About Amary
Dr. Amary Alcide is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting, self-esteem, grief, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder. She brings 16 years of clinical experience and a results-oriented approach to sessions.
She aims to help people handle life changes and career challenges while reducing overwhelm and boosting day-to-day functioning. Her style is practical and collaborative. She draws on clients' strengths and everyday routines to create simple, achievable goals.
How Amary works
She uses clear tools and short-term strategies when helpful, and adjusts pace to suit each person’s needs. Dr. Alcide blends research-informed methods with a person-centered outlook.
She prioritizes what matters to the client and turns bigger goals into concrete action steps. Her background as an academic writer supports a focus on measurable progress and evidence-based practices. Clients can expect attention to relational patterns, attachment dynamics, and skills for managing emotions and behavior.
Common topics addressed include communication problems, codependency, commitment issues, and caregiver stress. She also addresses concerns around body image, chronic illness, blended family issues, and aging. Sessions use a mix of therapeutic tools drawn from attachment-based, cognitive-behavioral, emotionally focused, and dialectical approaches.
Dr. Alcide emphasizes practical coaching for life skills, time management, and role stress so people can take actionable steps between sessions.
Amary lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Amary works with
The areas below are the ones Amary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional reactions; it can help with worries about abandonment, attachment issues, and communication problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities, offering a supportive space to clarify goals and build self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns, which can ease anxiety, depression, and mood swings.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Dr. Alcide works together with each person to see which methods fit their needs and goals. She tailors the plan over time, combining techniques when that helps produce clear, manageable steps toward improvement.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when screen time is limited or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, quick coaching, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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