Therapist profile
Dr. Bruce Pedigo, LCSW, LMFT
Florida
LCSW and LMFT - relationships and attachment
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- Credentials
- LCSW, LMFT
- License
- LCSW, Florida / SW1455; LMFT, Florida / MT1008
- NPI
- 1447452230
- Experience
- 40 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
About
- Attachment patterns
- CBT skills
- Family relationships
About Bruce
Dr. Bruce Pedigo is a Florida LCSW and Florida LMFT with 40 years of clinical experience. He works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and codependency among other areas. He also lists attention-deficit concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
He prefers to hear each person's story and make room for what matters to them. Sessions are practical and focused on how relationships affect daily life. He looks for ways that patterns in family ties and attachment shape current problems.
His approach mixes Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. That means he pays attention to relationship patterns, listens for each client's perspective, and works on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and DBT skills are also part of his toolbox for managing strong emotions and stress.
Dr. Pedigo's background includes a doctorate in Child, Youth, and Family Studies and decades helping people with child and adolescent related problems that affect whole families. He notes that difficulties rarely happen alone and often relate to how people connect and communicate with each other.
He frames work around restoring better connection and practical change rather than abstract labels. People who want a therapist who focuses on stories, relationships, and day-to-day coping may find his style straightforward and relational.
How sessions work
Approaches you might use in online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and ongoing relationship patterns influence current connections and reactions. Online work using this approach looks at how trust, closeness, and distance show up in everyday interactions and helps people practice different ways of relating.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own perspective. In sessions that approach asks the therapist to listen carefully and reflect back what matters to the client, so the person can clarify goals and next steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more useful ones. In online sessions this can mean setting small, practical experiments and working through thinking patterns between meetings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. That process is part of the work and can change over time.
Confirm the current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break or sessions without needing a commute. It can also let people use approaches like CBT homework or attachment-focused reflection in ways that fit into everyday routines.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does he address?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy problems, codependency, ADHD and related concerns.
What is his general therapy style?
He listens for each person's story and focuses on how relationships shape problems. He blends attachment perspectives with client-centered listening and practical skill work.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 40 years of experience working across client groups and relational issues, including child and adolescent concerns that affect families.
Which credentials and location apply to his practice?
He holds LCSW and LMFT credentials and is licensed in Florida as FL LCSW and FL LMFT.
In which language are sessions conducted?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.