Shayla Finnissee, LMHC - Therapist in Florida

About Shayla

Shayla Finnissee uses evidence-based therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and family tensions. She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - practicing in Florida with ten years of experience. Shayla focuses on honest, respectful conversation and practical steps that fit each person’s life.

She aims to make asking for help feel like a simple, clear first move rather than an overwhelming leap. Her work often centers on relationships and family dynamics, and she supports people facing grief, depression, trauma, and intimacy concerns.

Background and approach

Shayla also addresses mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and challenges like ADHD. Sessions emphasize clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and rebuilding trust where it’s been strained. Shayla blends several clinical approaches to match what each person needs.

She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking. She uses attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns are getting in the way. Emotionally focused methods help people name and move through painful feelings.

Every plan is tailored. Conversations are direct and warm, with simple tools to try between visits. Her background includes a decade of hands-on work in Florida settings, which informs how she helps people make steady, real changes in daily life.

If someone wants practical strategies and steady support through family or relationship strain, Shayla centers the work on respect, sensitivity, and achievable steps.

Online approaches that support family and relationship work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, committed actions even when feelings are difficult. It helps people tolerate uncomfortable emotions while building a life that matters to them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets patterns in relationships by identifying core emotions and helping partners or family members express needs more clearly. It is often used when attachment and closeness are strained.

Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and current challenges and then recommend or combine methods that seem most helpful. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is noticed or needs change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to keep therapy in your routine. Video calls let conversations feel closer to in-person meetings. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide options for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or reaching out when schedules are tight. These formats can make consistent support easier for people balancing family responsibilities or busy days.

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 issues does Shayla commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family problems, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional focuses include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.

What is Shayla's therapeutic style like?

She blends compassionate, direct conversation with practical tools. Sessions aim to make steps feel doable and focused on improving everyday relationships and coping skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Shayla has ten years of professional experience working in Florida settings, which informs her approach to family and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - registered in Florida with license number FL LMHC MH19997. Her practice is based in Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are costs and starting steps handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English

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