About Vanessa
Vanessa Cahuenas welcomes people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, or problems with intimacy and relationships. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of clinical experience based in Florida. Vanessa uses straightforward language and practical skills so conversations feel clear and focused.
She helps people address mood disorders including depression and bipolar conditions, and works with concerns such as trauma, anger, self-esteem, and sexual culture issues like BDSM and kink.
How Vanessa works
She also supports those navigating gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, infidelity, and communication or commitment struggles. Vanessa draws from several evidence-based approaches to shape sessions around each person's goals. Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy help identify unhelpful patterns and create alternatives.
Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how past bonds affect current relationships. She also incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and build actions that matter, and dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Imago relationship methods can be used for practical communication work between partners or in individual sessions focused on connection.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Clients can expect clear suggestions, practice assignments when useful, and regular check-ins about progress. Vanessa invites people to bring their concerns and decide together what next steps should look like.
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What Vanessa works with
The areas below are the ones Vanessa 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
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Online approaches for connection and coping
Vanessa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. That approach is practical and often includes simple exercises to practice between sessions. She also uses attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy. This helps people understand repeating patterns and try new ways of relating.Acceptance and commitment therapy is also part of her work; it focuses on identifying personal values and taking action toward them even when difficult emotions show up. Vanessa treats finding the right mix of approaches as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adjust methods over time based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video makes it easier to read nonverbal cues and do deeper work, while phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow short updates, skill coaching, or quick support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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