- 20 years experience
- Trauma and adoption
- Affirming care
About Constance
She focuses on practical work in sessions. Connie listens to each person's story and helps identify strengths and small steps forward. She uses straightforward tools to address anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and the impacts of trauma.
Connie draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also uses client-centered and narrative approaches to help people feel heard and to reframe difficult experiences. Motivational interviewing is part of her work when people want to make changes but feel stuck.
Her background includes substantial work with adults who have experienced trauma and those navigating adoption or foster care histories. She also has experience supporting people with substance use and dissociative concerns. Her approach emphasizes respect, dignity, and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
Connie aims to create an affirming space for people of diverse identities, including transgender individuals considering transition. She invites clients to collaborate on realistic goals and to build skills that fit their daily life. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site's Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a first session.
How Connie Uses Talk-Based Methods Online
Connie integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral strategies in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and letting a person lead the conversation so they feel understood and respected. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify patterns of thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression.She also draws on mindfulness practices to help with grounding and stress management. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily reactions so they cause less disruption in daily life. These approaches are chosen to match the issue at hand, whether it is trauma-related symptoms, addiction recovery, or coping with grief.
Finding the right mix is part of the work. Connie collaborates with each person to select approaches that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in about what helps and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses.
The practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions around work or caregiving, and the ability to continue care when travel or life demands make in-person visits harder. Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm current session options before booking to make sure they fit your routine.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Connie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, sleep difficulties, parenting strains, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Connie uses a practical and respectful style. Sessions focus on listening, identifying strengths, and trying small steps that fit everyday life.
What is her professional background?
Connie has 20 years of experience working with foster care, mental health and substance use disorders, trauma, dissociation, domestic violence, and adoption-related issues.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Florida LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and practices in Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees handled and what about cancellations?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps begin the process of working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.