We are very excited to introduce you to Family Matters of Central Florida. 

Family Matters was born because of a huge need in Clermont and Lake County to offer counseling for a variety of individuals and families in crisis. Family Matters first clients were two children involved in a custody battle and a race to preserve their innocence and healthy futures. The mother had remarried a registered sex offender and the biological father's attorney referred the father and the children to Amy Bekemeyer, MA, the founder of Family Matters. The father eventually received custody of the children, and after some time in counseling, the children became healthy again.

For more that 10 years, Family Matters has been there to provide counseling and support for single parents, pregnant teens, abused children, and depressed and suicidal teens and adults and others in crisis. Through the years, Family Matters has discovered the immense need for additional  services for many of its clients, These complimentary services will be added as funding becomes available. Some of these new services include:

Tutoring for students

Life Coaching

In addition, Ms. Bekemeyer's work as the Upper School Director of Counseling at an international boarding school for the past 11 years, has led her to identify an additional population of children and teens needing support. Many international students face similar issues like teens in the United States but they also have the additional challenges of not knowing the English language well, and not understanding the American culture.

Family Matters of Central Florida seeks to equip local families and domestic and international students with counseling, education, and resources to navigate successfully through ordinary & extraordinary life matters.

What We've Achieved