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veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center where
he administered a variety of psychological and neurological
tests and mental health screenings necessary to acquire compensation
and pension benefits.
“Of course, we treated a lot of the veterans for PTSD,”
Cromer said. “PTSD is the same in vets as it was in the students.
Trauma is trauma, whether it happened on a battlefield,
in a car wreck or as a result of an assault. The after
effects of trauma linger far longer than the open wounds. The
emotional damage is intense, but when a breakthrough to
recovery is made it is one of the most rewarding experiences
in the career of a counselor.”
Cromer was fortunate to land a director position at his
alma mater, FAU, immediately after obtaining his doctorate,
where he built the psychology department from the ground
up to meet the needs of the university community by providing
individual, group, couples, family and substance abuse
counseling.
“I was the only psychologist on the campus with a student
body of about a thousand so there was a long waiting list to
see me,” he continued. “I loved every minute of it and working
with those young minds was so rewarding.”
During the six years at FAU, he developed outreach
activities to the university community and supervised and
trained interns from FAU’s mental health counselor program
in addition to managing the counseling centers budget and
emergency crisis care.
Cromer left the comfort of the campus to open a private
practice in Vero Beach.
“After several years I realized that I really missed the
flurry of activity and diversity of conditions that I saw in
community mental health practice,” he said. “So, I methodically
started to wind down my practice and actively sought
out opportunities in the Vero Beach area where I could treat
a broader base where everybody had the opportunity to be
treated equally.
“The MHA mission to treat everyone regardless of income
appealed to me along with the stellar reputation of the organization.
Plus, I welcomed the opportunity to work with an
unbelievable team of professionals.”
Cromer also heads the therapy portion of the 19th Judicial
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Age: 49
Lives in: Vero Beach
Family: three sons, ages 8,
11 and 16
Education: Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, bachelor
of arts degree in sociology with
a minor in criminal justice; West
Virginia University, Morgantown,
West Virginia, master’s in counseling
and doctorate in counseling psychology
Hobbies: Ultra running, swimming
What inspires you? “Seeing the results of my efforts as a
clinician. There is nothing better than making a difference in
people’s lives.”
Something people don’t know about me: I haven’t had a
french fry since the year 2000 and gave up all fried foods
in 2001.
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