Phyllis Jeannestal, LCSW

Phyllis Jeannestal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping people cope after trauma, manage anxiety, and navigate major life changes. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can feel heard and build practical skills. Phyllis emphasizes each person's right to make choices about their care and works alongside people as they set goals and try new strategies.

She draws on nine years of experience in settings that included community response after mass violence and hospice support for people facing grief and loss. That background shaped her interest in trauma and abuse and in supporting people through grief, caregiver stress, and burnout. Her work has also included helping people with depression, bipolar concerns, workplace stress, social anxiety, and relationship or parenting strains.

In sessions she blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques. That means conversations focus on the client's needs, practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and short-term goals that feel achievable. She also uses trauma-focused ideas that prioritize safety, choice, and empowerment in planning care.

Phyllis values practical tools like wellness activities, expressive practices, and skill-building. She helps people gather strategies for coping, improved communication, and stronger boundaries. Her goal is to help clients grow more self-awareness and leave with a toolbox they can use between sessions.

Sessions are conducted in English and are grounded in respect and collaboration. People interested in working with Phyllis should confirm current session options before booking and can begin by following the site's Start Therapy steps.

How her approaches shape online care

Phyllis commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, respect, and helping people make their own choices about goals and next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety or depression.

She also draws on trauma-focused methods that emphasize safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment when addressing trauma and abuse. Together these approaches help tailor sessions to what the person needs now, whether that means building coping tools, processing hard experiences, or setting short-term goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Phyllis will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying a mix of approaches and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work from a quieter space that suits them. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, client-centered, and trauma-informed techniques effectively in remote sessions to focus on skills, problem solving, and processing difficult experiences.