About Cindy
Cindy Paillant is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Florida with 17 years of practical experience. She offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with stress and anxiety. She also helps with depression, grief, addiction, and life changes.
Her manner is warm and interactive, aimed at making hard conversations easier to manage. She works one-on-one and in groups and has a background in residential and outpatient settings.
Background and approach
Cindy blends several approaches so sessions focus on what helps each person most. That might mean learning new coping skills, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or strengthening relationships. Cindy describes her style as compassionate and respectful.
She brings a holistic view that looks at how thoughts, body responses, and values connect. Sessions are built around short-term goals and practical steps that fit day-to-day life. Many clients seek her help for parenting stress, relationship strain, career transitions, or questions about life purpose.
She also supports people facing postpartum concerns, caregiver stress, and adoption or foster care issues. Cindy tailors the pace and tools to each person’s needs. Her training as an LMFT guides her focus on relationships and family dynamics while keeping attention on individual goals.
She will work collaboratively to create a treatment plan that addresses symptoms and the life circumstances behind them. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more confidence moving forward.
Using practical therapies in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which often reduces anxious or low mood symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the client’s lead and encourages personal growth and self-acceptance.Cindy will work with each person to figure out which approach or mix of approaches fits best. Deciding what to try is collaborative - she listens to goals, tests out methods, and adjusts plans based on what helps. The process often blends skill practice, values work, and conversation about relationship patterns.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper work that benefits from visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging may suit quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to arrange regular appointments and keep therapy consistent during busy or changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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