About Ossnat
Ossnat (Ossie) Tovia is a Florida licensed mental health counselor who helps people managing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks English and Hebrew and brings close to three decades of experience to sessions. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.
Ossie often begins by learning what's most pressing for each person and tailoring conversations to their needs. She works with concerns such as attention and focus difficulties often labeled ADHD, mood swings, social anxiety, and the strain that life changes can bring.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues related to relationships, parenting, trauma, and identity within the LGBT community. Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She uses mindfulness methods to help people notice and steady their thoughts.
She also brings psychodynamic ideas into conversation to look at long-standing patterns that affect current life. Sessions may include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking in about how new habits are working. Ossie emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental tone.
She works with each person to build a plan that fits their goals and day-to-day life. With many years of practice in Florida, Ossie aims to help people find clearer thinking and better coping. She invites people who are ready to try something different to take the next step toward feeling more capable and calm.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety care
Ossie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That work often includes practical exercises, small experiments to test new ways of acting, and steps to reduce avoidance that feeds anxiety.She also integrates mindfulness therapy to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them. Mindfulness skills can make it easier to manage stress, reduce reactivity, and improve concentration during daily tasks.
Finding the right blend of methods is collaborative. Ossie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in everyday life, then try approaches that fit. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked so the plan remains useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and feedback, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to check in between sessions or fit a brief check-up into a busy day. These options are meant to add flexibility so therapy can fit into real life rather than disrupt it.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
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