About Haiam
Haiam Aboelella is a Florida licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports people facing depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addiction, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Haiam keeps language plain and focuses on small, practical steps that make daily life easier.
She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and builds on each person’s strengths. In sessions she listens closely, asks clear questions, and works with clients to set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people notice what changes might help them feel better. Haiam uses a mix of approaches depending on what a person needs. Techniques include cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and emotion-focused work to improve how people handle strong feelings.
She also draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy and client-centered methods when appropriate. Over five years of practice in Florida, she has worked with people dealing with relationship trouble, grief, anger, sleep problems, career stress, and codependency. She guides clients through coping with life changes and recovery from substance concerns.
Sessions aim to teach skills that apply outside the therapy hour. Beginning therapy with Haiam usually starts with a short intake to identify main concerns and set goals. From there she and the client choose practical steps and homework that fit daily routines.
The emphasis is on steady progress and using existing strengths to handle hard moments.
How Haiam Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises that can be done between sessions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and shifting emotional responses to improve relationships and reduce distress.Picking the right approach is part of the work. Haiam will collaborate with each client to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She combines tools from these approaches and adjusts pace and focus based on feedback from the person in therapy.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing reinforcement between longer sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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