Jo Ann Lederman M.S.Ed., LMFT

Executive Director, South Miami Psychology Associates

Private Practice

Solution Oriented Individual Therapy:
Patients learn to mobilize and strengthen their inner resources for more effective performance. They feel better as impediments to function are identified; what's not working, and why? As insight grows, the patient will develop new thinking and skills with which to generate fresh solutions. Therapy is brief and active, focused on creating new outcomes.

Brief Solution Oriented Marriage and Family Therapy:
Identification, exploration, and treatment for issues related to family dynamics, and couples issues related to, but not limited to, marital, pre-marital, post-marital problems, conflict, crisis, separation, divorce and thereafter, empty nest syndrome, widowhood, etc.

Group Therapist:

25 year member of the American Society of Group Workers
Women's groups
Marital communications groups
Infertility groups
Weight reduction groups
Socially avoidnt teen groups

The process of education coupled with guided bonding and sharing, in an emotionally safe and healing environment, reduces feelings of isolation while promoting permanent changes and lifetime friendships.

Business Consultant:
Personnel profiling, personnel interactions, marketing, development, procedures and training.

An early exponent of Behavioral Medicine:
Lectures to physicians and the public regarding the efficacy of mind/body approaches to healing.

Creator/Author of Meditapes:
Guided music/visual imagery medical relaxation audio exercises to promote health and healing. The series includes "Getting a Good Night's Sleep": for deepest relaxation and for insomnia, "Thinking Thin and Healthy": motivation and gentle guidance to lose weight and keep it off, "Relax Pak": let go and unwind using a tapestry of guided imagery and soothing music, "Chemotherapy Comfort": to comfort and guide you as you relax and enhance the beneficial effect of chemotherapy.

Referred to and Quoted in Various National Periodicals

In Style: "Wedding Stress"

New York Times: "Hers Column" August 20, 1987, August 27, 1987, On Language "The Mother Tongue" May 14, 1989, The Dream: Killing Your Husband, "Being Safe", and "Strings Attached"

Newsday: Cityscape "Snowflakes: Magic You Can Count On", New York Forum "Ignorance and Bliss", "The Perils of Shrugging Off Parenthood"

The Miami Herald: "At and Under the Passover Table"

Oprah: "Looking for Mr. Chocolate Bar"

GQ: "Blind Fury"

Redbook: "The Great Gift Anxiety", "The Scariest Moment in a Marriage", and "To My Sister"

Family Circle: "Built Not To Last", "The Helpless-Husband Syndrome", "The Gender Wars", "How to Deal with People Who Bug You", "Are Your Friends Asking Too Much of You?", "Exit Laughing", "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", and "The Secret to Successful Marriages"

Good Housekeeping: "Kiss and Make Up"

Allure: "Terms of Endearment"

PM Magazine

Montage

Workshops and Lectures Presented

Temple Beth Am - Feeling Good in Hard Times
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - Fostering Compliance in Cancer Patients
Baptist Hospital of Miami - National Osteoporosis Foundation Imagery Workshop
WPO - Visual Imagery for Health and Healing
B'Nai Brith - Normal Phases of Marital Development
University of Miami - Adult Children of Alcoholics
University of Miami - Assertion Training for Couples
Temple Beth Am - Emerging Woman
South Miami Psychology Associates - Emerging Woman
Project Resolve - Adoption and After

Clinical Memberships

Collaborative Law Division in Florida Bar
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists AAMFT
Florida Association of Marriage and Family Therapists FAMFT
Dade Association of Marriage and Family Therapists DAMFT
American Counseling Association ACA
American Society of Group Workers ASGW
Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis FSCH

Community Activities

Alliance of Remarkable Women
Temple Beth Am Tikkun Olam Committee
Temple Beth Am Programming Committee
Temple Beth Am Outreach Committee
Board of Trustees Advocates for Children and Families
Board of Trustees The Miami Forum
Program Chairman The Miami Forum
Chair Fundraising Event for The Melissa Violence Prevention
Patron of The Lowe Art Museum
Who's Who in Biofeedback
Who's Who in American Women

Community Activities (Past)

Board of Trustees Women's Emergency Network
Board of Trustees Friends of Chamber Music
Citizens Board University of Miami
Presidents Council University of Miami
Packard Society Tufts University
Parents Council Tulane University
President African Art Society
Board of Trustees Palmer School
President Boosters Club Palmer School
Fund Raising Event for Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida
Intern at WTVJ "Montage" Award Winning Investigative Report on John Elliott Blood Bank
Officer PTA Board Temple Beth Am

Take the first step.
Call or email Jo Ann Lederman now - (305) 582-8833.
Skype, Facetime, Zoom, phone and office sessions available.

