Welcome to CAVU Counseling
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At CAVU Counseling, we believe that healing begins with connection—and that every person has the capacity to grow, thrive, and reclaim their story. Whether you're seeking support for your child, your family, or yourself, we’re here to walk alongside you with compassion, clinical expertise, and a deep respect for your journey.
We offer a range of individualized mental health services including traditional talk therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy. Our approach is rooted in evidence-based practices and tailored to meet you exactly where you are—emotionally, developmentally, and relationally.
CAVU is more than a name—it’s an aviation term that stands for “Clear and Visibility Unlimited,” a metaphor for what we believe is possible when the path forward becomes clear. Through a grounded and relational therapeutic process, we help clients find clarity in the present, rise above the weight of past experiences, and move confidently toward the future.
We’re honored to be part of your path toward meaningful, lasting change.
Our Services
Individual Psychotherapy
At CAVU Counseling, individual psychotherapy is designed to support clients of all ages, children, adolescents, and adults, in navigating life’s challenges with clarity, compassion, and purpose. Rooted in a strengths-based and relational approach, sessions are tailored to each client’s unique emotional needs, developmental stage, and personal goals.
Individual psychotherapy is available in our private onsite office at Eagle Oaks in Keystone Heights or virtually through secure telehealth, allowing clients to choose the setting that best supports their comfort and therapeutic needs.
For children, therapy may incorporate play, creative expression, movement, and developmentally appropriate therapeutic activities to help them explore emotions, improve behavioral and emotional regulation, and develop healthy coping and communication skills. Caregiver collaboration may be incorporated into treatment to promote consistency and continued progress outside of sessions.
With adolescents, therapy provides a confidential and supportive environment where teens can feel heard and understood without judgment. Treatment may address anxiety, depression, ADHD, identity development, peer relationships, self-esteem, family dynamics, emotional regulation, and life transitions while helping adolescents develop greater insight, resilience, and effective communication skills.
Adults come to CAVU Counseling for support with a variety of concerns, including anxiety, stress, trauma, ADHD, grief, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and personal growth. Through evidence-based interventions and a meaningful therapeutic relationship, treatment focuses on helping clients better understand patterns, process experiences, strengthen coping skills, and create meaningful and sustainable change.
Whether meeting in our private office at Eagle Oaks or from the comfort and convenience of home through telehealth, CAVU Counseling provides an individualized and supportive therapeutic environment focused on healing, growth, and lasting change.
Equine-integrated Psychotherapy
At CAVU Counseling, Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy offers an experiential approach to emotional growth, behavioral change, and psychological healing at Eagle Oaks in Keystone Heights. Set on a peaceful, private property surrounded by nature and animals, sessions provide an opportunity to engage in the therapeutic process beyond the traditional office environment.
Our approach integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with intentional interactions with horses and the natural environment. Horses are highly responsive to body language, boundaries, movement, and relational patterns, creating opportunities for clients to explore emotions, behaviors, communication, trust, and relationships in real time. Their responses can provide meaningful feedback that supports increased self-awareness, emotional regulation, confidence, boundary development, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Sessions are individualized according to each client’s clinical needs, comfort level, and treatment goals. Equine interactions may include grooming, leading, observing herd dynamics, navigating obstacles, practicing boundaries, or participating in other structured experiential activities. No previous horse experience is necessary, and riding is not required to benefit from this approach.
Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy may be particularly beneficial for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, interpersonal difficulties, attachment-related concerns, or challenges with boundaries and communication.
While much of the experiential work takes place outdoors on the Eagle Oaks property, CAVU Counseling also has a private therapy office onsite. The office may be incorporated into sessions for therapeutic processing, when a client prefers additional privacy or an indoor environment, or when weather conditions make outdoor activities impractical.
By combining evidence-based mental health treatment with experiential learning, connection with horses, and the natural environment, Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy creates opportunities for clients to practice new skills and experience therapeutic concepts in the moment—not simply talk about them. This approach can help clients translate insight into meaningful emotional, behavioral, and relational change.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an evidence-based treatment model designed to support young children and their caregivers in improving behavior, strengthening attachment, and enhancing emotional regulation through structured, skill-based coaching. At CAVU Counseling, PCIT is offered exclusively via secure telehealth, making it accessible, flexible, and easy to integrate into daily routines from the comfort of your home.
PCIT is most effective for children ages 2–7 who struggle with emotional outbursts, defiance, aggression, or difficulty following directions. The model is unique in that it directly involves caregivers in the therapeutic process, empowering them with tools to manage behavior while building a more connected and nurturing relationship with their child.
Sessions are divided into two structured phases:
Child-Directed Interaction (CDI): Caregivers learn to enhance the parent-child bond through play, praise, and responsiveness, creating a strong emotional foundation.
Parent-Directed Interaction (PDI): Caregivers are coached in clear limit-setting, consistent follow-through, and effective discipline strategies to reduce disruptive behaviors and increase cooperation.
During each telehealth session, the therapist provides real-time, live coaching to caregivers while they interact with their child, offering direct support, feedback, and encouragement. This format allows caregivers to practice skills in their natural environment, leading to greater confidence and long-term success.
At CAVU Counseling, we are committed to guiding families through this transformative process with warmth, clinical expertise, and ongoing collaboration, helping caregivers feel empowered and children feel understood.
About
Our Company
At CAVU Counseling, our mission is to provide compassionate, trauma-informed mental health services that empower individuals and families to gain clarity, build resilience, and achieve emotional well-being. In-person services are provided at Eagle Oaks in Keystone Heights, Florida, with virtual psychotherapy also available for clients throughout Florida.
