The Center for Creative Living is a full service counseling facility located in
Coral Springs, Florida for over 20 years. We offer specialized counseling services
for adults, adolescents, and children. We provide individual, couple, family,
and group therapy. Treating depression/anxiety, anger issues, marital/family conflict,
men's/women's issues, child/teenage problems, life development conflicts, i.e.
mid-life transition, grief, infertility/adoption issues and co-dependency problems.
We offer psychological and neuropsychological testing and treatment for such conditions
as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), learning disabilities, gifted abilities,
and various affective/behavioral disorders as well as treatment.
Dr.
Ron Mercer, Co-Director and Corporate and Community Director of our center,
specializes in the treatment of men's issues, adolescent oppositional defiance
disorder, marital therapy, and hypnotherapy. As a men's issues expert, Dr. Mercer
conducts groups and workshops for men entitled "LifeMasters".
Dr.
Ron Mercer was among the first psychologists called to New York shortly after
September 11 to provide critical incident counseling. He has authored a self-published
book, "911: Critical Incident" about his experience there, as well as
several other books including "Little Boy Lost" and "Men in Pause".
On a corporate and organizational level, Dr. Ron Mercer facilitates training workshops
to enhance communication and values in the corporate culture, bridge gender differentials,
and promote wellness. These workshops are available in the workplace, on retreat,
or at the Center.
Dr.
Mercer is also a certified Family Business Coach, providing these specialty services
to family owned businesses, to help them navigate through the rocky waters of
interpersonal and business conflict in order to grow and to achieve optimal prosperity.Dr.
Mercer is also the director of our Creative Potential program, which is geared
toward treating performing artists and athletes to minimize pre-performance anxiety
and enhance optimal performance. We are one of the few clinical psychology centers
in South Florida that deals specifically with treating the adult and child performer.
Our Creative Potential clinicians are trained and experienced both as therapists
and performers, giving them the knowledge and direct insight in empathy regarding
life, pressures, expectations and joys of performance. Our array of services is
available to performers and family members. This specialized clinical service
also includes assisting individuals and team sports participants of all ages and
proficiency levels to enhance their athletic competence.
Susan
Schwartz-Mercer, MSW, LCSW Co-Director and Clinical Director of the Center,
specializes in treating anxiety disorders, depression, couples and family issues,
grief counseling, support for chronic and terminal illness, and adoption issues.
In addition to being a therapist, as former director of Advocates for Children
and Families, Susan is also a private adoption consultant who facilitates adoption
by conducting birth parent interviews, adoptive parent home studies, and life
long adoption related therapy.The Center for Creative Living also offers group
therapy, and currently offers a women's group, a mixed gender group, and an adolescent
group. Along with our two directors, we have highly trained and specialized psychotherapists,
who are licensed and offer years of experience, and educational backgrounds. They
lend the Center their expertise in additional specialty areas, including geriatric
counseling, substance and abuse therapy.
