Florence Bonfigli, LSW

Florence is a Licensed Social Worker who received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. She has experience in a variety of settings including AtlantiCare HealthPlex in Atlantic City, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Catholic Charities Partial Care and Intensive in Community Therapy (IIC) with youth from 3 years old -21 years old through Perform Care. 

Florence will help you in the process of healing. If it’s anxiety she will teach you not to fight the anxiety but to embrace it, feel it and walkthrough it. Florence can show you how to lower cortisol, the stress hormone in our bodies through the evidence based and scientifically proven Emotional Freedom Technique. 

If its depression she can understand with sincere empathy, she understands how you might feel on your lowest days. Florence uses varies modalities including Cognitive Behavior Therapy to help you learn the power of your thoughts and words. If you want to draw while you’re in session she has plenty of paper and markers and will join you. Art is a great way to express emotions.

If interested, Florence will use hypnosis techniques and guide you in structural relaxation. Florence is currently enrolled in an intensive training called Mindful Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and she is certified in the Nurtured Heart Approach. Florence believes in the power of gratitude and forgiveness, not just forgiving others but ourselves also. When we hold onto our past and worry about the future, we miss what is right in front of us. Florence truly looks forward to helping you have better tomorrows and helping you on your journey.