• PhD, Counseling Psychology, University of Florida

Professional Interests

Dr. Probert works as an individual therapist and is Peer Services Coordinator at UFCWC. That role includes provision of professional trainings and co-facilitation of peer support groups, including Intentional Peer Support, Wellness Recovery Action Plan, and Experiential Peer Support. Before working at UF, Dr. Probert was training coordinator at the Alachua County Crisis Center from 1996-2001.

Approach to Therapy

As a therapist in a system concentrating on short-term therapy, Dr Probert works with a flexible focus which may include: a mindfulness approach to intentional living; mind-body healing and wellness approaches; grief work; existential/spiritual exploration; and personal and intergenerational/collective trauma recovery/renegotiation. As an individual who identifies both as a professional and as a participant in international service user movements, he works to support individual efforts to reclaim or maintain meaning, purpose, wellness, vitality, and community engagement.

Approach to Supervision

Most frequently, Dr. Probert provides professional training and consultation in both mental health reclamation/recovery and trauma-informed, recovery-oriented suicide prevention.

Approach to Wellness

Dr. Probert’s approach: Practice meditation; yoga, walking in nature; journaling; various other conventional, traditional, and creative healing practices; care of the soul; and interspirituality. Spend time living with family and friends. Remember to laugh often. Play guitar and sing if possible.