Family Focus Therapy, LLC.

Family Focus Therapy, LLC. Family Focus Therapy, LLC. is a private practice in Southern Maryland providing holistic mental health Family Focus Therapy and Education Services, LLC.

provides mental health and education services in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. We are committed to helping families live healthier lives. We work with adults, couples, children and families who may be experiencing stressful life challenges, including family conflict, problems in school, home/work stress, depression, addiction, relationship issues and so much more. All services are delivered in a safe and supportive manner, and are individualized to address your specific needs.

05/01/2026

They said “one day.”�I said “today.”

Not almost. Not in progress. Not coming soon.�Done. Published. Available.

This isn’t just a book…�It’s a line in the sand for every woman who’s been loving from survival.

No more over-functioning.�No more self-abandoning.�No more confusing intensity for intimacy.

This is Secure Love. And I wrote the blueprint.

📚 Beyond Survival Love — The Secure Love Method™�📓 Companion Workbook now live.

Go get what’s yours.

Because the version of you that wrote this life?�She doesn’t wait. She decides.

— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C�Creator of The Secure Love Method™�www.thesecurelovemethod.com

04/27/2026

Saturday was everything. 🩷

I walked into that room with one intention: celebrate your accomplishment, Cle. So I said it out loud — “I wrote a book.” And every time I said it, something shifted. Not in the room… in me.

HELD — The Elevated Experience didn’t go as planned. It went exactly as it needed to.

We talked about who we as Black women are becoming. We leaned into sisterhood. We named the patterns. We walked through the 5 phases. We moved from survival to secure love.

We signed books. We lingered. We laughed. And we had the kind of conversations that don’t stay in the room — they stay with you.

To every woman who showed up — you didn’t just attend… you arrived.

To Natalie, Kimberly, Diamond, my advisory committee, my inner circle — thank you for being my rock, my anchor, my people. I felt every single one of you.

I’m a S.E. girl who made something out of nothing. Ma… I hope I made you proud. 🤍

This is what it looks like to stop surviving and start celebrating. Not someday. Now.

With love,
Cle (I wrote a book that is going to change lives) 🩷
The Secure Love Method™

04/17/2026

Sold out… and still so much more to come. ✨

To every woman who said yes to being in this room… thank you.
Thank you for choosing yourself.
Thank you for trusting the space.
Thank you for being open to the work, the conversations, and the shift.

This wasn’t just an event—it’s a movement toward secure love. And what we’re building doesn’t stop here.

If you didn’t make it into the room, don’t worry… you can still be part of the transformation.
“Beyond Survival Love — The Secure Love Method™” is coming, and this is your invitation to do the work with us.

✨ Pre-orders are open now. Don’t wait to begin your shift.

— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method™
www.thesecurelovemethod.com

10 Non-Negotiables for Secure Love. Secure love doesn’t ask you to perform for it… it allows you to be.Not anxious.Not c...
04/15/2026

10 Non-Negotiables for Secure Love. Secure love doesn’t ask you to perform for it… it allows you to be.

Not anxious.
Not confused.
Not constantly decoding mixed signals.

Just grounded.
Seen.
And at peace in the connection you’re building.

Because real love isn’t about intensity, chasing, or emotional rollercoasters…
it’s about stability, safety, and alignment.

If you have to question where you stand, shrink who you are, or overextend just to keep it…
that’s not secure love.

You deserve a love that feels clear.
A love that feels mutual.
A love that doesn’t cost you yourself.

Pre-order Beyond Survival Love + take the Survival Love Quiz to start your shift.
Link in bio.

— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method™
Author | Therapist | Speaker
www.thesecurelovemethod.com

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04/14/2026

Avoiding the hard conversation feels safer… until it isn’t. You tell yourself you’re “going with the flow,” but really—you’re letting the relationship define you instead of the other way around.

Because naming what you want?
Clarifying expectations?
Risking hearing something you don’t like?

That requires courage.

But silence isn’t protection.
It’s postponement.
And delayed disappointment still hits the same—just deeper, because now you’re more invested.

Say it out loud.
Even if your voice shakes.

If this hit, it’s time to go deeper.
Pre-order Survival Love and start unlearning the patterns that keep you silent.
Take the Survival Love Quiz to identify your pattern and shift how you show up in love.

— Cleonia B. Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
www.thesecurelovemethod.com

04/10/2026

As you head into the weekend… don’t lose yourself trying to keep something that requires your silence.

“Get lost in the wild” sounds good—until it costs you your voice, your needs, your truth.

Secure love will never ask you to shrink, disappear, or perform for peace.
If it requires your erasure… it’s not peace. It’s survival.