Through evidence-based psychotherapy, individualized treatment, and experiential approaches, including equine interactions when appropriate, we support children, adolescents, adults, and families in navigating life’s challenges with greater confidence, connection, and self-awareness.
Inspired by the aviation term CAVU—Clear and Visibility Unlimited—our name reflects the belief that greater clarity can create new possibilities. Therapy provides a space to better understand experiences, recognize patterns, develop meaningful skills, and move forward with greater perspective, strength, and purpose.
CAVU Counseling strives to provide a safe, supportive, and individualized therapeutic environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered in the process of change. By combining evidence-based mental health treatment with relational and experiential approaches, our goal is to help each client develop the insight, resilience, and practical tools needed to create meaningful and lasting change, because the possibilities for growth can be unlimited.
Meet Our Therapy Horse
Aero is the heart of Eagle Oaks and CAVU Counseling’s first therapy horse.
He is a 14-year-old Haflinger gelding standing 14.2 hands, known for his gentle temperament, steady presence, and affectionate nature. Haflingers are celebrated for their intelligence, calm disposition, and versatility—and Aero exemplifies these qualities beautifully.
With his kind eyes and patient spirit, Aero offers clients a unique opportunity to build trust, practice mindfulness, and strengthen emotional awareness through meaningful interaction. Individuals of all ages and experience levels can safely engage with him—whether through grooming, groundwork, or riding—under the guidance of a licensed clinician.
Aero’s grounded, nurturing energy helps clients connect more deeply to themselves and the present moment, fostering confidence, calm, and connection both in and out of the arena.
Meet the Founder
Veronica Powers, LMHC, NCC
Veronica Powers is the founder and lead therapist at CAVU Counseling. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Religion and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University, a CACREP-accredited program. Veronica is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida and a National Certified Counselor (NCC) through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). She also holds the Equine Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) certification from the University of Denver, reflecting her commitment to integrating ethical, intentional, and research-informed equine interactions into clinical practice.
Veronica works with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and families, providing individualized treatment for a wide range of emotional, behavioral, relational, and life challenges. Her clinical approach is trauma-informed, relational, and integrative, with an emphasis on creating a therapeutic environment where clients can feel comfortable being authentic while also feeling supported and challenged toward meaningful growth.
Children & Families
Veronica has extensive experience supporting children with emotional dysregulation, ADHD, anxiety, behavioral challenges, neurodevelopmental differences, and difficulties within the family or school environment. She brings many years of professional experience with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and behavioral principles, providing her with a strong foundation in understanding behavior, environmental influences, reinforcement patterns, skill development, and the relationship between behavioral and emotional functioning.
She is also trained in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and works collaboratively with caregivers to strengthen the parent-child relationship, increase positive interactions, improve communication, and develop practical strategies for addressing challenging behaviors.
Adolescents & Young Adults
Working with teenagers and young adults is a particularly meaningful part of Veronica’s practice. She recognizes that adolescence and emerging adulthood can involve significant changes in identity, relationships, independence, family roles, academic or occupational expectations, and the transition toward adulthood.
Veronica provides a space where teens and young adults can speak openly without feeling judged, lectured, or expected to have everything figured out. Therapy may address anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, emotional regulation, self-esteem, identity, relationships, family conflict, boundaries, peer dynamics, school or college stress, executive functioning, and major life transitions.
Her relational style allows therapy to feel genuine and collaborative while still maintaining clear therapeutic goals. Treatment focuses not only on symptom reduction, but also on helping adolescents and young adults better understand themselves, recognize patterns in their relationships and choices, develop healthier boundaries, strengthen emotional regulation, and build the confidence and practical skills necessary for increasing independence.
Adults
Veronica also has a strong passion for working with adults across different stages of life. Adult therapy may involve anxiety, ADHD, trauma and adverse life experiences, grief, relationship difficulties, family dynamics, occupational stress, perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, boundary difficulties, or major transitions.
Her work with adults often goes beyond simply managing symptoms. Therapy creates an opportunity to understand how past experiences, relationships, learned behavioral patterns, expectations, and coping strategies may be influencing present-day emotional functioning. Clients are supported in identifying patterns that are no longer serving them, developing greater self-awareness, strengthening boundaries and communication, and creating sustainable changes that align with the life and relationships they want to build.
In her clinical practice, Veronica draws from evidence-based and evidence-informed approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), emotion-focused interventions, mindfulness, PCIT, behavioral strategies, psychoeducation, and experiential approaches. Treatment is individualized according to each client’s developmental stage, clinical presentation, strengths, needs, and therapeutic goals rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all model.
Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy
A distinctive part of Veronica’s clinical work is the combination of her professional mental health training with her lifelong background in horsemanship. At CAVU Counseling, she offers Equine-Integrated Psychotherapy, incorporating intentional interactions with horses and the natural environment into the therapeutic process when appropriate for the client and their treatment goals.
Experiential work with horses can provide opportunities to explore and practice concepts such as emotional regulation, confidence, communication, trust, boundaries, relationships, problem-solving, and self-awareness in real time. No previous horse experience is necessary, and equine interactions are individualized according to each client’s comfort level and clinical needs.
Veronica founded CAVU Counseling with a clear mission: to create a therapeutic environment where clients can feel seen, understood, and supported while also being encouraged to grow. Whether working with a child learning to regulate big emotions, a teenager trying to understand where they fit, a young adult navigating independence, or an adult working through longstanding patterns and life transitions, Veronica believes therapy should help clients gain greater clarity about where they are, where they want to go, and what may help them get there.
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