Throughout time we experience many events that impact our lives in traumatic ways not realizing we must recover from these ailments that alter our daily routines. Ezsa Allen, M.S., RMHCI, has the power and passion to help her clients identify and overcome their traumas by providing therapeutic and educational services in the West Palm Beach area. For thirteen years, Ms. Allen has been committed to healing her clients, both children and adults, specializing in trauma, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. She focuses on the underserved minority and culturally diverse communities creating means of access to alleviate barriers hindering one from receiving the help they deserve.

Ms. Allen is able to organically connect with her clients because she too comes from an underserved upbringing. She was raised by a single mother of six, who left her native home of Nicaragua to build a better life for her family in the city of Riviera Beach and Lake Park. Overcoming many obstacles while attending John F. Kennedy Middle and Palm Beach Gardens High School as well as working in various fields throughout her career she found a passion in helping families acquire the skill set to living healthier. Raising her own family, one niece and three children, Ms. Allen understands the hardships that come along with not having access and she is attacking the core issues of the community. She believes that healing is a collaborative endeavor that takes time, knowledge, and great effort to overcome.

Since completing her Master of Science in Counseling of Psychology in 2016 at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Ms. Allen has founded Social Age Counseling, LLC a counseling service for all ages. Her non-profit Mind Over You! also provides counseling, therapeutic coping skills, and healthy ways to heal for those who don’t have access. In addition to those services, she uses social media to educate and advocate mental health awareness on a daily basis. You can follow her @OfficiallyEzsa on all social media platforms. Ms. Allen’s ultimate goal is to eliminate the stigma and negative connotations that are attached to mental health and help others become comfortable with the process of healing.