reason why she thought I was male was because the name I chose is socially seen as a rather masculine name, she asked me between my deadname and that one, which was the "real" me. I'm glad the session ended at that point because I was just about ready to get up and leave.

If you're an LGBT+ person, don't consider even going to seek help from this lady. She didn't know a single thing she was talking about, I had to put up with this mindless babbling about what I was supposed to be in her eyes, transness isn't a thing that even NEEDS a diagnosis, in fact it's not even classified as a mental illness anymore so all of that was completely unnecessary and totally unprofessional.

Please find someone else better and worth your time.

by anonymous xxx.xxx.80.110

December 10, 2015

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Professional, helpful, willing to go the extra mile for her clients. Great therapist, great office

by raquel picatoste xxx.xxx.253.193

September 25, 2015

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Does this psychologist always take that extra step to make you feel special?

Yes, I always enjoy my appointments

Did this provider prominently display their diplomas or business license?

Yes

Did you notice a foul odor when you arrived at this provider's office?

Not at all, their office smelled fantastic!

Would you refer this provider to a family or friend?

Yes, I'm going tell everyone about them. I absolutely love this place!

Did this provider wear an obnoxious cologne?

No, they didn't wear any cologne

by Anonymous xxx.xxx.17.49

September 20, 2013

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Does this provider welcome questions?

Yes, they don't mind answering my questions

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by Anonymous xxx.xxx.75.46

January 14, 2013

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