About Helen
Helen Lopez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and works from Florida. Helen focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship and intimacy concerns.
She trained in clinical mental health counseling and began her career working with people facing mood instability and substance use. Over time she added work with trauma and grief, identity development, and parenting strain.
How Helen works
Her background includes supporting people dealing with ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she uses practical, down-to-earth methods. Helen draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to spot unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people focus on values and actions rather than getting stuck in struggle. Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set small, doable goals.
Sessions include skill practice, problem solving, and coaching on real-life situations like work stress, communication problems, and life transitions. Helen works with a wide range of concerns including eating issues, grief, abandonment and attachment questions, blended family adjustments, and recovery from trauma or abuse.
She aims to help people feel more steady, make clearer choices, and regain energy for the parts of life they care about.
Helen lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Helen works with
The areas below are the ones Helen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches delivered online
Helen uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and practice new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood instability because it focuses on concrete tools and step-by-step changes.She also works with acceptance and commitment therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take action even when difficult feelings remain. ACT can be helpful for stress, chronic worry, and coping with life transitions. Helen pairs these methods with a client-centered stance that keeps the person's goals front and center.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their concerns, goals, and preferences, then suggest approaches to try. Sessions often combine skill practice, problem-solving, and coaching so the plan can be adjusted over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for a fuller conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint fits a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy in place around work, caregiving, and life changes.
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