(305) 582-8833 By appointment only JoAnn@joannlederman.com
(305) 582-8833 By appointment only JoAnn@joannlederman.com		Jo Ann Lederman M.S.Ed., LMFT Executive Director, South Miami Psychology Associates Private Practice Solution Oriented Individual Therapy: Patients learn to mobilize and strengthen their inner resources for more effective performance. They feel better as impediments to function are identified; what's not working, and why? As insight grows, the patient will develop new thinking and skills with which to generate fresh solutions. Therapy is brief and active, focused on creating new outcomes. Brief Solution Oriented Marriage and Family Therapy: Identification, exploration, and treatment for issues related to family dynamics, and couples issues related to, but not limited to, marital, pre-marital, post-marital problems, conflict, crisis, separation, divorce and thereafter, empty nest syndrome, widowhood, etc. Group Therapist: 25 year member of the American Society of Group Workers Women's groups Marital communications groups Infertility groups Weight reduction groups Socially avoidnt teen groups The process of education coupled with guided bonding and sharing, in an emotionally safe and healing environment, reduces feelings of isolation while promoting permanent changes and lifetime friendships. Business Consultant: Personnel profiling, personnel interactions, marketing, development, procedures and training. An early exponent of Behavioral Medicine: Lectures to physicians and the public regarding the efficacy of mind/body approaches to healing. Creator/Author of Meditapes: Guided music/visual imagery medical relaxation audio exercises to promote health and healing. The series includes "Getting a Good Night's Sleep": for deepest relaxation and for insomnia, "Thinking Thin and Healthy": motivation and gentle guidance to lose weight and keep it off, "Relax Pak": let go and unwind using a tapestry of guided imagery and soothing music, "Chemotherapy Comfort": to comfort and guide you as you relax and enhance the beneficial effect of chemotherapy. Referred to and Quoted in Various National Periodicals In Style: "Wedding Stress" New York Times: "Hers Column" August 20, 1987, August 27, 1987, On Language "The Mother Tongue" May 14, 1989, The Dream: Killing Your Husband, "Being Safe", and "Strings Attached" Newsday: Cityscape "Snowflakes: Magic You Can Count On", New York Forum "Ignorance and Bliss", "The Perils of Shrugging Off Parenthood" The Miami Herald: "At and Under the Passover Table" Oprah: "Looking for Mr. Chocolate Bar" GQ: "Blind Fury" Redbook: "The Great Gift Anxiety", "The Scariest Moment in a Marriage", and "To My Sister" Family Circle: "Built Not To Last", "The Helpless-Husband Syndrome", "The Gender Wars", "How to Deal with People Who Bug You", "Are Your Friends Asking Too Much of You?", "Exit Laughing", "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", and "The Secret to Successful Marriages" Good Housekeeping: "Kiss and Make Up" Allure: "Terms of Endearment" PM Magazine Montage Workshops and Lectures Presented Temple Beth Am - Feeling Good in Hard Times Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - Fostering Compliance in Cancer Patients Baptist Hospital of Miami - National Osteoporosis Foundation Imagery Workshop WPO - Visual Imagery for Health and Healing B'Nai Brith - Normal Phases of Marital Development University of Miami - Adult Children of Alcoholics University of Miami - Assertion Training for Couples Temple Beth Am - Emerging Woman South Miami Psychology Associates - Emerging Woman Project Resolve - Adoption and After Clinical Memberships Collaborative Law Division in Florida Bar American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists AAMFT Florida Association of Marriage and Family Therapists FAMFT Dade Association of Marriage and Family Therapists DAMFT American Counseling Association ACA American Society of Group Workers ASGW Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis FSCH Community Activities Alliance of Remarkable Women Temple Beth Am Tikkun Olam Committee Temple Beth Am Programming Committee Temple Beth Am Outreach Committee Board of Trustees Advocates for Children and Families Board of Trustees The Miami Forum Program Chairman The Miami Forum Chair Fundraising Event for The Melissa Violence Prevention Patron of The Lowe Art Museum Who's Who in Biofeedback Who's Who in American Women Community Activities (Past) Board of Trustees Women's Emergency Network Board of Trustees Friends of Chamber Music Citizens Board University of Miami Presidents Council University of Miami Packard Society Tufts University Parents Council Tulane University President African Art Society Board of Trustees Palmer School President Boosters Club Palmer School Fund Raising Event for Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida Intern at WTVJ "Montage" Award Winning Investigative Report on John Elliott Blood Bank Officer PTA Board Temple Beth Am Take the first step. Call or email Jo Ann Lederman now - (305) 582-8833. Skype, Facetime, Zoom, phone and office sessions available.

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