About Juanita
Juanita Riley helps people facing sudden changes, heavy loss, or ongoing stress find clearer footing. She writes and talks plainly about emotions so clients can name what feels wrong. Juanita is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of practice experience and uses straightforward methods to help people make shifts that matter.
She focuses on relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. She also helps with sleep problems, anger, career stress, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions.
How Juanita works
Additional areas include issues like abandonment, blended family stress, caregiving strain, codependency, and forgiveness concerns. Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and existential ideas. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and making room for hard feelings.
Conversations are aimed at understanding patterns and trying small changes between sessions. In therapy she listens for what matters most to each person and tailors the work to those priorities. She helps clients learn simple skills for handling anxiety, improving communication, and managing grief.
Over time she supports building more consistent habits and personal direction. Juanita offers sessions in English and works with people in Florida. Appointments are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
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What Juanita works with
The areas below are the ones Juanita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then pick actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where meaning and action matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful habits, which can help with sleep, anxiety, and mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on the emotional experience in relationships and helps people identify needs and improve connection in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk about goals and preferences, try a method that fits, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to use based on how things are going.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is helpful for full conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief updates, quick coping strategies, or when fitting sessions into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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