Let’s face it, being an attorney is challenging during the best of times.  Dealing with difficult clients or colleagues, compassion fatigue, struggling with work/life balance, and the ever-changing legal landscape can make this a stressful career path.

The CCBA provides up to 6 complimentary sessions  with an independent, doctorate-level clinical psychologist per year as a benefit to all Collier County attorneys, regardless of their membership status with our association.

Confidential appointments are self-referred  and self-initiated with no medical diagnoses, no insurance billing, and no electronic records.  No member identification or notification are ever provided to employers, the CCBA, or the Florida Bar. If you utilize these services through the program, your identity is never disclosed to others without your written consent.  Participating psychologists bill the CCBA directly with de-identified data.

To see a CCBA psychologist:

• Call the attorney-only appointment line at 239-208-3984 and identify yourself as a Collier County attorney.

   

• Indicate any preferences for psychologist or office location, day of the week, or time of day.
  
  
• Receive same-day response during business hours or next-morning response after hours.
  
  
• See a psychologist within 72 hours to 1 week, possibly sooner for urgent needs, with evening and early morning hours potentially available. (If this is an emergency, please call the  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline,  1-800-273-8255.)
  
  
• If desired, request information on using private entrances or screened arrival and departure.

Private appointment line for Attorney Wellness Initiative: 239-208-3984

Note: for patient referrals, please use 239-631-1914 (Naples office) or 239-278-3443 (Ft. Myers office)

Dr. Steven Cohen (Florida Licensed Psychologist #7187) – Naples and Ft. Myers office

Naples office: 5621 Strand Boulevard, Suite 201, Naples, FL 34110

Ft. Myers office: 12499 Brantley Commons Court, Suite 101, Fort Myers, FL 33907

The peer-to-peer network is a panel of local attorneys who are committed to trying to help their peers navigate rough patches in their professional or personal lives. Members of the panel are available to talk through problems, discuss paths forward, make referrals, and provide support to their peers who are experiencing difficulties.  

Every member of the panel has attended a training session developed and taught by The David Lawrence Center.  And every member has signed the following Oath of Confidentiality:

I have read the Mission Statement of the Collier County Attorney Wellness Initiative, and, as a panelist on the Peer-to-Peer Network, I agree that 

"confidentiality is paramount to the success of the program."  Further, I agree that:

1.  My communications with any lawyer who contacts me as a member of the Peer-to-Peer Network will be treated as if they were  "client"

    communications pursuant to Rule 4-1.6, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, including the exceptions to that Rule.

2.  Any violation of this Oath of Confidentiality may be treated as a violation of Rule 4-1.6 and subject me to disciplinary action by

    The Florida Bar.