About Cely
Cely Gonzalez is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and a range of relationship and family concerns. She also supports people coping with trauma, parenting challenges, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Cely works in English and brings a warm, respectful approach to each conversation.
Cely keeps sessions interactive and practical. She aims to understand what matters most to each person and then tailors conversations and strategies to fit those goals.
Background and approach
Expect straightforward talk, goal setting, and skill practice rather than labels or jargon. Her background includes three years as a licensed mental health counselor and prior work in individual counseling and utilization review coordination. That mix gave her regular experience with mood disorders, addiction concerns, trauma, and caregiving stress across different life stages.
Cely draws on several therapeutic approaches to meet each person’s needs. She blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive-behavioral tools, emotion-focused techniques, and client-centered listening. She chooses methods based on what a person wants to change and how they respond in sessions.
The first visits focus on what’s most pressing, clear goal-setting, and simple practices to try between sessions. Over time she helps people track progress, adjust plans, and build coping skills for day-to-day life. Her style is empathetic, direct, and focused on workable steps toward improvement.
Practical therapies to use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and some forms of depression where shifting behavior matters more than changing every thought.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress by teaching specific skills to change thoughts and actions.
Cely treats the choice of approach as a team decision. She checks in about goals and preferences, tries approaches that fit those goals, and adjusts plans based on what works in early sessions. The process is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video gives a face-to-face feel for deeper conversation, phone can be a quicker option with less bandwidth, and chat or messaging works well for short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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