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Dr. Todd Snyder, LMHC

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Dr. Todd Snyder, LMHC

People often struggle to find satisfaction in their life. I work collaboratively with my clients to

08/01/2025

If you’re being manipulated or gaslit, you can make different choices to achieve a different outcome. Let’s discuss how. Give me a call today. Let’s get you the respect you deserve!

07/22/2025

If you struggle with deciding what kind of relationship you’re in, or what to do about it if you have, call me. Let’s sort out some clarity and options together. You’re not alone.

07/12/2025

Read that again. ⬇️

07/11/2025

You have one life. Be accountable for it, or squander it. The choice is yours. Call me, and let’s get started today.

07/10/2025

And, frankly, it’s very empowering to own your “inner idiot” and decide you’d like to de-idiot yourself. It truly never is too late! Gimme a call and let me help you get started today.

07/05/2025

06/28/2025

Words are words. Actions are actions. Lying is betrayal. Do not sell yourself anything but these truths, and certainly don’t buy manipulation from others!

06/25/2025

Fortunately, once you embrace this concept, all that’s left to live the contented life you deserve, is to get started on healing, preferably with a counselor who’s got your back! Call me today and let’s get started.

06/23/2025

It’s not you. It was indeed, them. Want help healing? Call me today. Let’s crank those layers back!

**Leaving a relationship with a narcissist is like peeling back the layers of an onion.** At first, there’s just the pain of the break — the confusion, the emotional exhaustion, and the tangled mix of relief and grief. But as time goes on, something deeper begins to happen. You start to see things for what they really were. Little by little, the fog begins to lift. And what once felt like a “difficult relationship” slowly reveals itself for what it truly was — a pattern of consistent emotional, psychological, and even spiritual abuse.

With every layer you peel back, a new truth emerges — another manipulation, another moment of gaslighting, another time you bent over backward to keep the peace or questioned your own sanity just to avoid conflict. You begin to recognize how they twisted your words, rewrote history, invalidated your emotions, and slowly chipped away at your sense of self.

At the time, you may have minimized it — as so many survivors do. You told yourself it wasn't *that* bad, or that all couples have problems. But narcissistic abuse is insidious. It’s not always loud or violent — it’s subtle, corrosive, and cumulative. It’s in the constant undermining, the guilt-tripping, the silent treatments, the hot-and-cold games, the control disguised as concern. It's in the way they made you feel responsible for their emotions, while taking no responsibility for how they hurt you.

**And as time goes on, the reality becomes painfully clear: the abuse was so much worse than you thought.** The more distance you gain, the more truth you uncover. Not because you're obsessing, but because you're finally safe enough to *see*.

You begin to understand that what you experienced wasn’t love — it was control. It wasn’t care — it was possession. They didn’t choose you because of love, but because they could exploit your empathy, your loyalty, your light.

Healing from this kind of trauma doesn’t happen all at once. It happens slowly, in stages — just like peeling back that onion. And yes, it may bring tears. But it also brings clarity, self-compassion, and ultimately, freedom.

**You didn’t imagine it. You weren’t too sensitive. You were abused — and now, you are awakening.**

06/21/2025

Your anger is speaking to you. Please listen.

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2508 Wilkinson Circle
Sarasota, FL
34231

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 7pm
Thursday	8:30am - 7pm
Friday	8:30am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm

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+19415444822

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https://drtoddsnyderlmhc.com/

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When I was 11 growing up in NJ, being bullied yet again by the usual suspect, I one day found the courage to interrupt him long enough to share an observation. I said, “You know, you’d have more friends if you were just nicer to people!” Now, looking back, I certainly can’t claim any causality for his attitude change, his behavior shift, or his life direction improvement. All I know is that his bullying of me ended that day. That he went on to become class president and an overall successful guy after I moved away may well have had no connection to that very brief interaction. For me, however, the impact was profound. It sparked in me the desire to change lives and help others think, feel, and behave better.

When I graduated from Riverview High School in 1981, I knew I was going to study psychology. I was clueless about how far I’d go or what I’d actually become, but knew I wanted to learn about how we relate to ourselves and each other. With my BA in psychology from UCF, my future was still unclear. Shoe store management, restaurant work and AAA membership sales were not doing it for me. I quickly realized I wanted more. I wanted to learn more and build on the foundational knowledge of psychology I’d acquired.

Because I was starting my family, a part-time graduate program was a necessity. USF’s MA in Rehabilitation Counseling became my choice. It was local, I could attend part-time, and the professors were wonderful. I graduated and then achieved my license as a mental health counselor in 1994.

Working with troubled families in their homes and then with challenged youths in an inpatient hospital was very rewarding, but I wanted more. I had also started a very small private psychotherapy practice and realized I wanted to be better at what I did and to learn how I could bring even more positive change to people more deeply and more effectively.

A coworker colleague had started his counseling psychology doctoral program at the then University of Sarasota, and he invited me to attend a class with him. I did so, and was very pleased with the immersive learning environment and the knowledgeable professor (Dr. Jim Reynolds, who also eventually became my dissertation chair).

A couple of years into my studies there, the university was acquired by Argosy University. Their hands on, mentor-based teaching methods provided me with the deeper knowledge and experience I so desired. Walking out of my dissertation defense, awaiting my committee’s decision was harrowing, to say the least. Greeting me for the first time and shaking my hand as “Dr. Snyder” was one of the best feelings I’ve ever experienced!

When my sons were four and two years old in 1997, I began my 23 years at Sarasota Memorial Hospital as an employee assistance counselor. By 2007, I was director of the program, where my staff of three counselors and I provided counseling to employees and family members of SMH, Sarasota County Government, the City of Sarasota as well as 20 other local companies. My work there was very rewarding. In 2006, in addition to my full-time work at SMH, I was invited to teach graduate and doctoral counseling students at Argosy University. This was so fulfilling, I also took on teaching responsibilities at the State University of New York, where I taught foundational psychology courses online to undergrads. During this time, my private practice grew, my skills evolved, and my life was where I wanted it to be.

Earlier this year, SMH decided to outsource their EAP. l immediately decided to take the plunge into full-time private practice, dedicating my life efforts to help everyone achieve satisfaction in their life, regardless of where they work.

I’ve created a very welcoming, warm, and comfortable office area in my home where my clients and I work together to identify their challenges, develop a plan, and carry out real, substantive, life-transforming change.

I’ve always loved what I do. That very early impactful interaction with a bully has never left my memory. I have achieved great professional and personal satisfaction by helping others shape their life for the better. Individuals, couples and families benefit from my skills and expertise. If you or a loved one are struggling to find the satisfaction this life has to offer, however you define it, I would be honored to sit down with you to work together to get you where you deserve to be. Please give me a call. We can discuss your desires and goals completely free of charge. If we decide to work together, I promise I’ll give my all to help you live the happier and more satisfying life you so desire. Thank you for reading and I hope to hear from you soon!