Cely Gonzalez
Calm, practical support for everyday struggles
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cely
Cely Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. She approaches clients with warmth and plain language. Her goal is to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and supported.
She keeps sessions interactive and practical. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can be tried next. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion.
Background and approach
Cely combines several evidence-based methods to shape each plan. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and client-centered techniques to address thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and relationship needs. Interventions are tailored to the person's situation and goals.
Her background includes three years as a mental health counselor working with a range of concerns including trauma, ADHD, mood disorders, and family-related problems. She has experience supporting people affected by physical or emotional abuse and with substance use struggles. Sessions emphasize skill building and clear next steps.
Cely works to help clients identify small, achievable changes and practice them between meetings. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide each session.
Online approaches that fit day-to-day life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It targets symptoms of depression, anxiety, and many everyday patterns that get in the way of functioning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Treatment is adjusted over time based on what is helping and what is not.
Online therapy provides flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation from home. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give options for shorter check-ins, ongoing support, or when video is not practical. These formats can make it easier to fit therapy into parenting, work, or other daily responsibilities.
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.
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.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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