Juanita Riley, LMHC
Florida · 35 years in practice
Juanita Riley is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 35 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH4756 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1639317001 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Juanita
Juanita Riley is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 35 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, or major life changes. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping clients feel heard and move forward in small steps.
In sessions she listens first, then helps people name painful feelings and understand how those feelings affect choices.
Background and approach
She uses practical tools to manage stress, sleep problems, and anger, and helps clients strengthen self-esteem and decision making. Conversations are guided by what each person needs most in the moment. Her background includes long experience supporting people through loss, caregiver strain, and complicated family problems.
She brings attention to patterns like codependency, commitment worries, communication problems, and the impact of past abuse. This experience shapes how she helps people find new ways to relate to themselves and others. Juanita draws on a mix of approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered work, and existential ideas.
She blends these methods to match practical goals like better sleep, reduced anxiety, or clearer career direction. Sessions aim to create realistic, doable changes rather than quick fixes. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
Conversations about goals and preferred methods happen early, so each plan feels manageable and fits daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Juanita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Juanita names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and shift painful emotion-driven patterns in close relationships. Online sessions can guide someone to notice their reactions and try new ways of relating, which is useful for attachment worries and communication problems.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and making values-based choices. In remote sessions, ACT exercises and mindfulness practices can be taught and practiced between meetings to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action.
Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and a nonjudgmental stance so people feel understood. That supportive stance carries well across video, phone, or text and creates space for honest self-reflection and growth.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as therapy unfolds. Clients and the therapist work together to try strategies and decide what to keep or change.
Online formats offer flexibility and different practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face contact for body language and expression. Phone sessions can be easier when audio alone reduces bandwidth needs. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, work between sessions, and shorter emotional checkups without being on camera. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different life situations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns can be addressed in therapy?
Juanita works with issues such as relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, sleep problems, anger, and career strain. She also focuses on related topics like caregiver stress, codependency, infidelity, and end-of-life counseling.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Therapy is grounded in a warm, listening-first approach that helps people name feelings and take practical steps. The work balances emotional understanding with tools for behavior change and coping.
What is Juanita’s background and experience?
She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 35 years of clinical experience supporting people through major life transitions and complex emotional concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
Juanita holds a Florida LMHC credential and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and getting started handled?
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