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About Me

Hello my name is Jovica but everyone calls me " JoJo" for short. I am a license mental health counselor based in the Boynton Beach, Florida area. I graduated with my masters in counseling from Nova Southeastern University. I completed my internship at an inpatient program for addiction. I've been working in addiction for the past 5 years. I love what I do and I love helping others. I remember during my undergraduate program, I sat in my first psychology class ( you know, the psychology 101) and I remember telling myself that if I were to ever change my major this is what I would pursue. After taking those science classes....let's just say I switched my major pretty fast. I forgot to mention that I wanted to be a pediatrician.

Anyways, I've always been interested in working with individuals who experienced trauma and domestic violence. I came to realize that working in the field of addiction, many of my clients were exposed to some type of childhood trauma or trauma they experienced in their active addiction. I also learned that many of them not only struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol but also an addiction to love and relationships. This was the catalyst that drove me to explore futher and develop a competency and niche in love addiction, dysfunctional relationships and codependency. Let's just say I may be able to relate to a thing or two. Shhhhhhhhh we won't go there.

My goal in creating this blog is to educate my readers on love addiction and dysfunctional relationships. To help them understand that many others are also struggling with this issue and to let you know that you are not alone. I've myself struggled with love addiction majority of my life. Let's heal together.

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