About Porsha
Porsha Coates is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD-related challenges, parenting strain, and self-esteem concerns. She also offers coaching to support life purpose, communication, and emotional regulation. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at making daily life feel more manageable.
Coates uses clear, step-by-step strategies rather than jargon. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that cause trouble and testing new ways of responding.
Background and approach
She blends conversation with exercises clients can try between sessions to build better habits. She trained at the University of Hawaii with a Master of Science in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of North Florida. Her military background as a retired Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S.
Air Force informs her understanding of high-stress settings and veteran-related concerns. Therapeutic methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, narrative strategies, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. These are used to address communication problems, blended family issues, impulsivity, co-morbidity, and mood concerns in ways that fit each person’s life.
Coates pays attention to multicultural concerns and supports people navigating forgiveness, self-love, and the transition to young adulthood. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness, strengthen boundaries, and create practical tools for everyday challenges.
Approaches for change and how online sessions work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where the client’s goals lead the work. It helps when someone needs to sort out feelings, clarify values, or build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to reduce anxiety and manage mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to lower reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist will help decide what to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change as goals evolve. Sessions often combine conversation with practical homework so people can test new skills between meetings.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper one-on-one work and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a busy break or low-bandwidth needs. Live chat and text messaging are good for quick check-ins, skill practice, and brief coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English