Who We Are
For those who’ve been told “therapy doesn’t work.” For those who walked away, unheard.
Eduardo Florez, LMHC – Founder & Clinical Director
Eduardo Florez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC #MH23066) practicing in Florida with specialized expertise in high-acuity, treatment-resistant populations.
My approach is intensive, emotionally rigorous, and centers around deep psychodynamic insight and linguistic tracking (CLP).
- Master’s in Applied Psychological Sciences from Pacific University
- Specialty in Latinx Psychology
- Former clinician at Oregon State Hospital
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- 96% client retention rate across multiple telehealth platforms
Clinical Philosophy:
Eduardo’s therapeutic approach is grounded in Adlerian psychology and Socratic questioning, with a person-centered foundation enhanced by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques. His work is shaped by three core principles:
His work is shaped by three central principles:
“Paradox is truth” — Contradiction is often the doorway to insight.
“Resistance is data” — Pushback reveals where the work actually lives.
“Influence is discipline” — Structure and boundaries create real change.
Intensity
Sessions go beyond the surface. We confront what others avoid.
Honesty
No filters, no softening. You get truth, even when it’s hard.
Group Therapy
Accountability, feedback, interpersonal growth.
How I Work
“I don’t just listen—I strategically disrupt the narrative keeping you stuck.
Through Socratic questioning (elenchus), I uncover contradictions in your thinking.
When the narrative breaks, behavioral change follows naturally.”
“I’m not here to fix you or tell you what to do. I hold the outside perspective when your own view is clouded by emotion, defense mechanisms, or stories you’ve repeated for years.
My role is to help you see what you can’t see yet.”
Specializations
1. Treatment-resistant depression & anxiety
2. High-functioning professionals who “master therapy without transformation”
3. Complex trauma & relational patterns
4. Physician and attorney-specific mental health challenges
5. Forensic populations & criminal thinking patterns
6. Addiction & substance use disorders
7. LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy
8. Paraphilic disorders
9. Eating disorders and body image concerns
ShieldMee exists for those who’ve tried it all — and still feel unseen 💙.
We specialize in working with individuals who resist conventional therapy, who’ve had multiple failed attempts, and who crave something deeper, sharper, and more honest.
Led by Eduardo Florez, LMHC, our approach combines traditional psychotherapeutic expertise with Clinical Language Profiling (CLP) — a linguistic analysis method that uses AI to identify emotional blind spots in the very words clients use.
“We don’t do comfort therapy. We do real therapy — the kind that meets you where it hurts.”
Client: S. Carmago