About Consuella
Consuella Shaw is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 18 years of experience. She centers work on the person in front of her and believes people bring strengths that help them move through hard times. Her style is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping parents and individuals who feel overwhelmed by life’s demands.
Shaw focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family strain, and parenting challenges.
How Consuella works
She also supports people managing bipolar disorder, ADHD, intellectual disability, self-harm behaviors, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Sessions aim to build coping skills, reduce distress, and restore day-to-day functioning. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral methods and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
She also uses motivational interviewing to strengthen motivation and the Gottman Method for relationship topics. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented, with clear tools and step-by-step plans when helpful. Shaw describes therapy as a team process.
She helps people set realistic goals and practices exercises between sessions to build lasting change. Parents can expect practical strategies for handling parenting stress and family conflict. She provides care in English and accepts international clients.
People who are ready to start choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist’s availability.
Consuella lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Consuella works with
The areas below are the ones Consuella selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intellectual disability
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| 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 translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths. It involves open conversation, reflective listening, and helping people find their own solutions, which works well over video or messaging when someone wants a supportive, guiding presence.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress with clear homework tasks between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills. It teaches techniques for distress tolerance, managing intense emotions, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be practiced and reinforced in online sessions.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs to choose and adjust methods. Clients and the therapist collaborate on a plan and revisit it as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for those with limited internet. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter exchanges for brief support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or other responsibilities while keeping consistent progress with therapeutic techniques.
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