Our Team
Our therapists are licensed board certified with the Florida Department of Health in their area of expertise, or have received a graduate level of education in their field.
Meet Our Staff
Our Clinicians
Stephanie McShan LCSW, MSW, MEd, QS
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
My Background
Stephanie McShan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the Florida Department of Health, since 2015. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Central Florida and Master Degrees in both Social Work and Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida. Stephanie also received a certification in Children Services from the University of Central Florida.
With over 18 years experience as a Master Level Social Worker, Stephanie has worked in a variety of capacities including hospital, community based care, school and crisis settings. In 2020, Stephanie stepped out on faith and established Breakthrough Transitions LLC as a private mental health practice, serving children, adolescents and adults.
Stephanie is passionate about working with individuals and families. She enjoys working with children, adolescents and young adults to develop self empowering skills to promote success from within. Stephanie believes that working together with the patient and family to create a treatment plan that will support the patient’s needs is most effective. She believes in working in a compassionate, empathetic environment using skills and techniques acquired over the years.
Our Interns
Each of our interns are masters level social workers currently working as interns with the state of Florida to become licensed and are supervised by a high qualified licensed clinician. We also have university clinical intern students working on their masters degree in social work , gaining experience and hours.
Genilda G. Journey RCSWI, MSW
Genilda G. Journey is a Registered Clinical Social Work Intern with the Florida Department of Health. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas (KU) School of Social Welfare in 2020 during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. During her undergrad Genilda was an honors student who served as Vice President of the KU Edwards Campus Student Social Work Group. Upon graduation Genilda applied for and was accepted into the KU School of Social Welfare Advanced Standing Program where she focused her studies on clinical social work and therapeutic interventions. During her graduate studies, Genilda served as the KU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic year where her research focused on the mental health of African American Inmates. Being a 2021 graduate of KU, founder of the nationally recognized “Strengths-Based Perspective” of social work, Genilda intends to utilize her strong strengths-based educational background to assess, utilize and build up the personal strengths of her clients in order to form clinical treatment plans that are individualized and obtainable.
Genilda is a passionate therapist who gained her clinical experience in the Kansas City, Mo area. She is competent in providing treatment and intervention to individuals experiencing depression and anxiety, couples who have experienced infidelity, adolescents and young adults experiencing homelessness, individuals who are having difficulty adjusting to life’s changes, along with experience providing clinical services to individuals who identify on the LGBTQ+ spectrum. She enjoys working with couples and seeks to become certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapist (AASECT) as a sex therapist in Florida. There she will gain additional education and best practice measures to provide long term treatment to clients who have concerns with developmental sexuality, issues with intimacy skills, diversity in sexual expression, survivors of sexual trauma, etc. Her education and experience provide qualification to utilize various methods of clinical intervention such as, Medication Management, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Informed Care (TIC), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Gottman Method, Substance Use/Abuse Disorders, Cultural issues faced by African Americans, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Sexuality and Gender Diversity.
Genilda is a therapist who is easy to get along with and build trust. This helps her clients feel comfortable developing clinical relationships, which assists in higher levels of successful treatment goals.