pulliam

Florida DCF Approved In-Person Provider
Children in Between Course

Graciela Pulliam, MA, LMHC
2425 S. Volusia Ave
Suite B4
Orange City, FL 32763
(321) 578-7488

Children in Between is an approved course curriculum accepted by Florida DCF to fulfill requirements regarding Parent Education and Family Stabilization. Florida Statute 61.21 requires that parents involved in a dissolution of marriage complete a 4-hour parenting class if they have children under 18 years old.

Children In Between is a skills-based program that helps children and parents deal with the children’s reactions to divorce. Divorcing parents may use their children to manipulate and/or control each other around a variety of personal, social, and financial issues. These tactics increase the stress and anxiety typically experienced by children of divorce and can increase children’s risk for behavior problems, depression, delinquency, substance use, teen pregnancy, school failure and dropout, and suicide. The course seeks to alleviate children’s problems such as:

Loss of concentration and attention
Declining grades and behavior problems at school
Withdrawal from friends
Emotional outbursts and health problems
Serious anger with one or both parents
Delinquency and substance use

Florida DCF Approved In-Person Provider

Graciela Pulliam, MA, LMHC
2425 S. Volusia Ave
Suite B4
Orange City, FL 32763
(321) 578-7488

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My name is Graciela Pulliam. I am a bi-lingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. My career began in the University of Central Florida in Orlando, where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. I went on to graduate studies at Rollins College in Winter Park obtaining a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling with a certification in Marriage and Family Therapy.

My counseling experiences have ranged from sexual trauma groups for parents of victims, dual diagnosis teen in-patient treatment programs, low functioning partial hospitalization groups, play and behavior therapy with children, and couple and individual counseling in private practice. I am also a certified Hypnotherapist.

I am a member of several counseling organizations, including American Counseling Association, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and the Association for Specialists in Group Work, as well as the local versions of these. I have even had the opportunity to present at their national conferences on several occasions as part of the committee for Best Practices in Group Work and on the topic of Sexual Counseling Theory. I have also put my experience into practice while teaching university Behavioral Science classes for the past 6 years.