About Jaime
Dr. Jaime Acosta is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience. He offers straightforward, practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and addiction.
He also supports those facing relationship and intimacy issues and people navigating life changes or compassion fatigue. Dr. Acosta uses clear, person-focused conversation to find what matters to each client.
He helps people uncover strengths and build skills to handle difficult feelings.
How Jaime works
Sessions emphasize small, achievable steps aimed at improving day-to-day functioning and emotional coping. His background includes long-term work in mental health with adults who face trauma, grief, anger, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD-related struggles. He also addresses issues such as gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS concerns, immigration stress, and challenges tied to aging and money worries.
Language options include English and Spanish to make care more accessible. Dr. Acosta draws on well-established methods like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies.
He adapts these approaches to each person’s goals instead of using one fixed method. The focus is on practical skills, clearer thinking, and restoring connection where it’s been damaged. People who prefer direct, goal-oriented conversations tend to fit his style.
He offers online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
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What Jaime works with
The areas below are the ones Jaime selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| 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
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s experience and goals. It involves active listening, reflecting what matters to you, and helping you decide the focus of sessions. This approach helps when you want a therapist who follows your lead and highlights your strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. The therapist helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and provides practical exercises to change them. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it teaches concrete skills to shift reactions and behaviors.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and change difficult emotional patterns, especially around relationships and intimacy. It guides clients to express underlying feelings and build safer, more connected interactions. This approach can help when relational patterns or attachment struggles cause repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adapt methods collaboratively. That conversation helps decide whether to emphasize listening, skill-building, emotion work, or a mix of techniques.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls are close to an in-person session and allow face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter exchanges for coaching-style support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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