About Vanessa
Vanessa Cahuenas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She draws on 15 years of clinical work to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and relationship or intimacy struggles. She focuses on practical strategies that people can use between sessions.
That often means learning new ways to manage overwhelming feelings and testing small behavior changes. Vanessa aims for clear goals and steady progress rather than a long list of techniques.
Background and approach
Her work addresses a range of concerns including depression, bipolar mood patterns, anger, low self-esteem, and sexual or intimacy issues. She also supports people facing multicultural concerns, gender dysphoria, and LGBT-related stress. Attachment issues, codependency, infidelity, jealousy, and communication problems are common topics in her practice.
Vanessa blends several evidence-based approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and shift unhelpful thinking. She integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to build values-driven change and safer relational patterns.
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which lets people fit counseling into busy lives. She works in English and provides services to people located in Florida. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site.
Approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. This approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from past relationships and teaches new ways to connect and repair closeness when trust or intimacy has been damaged.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they pick and adjust techniques so the plan fits the client’s life and moves toward clear goals.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework guidance, and support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity when life is unpredictable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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