About Kyle
Kyle Short is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with ten years of experience. He focuses on helping people facing substance use and persistent mental health challenges. He aims to guide clients through change in practical, step-by-step ways.
Kyle keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented. He listens first, then helps build small plans that fit daily life. Conversations often focus on coping skills, problem solving, and realistic next steps rather than long lectures.
Background and approach
His work covers stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and addiction-related issues. He also addresses concerns around self-esteem, body image, grief, anger, and obsessive thoughts. Kyle supports people dealing with trauma, relationship strains, and major life changes.
Kyle uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, and motivational interviewing to help people move forward. Sessions emphasize practical skills people can use between meetings.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Conversations are aimed at helping someone identify small goals, build motivation, and make steady progress over time.
Practical approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when anxiety, depression, or avoidance get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and some addictive behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting working relationship so people feel heard and can explore what matters to them.Kyle treats finding the right approach as a team process. He will talk with each person about goals, habits, and what feels realistic. Together they try methods, check what helps, and adjust plans based on progress and preference.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face interaction and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit a short break in a busy day or work when video bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use brief, focused support when needed. These formats aim to make therapy easier to fit into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English