Choose connection and yourself.

— Cleonia 🤍
Author, Survival Love → Secure Love

✨ Pre-order my book now — your next level of love requires a new level of awareness
✨ Only 4 seats left for my Private Book Release Experience | April 25th — this is your room if you’re ready to do the real work

Secure your seat. Step into something different.

…continued from yesterday.Is this cycle avoidable? Imagine me screaming from the top of my lungs when I answer this….Yes...
04/08/2026

…continued from yesterday.

Is this cycle avoidable? Imagine me screaming from the top of my lungs when I answer this….Yes, it’s avoidable.

But only when you stop calling survival “love.”

This isn’t about becoming better at choosing people.

It’s about becoming unavailable for what no longer aligns.

Because what repeats in your life isn’t random.

It’s what you’ve learned to tolerate.

And once you shift that?

The pattern doesn’t just hurt less—
it stops showing up altogether.

Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method™

📖 Beyond Survival Love — Pre-order (link in bio)
📝 Take the “Is Your Picker Broken?” Quiz

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Unfortunately, I do love a new book and over-priced coffee ☕️✨.But this isn’t just a read… it’s your new standard.Pre-or...
04/07/2026

Unfortunately, I do love a new book and over-priced coffee ☕️✨.

But this isn’t just a read… it’s your new standard.

Pre-order Survival Love today for your daily “fix.”✨

— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method™
www.thesecurelovemethod.com

04/07/2026

You’re questioning everything:
* Should I have stayed?
* Is this just what love is?
* Am I the problem?

Pause. Let me say this to you gently…this isn’t just about him. This is about what your nervous system has learned to normalize

You didn’t “end up here again” by accident.

You ended up here because something in your system still believes love requires endurance.

And that belief will have you recycling the same experience with a different person.

Let’s be clear:
Just because someone apologizes…�just because they want to fix it…�just because they choose you after being inconsistent…
does not mean it’s aligned.

Survival Love will make betrayal feel negotiable. Secure Love does not.
And this is the part most women don’t want to face:
You’re not choosing between him and your past.
You’re choosing between:�✨ the version of you that tolerates inconsistency to avoid loss�✨ and the version of you that requires alignment as a baseline

One will keep you in cycles.
The other will change your life.

Choose wisely.

Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C�Creator of The Secure Love Method™
📖 Beyond Survival Love — Pre-order now (link in bio)�📝 Take the “Is Your Picker Broken?” Quiz

04/06/2026

You keep waiting to feel ready…

But the truth is—
you’re avoiding the moment you have to choose yourself.

Because choosing yourself?
It’s disruptive.

It might disappoint people.
It might change dynamics.
It might require you to stop being who they’re used to.

And let’s be honest…

You’ve been loyal to others at the expense of yourself for a long time.

That’s Survival Love.

But Secure Love?

Secure Love says:
“I’m choosing myself—without guilt, without over-explaining, and without waiting for permission.”

Unapologetically.

Not because it’s easy.
But because it’s necessary.

So no… you don’t need more time.
You don’t need more clarity.

You need a decision.

A decision to honor yourself—fully.

—

If this hit… it’s time.

✨ Take the quiz
📖 Beyond Survival Love pre-order (link in bio)

—
Cleonia Terry, LCSW-C
Creator, The Secure Love Method™

Report to this post if you’ve ever wondered whether your “picker” is broken… when really, it may have been trained by su...
04/06/2026

Report to this post if you’ve ever wondered whether your “picker” is broken… when really, it may have been trained by survival.

You’re not choosing “wrong” because something is wrong with you.
You’re choosing based on what your nervous system learned to recognize as love.

And what feels familiar isn’t always what’s safe.

This is the work I do with women every day—
helping them move from Survival Love → Secure Love
so they can stop repeating patterns and start choosing from alignment.

If this resonated:
✔️ Save it for later
✔️ Share it with someone who needs it
✔️ Comment “SECURE” if you’re ready to shift how you choose

Pre-order Beyond Survival Love + grab the companion workbook — link in bio.

— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method

Phase IV: Relational AlignmentIt’s not about grand gestures.It’s about being known… and remembered.Secure love pays atte...
04/02/2026

Phase IV: Relational Alignment

It’s not about grand gestures.
It’s about being known… and remembered.

Secure love pays attention.
It listens beyond the moment.
It responds without being reminded.

That’s alignment. 🤍
— Cleonia Terry, MSW, LCSW-C
Creator of The Secure Love Method™

📖 Preorder Beyond Survival Love — link in bio


— The Secure Love Method™

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La Plata, MD
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