Ishmel Cerisier, LMHC (FL, NH, WA) · LPC (GA) · Telehealth registered (VT) · Qualified Supervisor (FL)
Jungian Trauma Therapy for Black, Caribbean, and Faith-Rooted Adults. English and Haitian Creole.
You are the one everyone leans on. You hold your family together, you show up at work, you keep the faith, and underneath it you are carrying things you have never said out loud.
Book a free consultationSessions across Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and Georgia. Consultations are by phone. In network with Blue Cross Blue Shield. Superbills for out-of-network, and a sliding scale is available.
What Ish works on most
Trauma & Complex Trauma
Relational and betrayal trauma in particular. The old wound that never healed, worked at a pace you set.
Couples & Relationship Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples. Dreavita's most active couples clinician, and the one taking new couples now.
Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety that has become background noise, and the exhaustion of functioning through it.
Jungian & Depth Work
Following the material underneath the symptom, including dreams, images, and patterns you learned before you had words for them.
Faith-Integrated Counseling
Christian counseling when your faith is part of how you heal, and left out of the room when it is not.
About Ish
You're the one everyone leans on. You hold your family together, you show up at work, you keep the faith, and underneath it you're anxious, exhausted, and quietly carrying things you've never said out loud. Maybe it's an old wound that never healed. Maybe it's a marriage that's gone quiet. Ishmel Cerisier is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 11 years of experience helping adults and couples across Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and Georgia put that weight down.
Ish specializes in trauma and PTSD, betrayal and relational trauma, anxiety, depression, and couples work. She uses CBT, DBT, ACT, somatic approaches, and Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, not as a script, but to get underneath the symptom to what's actually driving it. She works fluently in English and Haitian Creole, and can integrate your faith into the work if that's part of how you heal. For Black, Caribbean, immigrant, and Christian clients who are tired of translating themselves in a therapy room: you won't have to here.
Ish sees adults and couples by secure video across Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and Georgia. She is a Florida Qualified Supervisor and trains other clinicians in Jungian practice. Sessions are collaborative and paced to you. Start with a free 15-minute consultation, a short conversation to see whether she's the right fit before you commit to anything.
The consultation is a conversation, not a commitment
Deciding whether to start therapy is hard enough without a calendar demanding a card number. Here is the whole process.
Answer a few questions
Your state, what brings you in, and how you would pay. Under a minute.
Talk to Ish for 15 minutes
By phone, at no cost. You describe what is going on and she tells you how she would approach it.
Decide after the call
If it feels right, you book a first session. If not, we help you find someone who fits better.
What clients often say when they first reach out
Paraphrased versions of what Ish hears most. If one of these sounds like your own head, you are in the right place.
Therapeutic approaches
- Jungian and depth-oriented practice
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples
- Somatic approaches
Also works with
- Betrayal and relational trauma
- Divorce and separation
- ADHD in adults
- OCD
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions
- Parenting stress
- Codependency
- Immigration and acculturation stress
- Racial trauma
Who she sees
- Adults 18+
- Couples
- Older adults
- Black, Caribbean, and Haitian clients
- Court-involved adults
- Healthcare and mental health professionals
- Virtually in Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and Georgia
Questions before you book
Does Ish work with couples?
Yes, and it is her largest specialty. She uses Emotionally Focused Therapy and is currently taking new couples. Book the standard free consultation below and say it is for the two of you. Couples sessions are scheduled by hand afterward rather than through the online calendar, so there is nothing you need to do differently at this stage.
Where can Ish see clients?
Florida, New Hampshire, Vermont, Washington, and Georgia. Sessions are virtual, and you need to be physically in one of those states at the time of your appointment.
Does she speak Haitian Creole?
Yes, fluently, including in session. She is the only Haitian Creole-speaking clinician at Dreavita, so if that is the language you would rather do this work in, you can.
Can faith be part of the work?
If you want it to be. Ish offers Christian and faith-integrated counseling and has written about it for Dreavita. She will also leave it entirely out if that is not part of how you heal.
What insurance does she accept?
She is in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. For other insurance she can provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement, and sliding scale and financial assistance are available. The Dreavita team verifies your benefits before your first session.
What is Jungian therapy and how long does it take?
Jungian work follows what sits underneath a symptom rather than managing the symptom alone, including dreams, images, and patterns formed before you had language for them. It is slower than short-term therapy. Her trauma clients typically work with her over months, and she plans treatment that way from the start.
Does she see children or teens?
No. Ish works with adults 18 and up, and with couples. Dreavita has clinicians who specialize in children and teens.
Let's see if we're a fit
A few quick questions, then you can book a free 15-minute consultation with Ish.