Alexandra Valencia, LMHC - Therapist in Florida

About Alexandra

Alexandra Valencia offers support for parents and caregivers facing common family and parenting challenges. She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, and sleep problems. Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping a busy parent find manageable steps forward.

Alexandra speaks English and Spanish and practices in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC. With nine years of clinical experience, Alexandra draws on methods that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy.

Background and approach

She combines clear skill-building with conversations about values and connections. Sessions focus on real-life problems like communication patterns, boundaries, and coping with big life changes. Her style is warm and client-centered.

She listens first, then offers tools that fit each person’s daily life. She pays attention to how relationships and early attachment shape current struggles. Parents can expect practical strategies for managing emotion, improving sleep, and reducing reactivity.

Work may include short behavioral experiments, skills practice, and clarifying what matters most to the family. Alexandra also supports people dealing with trauma, substance-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and pregnancy or postpartum challenges. She explains options in plain language and helps clients choose approaches that match their needs.

Her office is in Florida and she provides services through online formats. The tone in sessions is collaborative and focused on usable changes that fit a family’s routine.

Therapeutic approaches and online care for parents

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, committed steps that match those values. It can help when parenting feels overwhelming or when a person wants to act differently despite stress or worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches clear strategies to change them, which is useful for anxiety, sleep issues, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early bonds affect current relationships and communication, helping parents understand patterns that repeat in family life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines, and then recommend methods that seem most helpful. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility around busy family schedules. These formats can make it easier to fit short skill-practice, check-ins, or full therapy sessions into packed days. Licensed professionals can guide practical exercises, teach calming or communication skills, and help track progress without requiring travel time.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address related to families?

She supports stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, and sleep problems among other family-related issues.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is warm and client-centered, focusing on listening first and offering practical tools that fit everyday life.

What is her professional background?

She has nine years of experience working in areas including maternal and infant mental health, substance concerns, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC with licence FL LMHC MH16986 practicing in Florida.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What formats are available for meeting online?

Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How does someone begin working with her?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 9 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English, Spanish

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