About Porsha
Porsha Coates is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people cope with stress and anxiety. She addresses parenting and family-related concerns and supports those working on self-esteem, ADHD challenges, and life purpose. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.
She uses a person-centered way of working, which means conversations focus on each person’s priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques help with calm, focus, and managing impulsivity. Porsha draws on six years of clinical experience and a background in vocational rehabilitation counseling and psychology. She integrates narrative ideas to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships.
Military experience also informs her understanding of high-stress work and veteran concerns. Sessions aim to build clearer communication, better emotional regulation, and realistic plans for everyday life. Practical problem-solving and skills practice are common parts of sessions.
She also focuses on boundaries, forgiveness, and improving family interactions when those are part of a person’s goals. Porsha works with adults and young adults from her Florida base. Conversations are collaborative and paced to match what each person needs.
The overall goal is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Porsha commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead so goals come from what matters most to them. It helps people feel understood and decide what changes to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones, which is practical for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.She also uses mindfulness techniques to build present-moment focus and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practice can help with impulsivity, anxiety, and improving attention. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process - the therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and daily life.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when they prefer a more traditional session. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or the session needs to fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and changing needs.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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