OUR STAFF

Josef Kevin Hardwick, CEO
MDIV, MS, QS, LMFT, LICSW

Florida Certified Master Level Addiction Professional (MCAP)

Florida Certified Telehealth Practitioner (CTP)

I am blessed to have over 30 years of experience in providing therapy and counseling services for individuals, couples, families, and organizational systems. In addition, I have been honored to serve as a licensed behavioral health consultant and workshop presenter to numerous non-profit organizations and churches.

Education
1999 MS - MFT, University of Wisconsin-Stout (Menomonie, WI)
1988 MDIV, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, (Fort Worth, Texas)
1985 BA - Philosophy, Morehouse, College (Atlanta, Georgia)

License, Certifications & Awards

2021 Florida Master Level Certified Addiction Professional (MCAP)

2021 Florida Certified Telehealth Practitioner (CTP)

2019 Florida Qualified Supervisor MFT/Qualified Supervisor MHC

2018 Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, FL Board of Social Work, MFT, & MHC
2015 Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work, MN Board of Social Work
2001 Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, MN Board of Marriage & Family Therapy
1995 Ordained in Christian Ministry, Farish Street Baptist Church (Jackson, MS)
1983 Licensed in Christian Ministry, Farish Street Baptist Church (Jackson, MS)

Additional Training
2019 Brief Strategic Family Therapy

2017 Functional Family Therapy
2013 Motivational Interviewing Certification (Introductory and Intermediate)
2013 Myers Briggs Type Indicator Certification
2008 Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Certification (Group Skills and Individual

Therapy Modes)

Professional Activities and Memberships
* American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Member
* MN Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
* Central FL Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

What Matters Most in Life

Fundamentals:

1. Pay attention to the small things.

2. Change is possible and necessary.

3. Setbacks and disappointments, like winning, are part of the formula for success.

4. People are empowered to achieve greatness to the extent they take responsibility for their choices.

5. Every lesson in life builds on the previous lesson.

6. It's smart to ask for help if one doesn’t know.

7. Do right to others, even when others do wrong to you.

8. Perspective, though limited, shapes everything.

9. The right mentality can overcome any locality.

10. Leaders lead by serving not by bullying.

11. In team, “me” must be balanced by “we”.

12. Look for and execute the win-win option.

13. Family is foundational.

14. Faith is the key to moving mountains.

Change Model

Change Models:

My therapeutic approach is holistic in terms of attention to body, mind, and spirit. My theoretical orientation is systemic which means I pay special attention to the connection between relationships to self, family, and social networks.

I strategically utilize BSFT, relational therapy, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, experiential and structural techniques, psychodrama, and biblically-based psycho-education to create a highly personalized approach tailored to each therapy participant system. In the therapy encounter, I provide compassionate and accountable support with practical feedback to help therapy participants work successfully through life challenges. Change occurs when our patterns of interacting with ourselves and others is more authentic, and more emotionally and relationally satisfying.

Expertise

Expertise:

Care Settings: Experienced in multiple care settings with a passion for an integrated, continuum of care. Specifically, experience in the following levels of care: residential (detox), partial hospitalization, intensive out-patient, routine outpatient (office), in-home, and tele-mental health.

Clinical Niche: Providing Christian strength-based, trauma-informed care to individuals, couples, families, treatment groups, and professional workgroups; facilitating training workshops in the following areas: marriage, sexuality, family of origin, grief and loss, trauma, uncoupling, blended families/step-families, chemical dependency, and trauma-informed care.

Consulting Niche: Staff capacity building and systems change work with teams of multi-disciplinary (licensed and unlicensed) staff members working with families.

Congregational Niche: Workshops in premarital discernment, covenant marriage, couple communication, blended families, infidelity, trauma, and grief/loss.