Maisha Florance, M.A.
REGISTERED ASSOCIATE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
Supervised by Jeenie Gordon, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #MFT21436.  ​

Office Locations:
Light & Life Christian Fellowship - Long Beach
South Bay Church of God - Torrance

Contact:
If you would like to make a first time appointment with Maisha, please contact the call center at 800-998-6329 and specify that you would like to schedule an intake with her.

Maisha Florance's extension is 330. 

Hourly Rate       $110 - $60
Sliding Scale    Available - Based on Household Gross Income
Insurance          Reimbursement Assistance Available

AREAS OF SPECIAL FOCUS 
Maisha has a passion for helping people achieve wholeness through acceptance and loving themselves as they are understanding that God created us all with awesome potential. Growth and change can be very difficult, but “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians4:13. She believes that the foundation of achieving and maintaining healthy relationships is congruent communication. 

Maisha has worked with a culturally and clinically diverse client base that includes: couples, substance abuse, intimacy issues, and domestic violence. She also worked with problems such as anger management, parenting, depression, anxiety, assertiveness/self esteem, grief and loss, self harm, divorce, family, illness, and disabilities.

You can read more about Maisha on her blog page Simply Serving Him

PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED 
M.A. Degree – Marriage and Family Therapy- Hope International University
B.A. Degree – Telecommunications Management (Major) Business (Minor)- Howard University
Certified Facilitator – Prepare/Enrich Program
Certified Provider – Anger Management 

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS 
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist -  #87484
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – CAMFT
Member of National Anger Management Association - NAMA 

A SEASONED COUNSELOR 
Maisha began lay counseling Teen girls and peers in her church as a young adult. Through a series of life changing experiences in her own life she felt a call to the ministry of Marriage and Family Therapy in 2005. Since then she has counseled in Non-Profit Community Counseling agencies in La Habra and Santa Fe Springs. Maisha asserts that establishing a relationship, safety, trust, and the absence of judgment are the seeds from which growth and healing emerge. She believes that she is called to plant those seeds.  

COMMITTED TO MINISTRY 
Maisha and her family are committed members of their church. She and her husband enjoy teaching the elementary age group in church school. Their sons are both members of the children’s church and enjoy their classes very much. Maisha is also involved in the Women’s ministry at her church. 

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER 
Maisha is available to conduct classes, workshops, or speak on the following topics:

• Communication
• Anger Management
• Stress and Anxiety Management
• Parenting
• Adolescent Issues
• Relationship Enrichment
• Enriching one’s life and relationships with God and others through prayer
• Grief and Chronic Illness
• Divorce Recovery for Adolescents
• Blended Family’s

If you would like to schedule Maisha as a guest speaker, please contact the call center for Speakers Group arrangements at 800-998-6329 and specify that you would like Maisha to speak at your event.

COMMITTED TO FAMILY 
Maisha has been Married to her husband since 2002 and has two sons. She and her husband both maintain a close personal relationship with God and are committed to the covenant of marriage and raising their children with a strong spiritual foundation. Worship, service, prayer, and studying God’s Word are fundamental to their family’s lifestyle. 

They also enjoy being a culturally diverse family and value the differences in their ethnic backgrounds as they do the blood ties that make them the same. Maisha is a firm believer in the power of knowing how extraordinary God has made us; she and her husband are dedicated to nurturing this power in their sons and teaching them to  love themselves and others for who they are. 

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Pay for Your Session ONLINE 
In order to use this payment method, you must make your payment PRIOR to your session date. Please print your receipt and take it with you for proof of payment. ALL information below is REQUIRED to process your payment.

ONLINE FEES:
1.   There is a $2.50 fee that is charged to TPC for paying online. We do not require it, but if you would like to "donate" that $2.50, just add it to your payment amount. THANK YOU in advance for supporting TPC! (TPC is a non-proft 501 (c)3!)
2.    ALL session date(s) are REQUIRED and MUST be entered when paying online. If you are paying for more than one, just use a comma to separate them. 
3.   If you are paying for two different months, please make two separate payments.