Florida Medical Psychology Associates, LLC, Tampa Bay’s premier health psychology group, was established to promote physical and mental health and wellness in collaboration with primary care and specialty medical settings. The doctors of Florida Medical Psychology Associates (Andrea Friedman, Ph.D., Perry Kaly, Ph.D., Mario Rodriguez, Ph.D., and Marina Unrod, Ph.D.) are licensed psychologists who specialize in applying the principles of clinical psychology to health promotion, disease prevention, and adjustment to illness.
Professional services include psychotherapy, couples counseling, family therapy, psychological assessment, coaching, and educational workshops. Specialty areas include mood and anxiety disorders, weight loss, bariatric surgery, stress management, insomnia, eating disorders, diabetes self-care, cardiac risk-reduction, chronic pain, cancer, memory screening, women's health, positive parenting, life transitions, and bereavement. Their unique approach to integrating psychological care in collaboration with physicians’ practices promotes the comprehensive management of patients’ physical, behavioral, and psychological health care needs.
We provide an array of empirically validated services to address individual patient needs. The most common reasons for seeking treatment include mood and anxiety disorders (such as depression, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder), life transitions (such as divorce, job loss, retirement, new parenthood, empty nest, bereavement), recent health events, and interpersonal conflict, to name a few.
General services include: assessment, psychotherapy, couples counseling, family therapy, coaching, consultations with businesses and organizations, & workshops. Treatment approaches include evidence based: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), positive psychotherapy, insight oriented, problem-solving, and mindfulness/relaxation methods.