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Cedar Serenity therapy and counseling was founded after many years of experience in treating Mental Health and Substance Abuse. It was named Cedar "The Cedar tree" is known to be strong, graceful, and spreading wide. And, Serenity is described as the state of being calm, peaceful, and achieving a positive state of mind. At our clinic we aim to help individuals and couples to overcome challenges, regain a sense of self-control, improve communication skills, confront addictive behaviors, address emotional hindrances, and have a balanced life.
Roy has therapy and counseling experience with a wide range of clients in a variety of treatment settings. He strives to bring an effective blend of experience, expertise, and evidence based therapeutic modalities to the therapy process to maximize outcomes and provide genuine healing and wholeness to individuals and couples. Roy works with adolescents and adults. He offers both individual and couples theray. His approach is gentle, authentic, and collaborative. He is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients process distressing memories, reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions, and allivate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Roy has earned a master and a post-master degree in clinical mental health counseling and addiction counseling. Prior to his counseling career he studied and worked in Lebanon and France, where he has earned a master in business administration and a master in management.
Roy has received the Gerald Garrett International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education (INCASE) Student Scholarship Award in 2018.
Roy is fluent in Arabic and French.