About Tommy
Dr. Tommy Frye helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction, parenting challenges, and life transitions. He is Dr.
Tommy Frye, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Florida with 25 years of experience. He speaks English and accepts international clients. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused.
He listens first, then helps set clear goals. He uses practical techniques to reduce symptoms and improve everyday functioning.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to help people feel more steady and in control. Dr. Frye draws on client-centered methods to make sure each person feels heard.
He also uses cognitive approaches to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new skills. Emotion-focused work and mindfulness practices are added when emotions need to be understood and regulated. Over 25 years he has worked with a wide range of concerns from trauma and abuse to parenting and caregiving stress.
He also assists with issues like ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, intimacy and commitment worries, and career-related strain. His background includes counseling across different age groups and settings. In sessions he combines listening with goal-setting and practical homework.
He may use motivational interviewing to support change and readiness. The aim is to create a plan that fits each person’s life and values. People who want concrete tools and calm, steady guidance often find this approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. The therapist reflects concerns back and helps clients explore their own goals, which can help with relationship strain, grief, or low self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns that increase anxiety or depression and teaches concrete skills to change them. It is useful for stress, panic, mood shifts, and many everyday problems because it includes clear practice tasks between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work through strong emotions in relationships. It can be useful when intimacy, attachment, or communication problems are central concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That process is collaborative and paced to the person's needs.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when travel is difficult. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or getting on camera is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Virginia
- Languages
- English