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Online therapist

Lena Longmire Lyons

Calm, practical support for life’s hard moments

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Lena

Lena Longmire Lyons is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 15 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, grief, and parenting challenges. Lena approaches each person with respect for their story and strengths.

She offers steady support as someone takes the first steps toward change. Her style is warm and collaborative. She centers conversations on what matters most to the client and helps set clear, achievable goals.

Background and approach

Sessions often include skills you can use between meetings, like breathing and grounding techniques, thought pattern work, and problem-solving steps. Lena blends gentle inquiry with structured tools. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address painful relationship patterns.

Mindfulness practices and Motivational Interviewing are used when clients want to build self-awareness or find motivation for change. She works with adults facing life transitions, caregiving stress, work pressures, and relationship strains. Lena also has additional experience with issues such as body image, blended family challenges, and first responder stress.

Her approach is practical, focused on small steps that add up over time. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through several online formats. Lena explains options at the start so people can choose the way that fits their life and schedule.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and placing the client’s priorities at the center of work. It involves open conversation, reflection, and supporting the person’s own choices. This approach helps when someone needs understanding and space to figure things out.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. It often includes small homework tasks, tracking patterns, and trying new ways of responding to stress and mood shifts. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Lena offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what works best. These options make it easier to keep appointments, use tools between sessions, and stay connected when schedules or travel make in-person meetings hard.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue among other issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and real-world strategies that clients can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional work experience as a licensed clinician in Florida.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - FL LMHC MH17211 and practices from Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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