About Me
I’m Eduardo Marrero (He/Him), founder of Encompass Therapeutic Solutions. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Fort Lauderdale. I received my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University and have been serving the South Florida community since 2005. I am trained in a variety of models ranging from Solution Focused, MRI, and Narrative therapy to Trauma Focused CBT and EFT/Tapping. My professional experiences include a variety of settings where I worked with individuals and families while also supervising and training therapists. Besides my clinical work and training, I have also run agencies, grant-funded programs, and teams of clinicians. In other words, I've run the front of the house and the back of the house, and I draw on these nearly two decades of experience to help my clients.
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Since 2005, I have worked hard to heal families, individuals, and relationships, no matter the complex dynamics involved. I've also made it my purpose to help anyone willing to try, all while ensuring you don't feel judged, minimized, or marginalized. As a life long learner, I've always stayed on top of new techniques, trainings, and the latest information. I view my clinical work through multiple lenses, and my priority is to go above and beyond to help all my clients work through their obstacles and to never rule out any path towards healing. I am here to guide you through life’s most complex and difficult situations. I truly care about my clients’ well-being and guarantee top of the line counseling tailored to their needs. See more about me below.
My Experiences
Parenting
I have been working with families on parenting since the beginning of my career. I define parenting broadly for those who parent birth, foster, and adopted children, as well as those who are guardians. I am a certified Trainer for Active Parenting children and teens. I have had the privilege of working in both not-for-profit and for-profit settings involving complex cases spanning the entire socio-economic spectrum. Additionally, as a working father of five myself, I have the additional lived experience of a parent that has to balance work and life. In short, we can work together to find your perfect balance while addressing your parenting concerns.
Relationships
This is my home base. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist by degree and this kind of work is in my bones. I believe that relationship work is the fundamental building block of all interactions. I have trained in the Gottman Model for working with couples, but I have also spent years honing my craft and building an array of evidence based practices that will support and nourish whatever goals you come in to me with, for your relationship. There is no one size fits all model for relationships because no two are exactly alike. Let me help you work on defining and building the relationship you want to be in, even if it is with yourself.
Trauma and Somatic Work
Years ago, I learned that you cannot divorce the mind from the body and towards that end I have worked on obtaining my Hypnosis training, EMDR training and EFT/Tapping for Trauma training. My practice is informed by my understanding of how trauma works in the body and how we can address most problems from multiple angles. Clinically, I am also TF CBT trained and have been practicing AF CBT in the community at a for-profit community mental health provider. My understanding of trauma, its impact, its cost and its healing, is vast and built on a foundation of deep respect and love for the work.
LGBTQ+
I have worked in both advocacy and support of the LGBTQ+ community since my first volunteer experience in high school, so we're talking almost 30 years. As a clinician, I have worked with families, relationships and individuals in the community struggling with a wide array of issues, both LGBTQ+ related and otherwise. Personally, I have my own family and life within the community. I have been with my husband since 2005 and have a unique understanding of the complexities that are involved when in a relationship, building a support system and creating a family.