About Damaris
Damaris Torres helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns. She also supports people working on self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar management, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Damaris is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida with 12 years of experience.
Damaris aims for a straightforward and warm approach in sessions. She listens first and helps people name what feels most urgent.
Background and approach
Then she and the client pick practical steps to try between meetings. She keeps language simple and focuses on skills that can be used in daily life. Her work often includes strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high. Sessions move at a pace that fits the person's needs and tolerance for change. Damaris creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through difficult moments.
She encourages small, measurable goals so progress is visible. When appropriate, she teaches coping tools for managing cravings, mood swings, relationship conflict, or parenting stress. People who seek her out tend to want practical support and clearer ways to handle tough emotions.
Damaris helps clients build skills, try new strategies, and adjust plans when something isn’t working. She invites clients to take one steady step at a time toward feeling more able to cope.
How CBT and DBT translate to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing alternate behaviors or thought records between meetings to reduce anxiety, depression, or problem behaviors.DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. In remote DBT-informed work, a therapist teaches practical skills for managing intense feelings, handling crises, and improving communication in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose strategies that match a person's goals, symptoms, and daily routine. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when a technique isn’t working or needs to be paced differently.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins or skills practice possible between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, childcare, or travel schedules while still learning and applying CBT and DBT skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English