Rose Zayco, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist (FL Lic. #: PY8136) in private practice in Jacksonville and Saint Augustine, Florida.

Education

2008 – Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2003 – Master’s of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Boston College

2000 – Bachelor’s of Arts in Sociology (with Honors), University of Florida

Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist Level 3 Trained

Level III Trained in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

Basic Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

Advanced Training in Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples

Level 3 Trained in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy

Clinical Experience

2010 – Present – Psychologist in private practice providing outpatient psychotherapy, Jacksonville, FL

2010 – 2012 – Psychologist at skilled nursing facilities, long-term care and rehabilitation centers, Jacksonville, FL

2008 – 2010 – Post-doctoral training as a staff psychologist at Seton Hall University Counseling Center, South Orange, NJ

2007-2008 – Pre-doctoral internship (APA-approved) at Trinitas Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ

Post-Graduate Clinical Training

2020 – Present – Clinical consultation in Internal Family Systems with IFSI Lead Trainer Tamala Floyd, LCSW

November 10-14, 2025 – Program Assistant (PA) for IFS Level 2 Compassionate Approach to Addictive Processes with Lead Trainer Cece Sykes and Assistant Trainer Ana Morante, Chicago, IL

October 25-26, 2025 – Step 2 IFS-Informed EMDR hosted by Syzygy Institute with Lead Trainer Michelle Richardson, Haddon Heights, NJ

May 21-23 2025 – Basic Accelerated Resolution Therapy Training, Jacksonville, FL 

February 22 – March 1, 2025 – Somatic Internal Family Systems Step 1 with Susan McConnell, Costa Rica

November 14, 2024-January 16, 2025 – Somatic Internal Family Systems Step 2 with Susan McConnell, Live On-line

February 25-March 1, 2024 – Somatic Internal Family Systems Step 1 with Susan McConnell, Costa Rica

November 12-16, 2023 – Level 3 Internal Family Systems (IFS) Training with Pam Krause, LCSW, Live On-Line

October 25-29, 2023 – EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Basic Training with Roxanne Grobbel, JD, LCSW, Live On-Line

June 1-3, 2022 – Brainspotting Phase Two with Susan Pinco, Ph.D., LCSW and Deborah Antinori, MA, LPC, FT. Live On-Line

November 14-16, 2021 – Brainspotting Phase One with Cynthia Schwartzberg, LCSW and Christine Ranck, Ph.D., LCSW. Live On-Line

2017 – 2022 – Clinical consultation in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy with AEDP Senior Faculty SueAnne Piliero, Ph.D.

September 2019 – June 2021 – On-line Bi-Weekly Complex Trauma AEDP Group Supervision with Kari Gleiser, Ph.D.

January 6-8, 2021 – Advanced Skills Module Transforming Entrenched Defenses, Pathogenic Affects, and Traumatic States in AEDP with SueAnne Piliero, Ph.D. Live On-Line

November 2020 & February 2021 – Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 2 Couple Therapy Training Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) with Nancy Wonder, PhD and Toni Herbine-Blank, MS, RN,C-SP. On-Line hosted by Instituto IFS in Madrid, Spain.

2016 – 2020 – Clinical case consultation in Emotional Focused Couple Therapy with an EFT Certified Supervisor (John Gallagher, LMHC)

February 2020 & June 2020 – Internal Family Systems (IFS) Institute Level 1 IFS Training with Ann Sinko, LMFT and Kathryn Staecker, MSW, LCSW in Tucson, AZ and On-Line

October 2019 – November 2020 – On-line Bi-Weekly Trauma EFT Couples Group Supervision with Silvina Irwin, Ph.D. and Michael Barnett, LPC.

April 2019 & September 2019- AEDP Essential Skills 2 Training with Ben Lipton, LCSW and SueAnne Piliero, Ph.D. in New York City, NY

May 2019 – Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) 2-Day Master Class “Using EFT to Crack the Code of Love and Transform Stress” with George Faller, LMFT in Tampa, FL

2012 – 2017 – Clinical case consultation with a senior-level relational psychoanalyst (Lycia Alexander-Guerra, M.D.)

October 2017 and October 2018 – AEDP Essential Skills 1 Training with Eileen Russell, Ph.D. and Ben Lipton, LCSW (Week 1) and SueAnne Piliero, Ph.D. and Jeanne Newhouse, NCPsyA (Week 2) in New York City, NY.

April 2018 – Two-day workshop “Neuroplasticity in Action: Rewiring Internal Working Models of Attachment” and “Master Class” with Ron Frederick, Ph.D. in Vancouver, Canada

April 2018 – Full-day workshop “Transforming Resistance: Working with the Challenges of Defense and Anxiety” with Steve Shapiro, Ph.D. in Jacksonville, FL

October 2017 – Level 3 Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Practicum Training with Don Cole, D.Min., LPC, LMFT in Jacksonville, FL

July 2017 – August 2017 – Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy 5-Day Immersion Course with Diana Fosha, Ph.D. in Denver, CO

August 2016 – April 2017 – Core Skills Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Michael Barnett, LPC, Silvina Irwin, Ph.D., and Debi Scimeca-Diaz, LMFT in Orlando, FL

March 2017 – Full-day workshop “Walking in Your Patient’s Shoes: A Day with Lycia Alexander-Guerra, M.D.” with Lycia Alexander-Guerra, M.D. in Jacksonville, FL

October 2016 – Level 2 Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Assessment, Intervention and Comorbidities, Completed Home Study course with John Gottman, Ph.D. and Julie Gottman, Ph.D (Homestudy Course)

August 2015 – July 2016 – Developmental Model – Level 1 Training offered by the Couples Institute – A program that integrates Attachment Theory, Differentiation Theory,  and Neuroscience to treat couples (Homestudy Course)

June 2016 – 4-day Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Michael Barnett, LPC in Orlando, FL.

May 2016 – 2-day Conference on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Trauma with Sue Johnson, Ph.D. in Tampa, FL.

April 2016 – Full-day Workshop on Personal Agency in Development, Intergenerational Trauma, and Psychotherapy with Jonathan Slavin, Ph.D., ABPP and Miki Rahmani, M.A. in Jacksonville, FL

2012 – 2016  – Classes through the Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies on Attachment, Practical Analytic Subjectivity, Clinical Case Consultation

November 2015 – Level 1 Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Bridging the Couple Chasm with John Gottman, Ph.D. and Julie Gottman, Ph.D. in Orlando, FL

Professional Affiliations

UFHealth, University of Florida Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Courtesy Assistant Professor

Florida Psychological Association, Member