About Juanita
Juanita Riley is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing major life changes and painful emotions. She has 35 years of experience and works with adults on relationship struggles, trauma, grief, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate.
She listens without judgment and helps clients name what matters most to them. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings and on noticing patterns that keep problems stuck.
Background and approach
Juanita blends several methods to match each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take small meaningful actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports clearer emotional expression in close relationships. In practice she emphasizes rebuilding self-trust, improving communication, and coping with stress and caregiver burnout. She also addresses issues like abandonment, codependency, infidelity, and end-of-life concerns in a direct, empathic way.
Her work is practical and goal-oriented while staying respectful of each person's story. People who want clear tools, steady support, and honest conversation often find this style helpful. Juanita practices in Florida as an LMHC and offers sessions in English.
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, values-driven steps. It helps people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by big choices or fear of making the wrong move. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) encourages clearer expression of emotions and helps people improve connection and communication in important relationships.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust the plan as needed. That way the work stays focused on what the client wants to change or achieve.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are close to an in-person conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English