About Claudette
Claudette Gaynor is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She speaks plain about goals and next steps so people know what to expect. Claudette emphasizes self-acceptance and self-compassion as the foundation for change.
She uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person's values and choices in focus. Claudette blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to shift unhelpful beliefs and daily habits.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical exercises and brief homework to practice new skills between meetings. Meditation and mindfulness are part of her toolkit and are offered in ways that fit everyday life. Claudette guides people to notice patterns, try new responses, and build small routines that reduce reactivity and increase calm.
She also supports those dealing with trauma, addiction, intimacy issues, and caregiving stress. With 19 years of experience, Claudette helps people identify internal resources and take concrete steps toward a more meaningful life. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client actively participates in setting goals and practicing changes.
Claudette accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. Her practice offers a mix of conversation, skills training, and mindfulness practice. People who prefer clear, action-oriented work with a steady emphasis on self-compassion may find her style a good match.
Online approaches that combine skills and mindfulness
Claudette draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while committing to actions that reflect their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the person's experience and priorities. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting the person to find their own solutions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claudette collaborates with clients to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts methods over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided mindfulness practice, phone sessions can fit a work break or lower bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English