About Phyllis
Phyllis Jeannestal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and offers straightforward care for people who feel overwhelmed by stress, grief, or major life changes. Phyllis aims to help clients find practical steps they can use day to day.
She draws on nine years of clinical experience that includes work with trauma, depression, and anxiety. Her background includes supporting community healing after mass trauma and working in hospice care where she assisted people facing grief and loss.
Background and approach
Those experiences inform a calm, steady approach in sessions. Phyllis uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and Solution-Focused Therapy to set small, manageable goals.
These methods are used to address things like social anxiety, workplace stress, parenting strain, and relationship worries. Sessions usually focus on building skills that clients can rely on outside therapy. Phyllis emphasizes choice, collaboration, and practical tools like grounding, behavioral experiments, and short-term goal-setting.
She helps people expand their coping toolbox so everyday stressors feel more manageable. People who want clear, down-to-earth support and concrete steps to handle anxiety, grief, or life transitions may find her approach helpful. She works in English and provides multiple online session formats to fit different needs.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace. It means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to build trust and confidence, which is helpful for anxiety and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and experiments to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop healthier habits, often used for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods together, and adjust based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process that combines what the client wants with professional guidance.
Online sessions give flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let you work face to face from elsewhere, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a schedule and keep regular momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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