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Tina Salerno, LMFT

Experienced Florida LMFT focused on practical change

31 years in practice · based in Florida · sessions in English, Armenian · online sessions

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About Tina

Tina Salerno is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Florida. She brings 31 years of clinical experience to help people manage anxiety, stress, addictions, depression, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. Tina also works with people coping with relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, and the fallout from trauma and abuse.

Her sessions are direct and practical. She talks with clients about patterns that cause pain and offers simple skills to try between meetings.

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Background and approach

Tina blends conversational listening with tools drawn from cognitive and behavioral methods to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. In practice she often uses Client-Centered techniques to build trust and DBT-style skills to help with emotion regulation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to challenge unhelpful thoughts and create new habits.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support change and the Gottman Method when relationship dynamics are a focus. Tina takes a straightforward, respectful approach. She helps people set small, achievable goals and tracks progress over time.

Many clients find the mix of warm listening and concrete exercises useful when facing setbacks or big transitions. She offers sessions in English and Armenian and works with international clients. Tina’s practice covers a wide range of concerns including ADHD, bipolar symptoms, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress, adoption and attachment issues, and communication problems.

To begin, prospective clients use an online matching process and schedule a time that works for them.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and understanding the person's view. It helps build trust and lets clients feel heard before moving into problem solving. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical exercises to change those patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and phobias. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for impulsivity, anger, and relationship stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, past efforts, and preferences, and then suggest one or a combination of methods. Together they try approaches and adjust what they do based on what helps most over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and detailed skills coaching. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth is limited or clients prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, coaching-style work, or times when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep regular appointments, work around schedules, and maintain continuity during life changes.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Tina supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related areas like body image and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens with a Client-Centered approach and pairs that listening with skills-based work to reduce symptoms and build coping strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has 31 years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist. That experience includes work with trauma, addiction, relationship dynamics, and long-term mood concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Florida LMFT and practices out of Florida while offering services to people in other regions as appropriate.
Which languages are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Armenian. She also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
31 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English, Armenian

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