Breakfree Therapy Services in Fort Myers, Florida

08/04/2026

✨ Meet the Team: Elizabeth Termilus, Student Intern ✨
We are excited to welcome Elizabeth Termilus to the BreakFree Therapy Services team! 💙
Elizabeth is a Student Intern pursuing her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Florida Gulf Coast University, with an anticipated graduation in 2027. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and is passionate about providing compassionate, evidence-based care while building meaningful connections with every client she serves.
Elizabeth has experience supporting individuals navigating anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, substance use disorders, and life transitions. Her clinical training includes both outpatient community counseling and inpatient residential treatment settings, where she developed a strong foundation in helping clients work through complex emotional and behavioral challenges with empathy and respect.
Her therapeutic approach is rooted in trauma-informed, existential, and multicultural perspectives, creating a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences, strengthen self-awareness, build resilience, and move toward meaningful growth. Elizabeth believes that healing happens through authentic connection and collaboration, and she is committed to helping each client feel heard, supported, and empowered.
🌍 Languages Spoken: English, French, and Haitian Creole
Please join us in giving Elizabeth a warm BreakFree welcome! We are so excited to have her as part of our team and look forward to the compassionate care she will provide to our community. 💙

05/20/2026

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Part 1 of 2: 🤍 Welcome to the team, Anna-Liisa Bramwell, MS, RD, LD!

Anna-Liisa Bramwell is a Registered Dietitian, and received a Master of Science in Nutrition from Saint Elizabeth University. Her career has been shaped by a deep commitment to serving complex and underserved populations. Her experience as a dietitian has spanned a wide range of populations, including individuals with developmental disorders, eating disorders and disordered eating, substance use disorder, and chronic disease.

Anna-Liisa’s warm, individualized approach to nutrition care allows her clients to feel genuinely seen and supported. She uses an evidence-based method, tailoring her interventions to reflect each person’s unique needs and lived experiences. Her dual foundation in culinary nutrition and clinical dietetics gives her a distinctive, whole person approach through which she views food, nourishment, and recovery.

Anna-Liisa was featured in a 2023 interview recognizing her role in amplifying nutrition’s place within addiction treatment. Her cross-disciplinary experience makes her a skilled and compassionate clinician across a wide range of populations and care environments.

We are so thrilled to have Anna-Liisa on our team to further expand our reach and services for the populations we serve. Accepting clients now.🦋

05/06/2026

Pregnancy and eating disorders is a conversation that deserves more attention.

Body image changes during pregnancy, food anxiety, and a history of disordered eating can resurface during the prenatal and postpartum period. Understanding the signs and finding the right support can make a meaningful difference.

If you are looking for guidance on pregnancy and eating disorders, prenatal mental health, or eating disorder recovery during pregnancy, we break it down in our latest blog.

Read more here
https://www.breakfreetherapyservices.com/eating-disorder-blog/pregnancy-and-eating-disorders-among-cisgender-women

Eating disorders impact pregnancy prior to conception. Instances of amenorrhea and anovulation, the loss of menstrual period and loss of ovulatory egg release, are physical consequences associated with eating disorder pathology that have direct correlations to fertility (Letranchant et al., 2022). O

05/06/2026

Stay tuned....... More details coming soon... 👀🩵

05/04/2026

If your child is having meltdowns, not listening, or seems “angry” all the time—you’re not alone.

What many parents don’t realize is that these behaviors are often signs of overwhelm, not defiance. Kids don’t always have the skills yet to regulate big emotions.

We just posted a new blog breaking this down in a way that actually makes sense (and what you can do to help).

👉 Check it out here:

The purpose of exploring a diagnosis when working with dysregulated children and adolescents is to see it as a clue rather than a label. This approach helps child therapists, family counselors, and mental health professionals understand patterns of behavior, identify underlying self-regulation chall