Shalin Candelaria, LMHC
Florida · 5 years in practice
Shalin Candelaria is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH25496 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1386369643 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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 Shalin
Shalin Candelaria is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She offers clear, practical support for everyday struggles and major life changes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and take place online by video, phone, chat, or text.
Shalin uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people better understand strong emotions and how those feelings affect choices and relationships. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods to build coping skills and make small, concrete changes.
Background and approach
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Gottman Method approaches may be used where helpful. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She aims to make sessions feel calm and direct, so people can talk through what matters and try out new ways of handling stress.
The focus is on what works in day-to-day life rather than labels. Shalin has five years of clinical experience in Florida as an LMHC. She has helped people with issues including self-esteem, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, substance use, eating issues, and coping after divorce or disaster.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shalin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shalin names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 online therapy and therapeutic approaches work together
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and make sense of strong feelings that drive behavior. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and struggles tied to attachment and abandonment. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's needs, giving space to speak and be heard without pressure. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical coping strategies to reduce symptoms and build new habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so sessions stay relevant to the client's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make scheduling more flexible. Video is good for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or brief progress notes. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and try different ways of connecting to see what helps most.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem issues. Additional focus areas include chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, body image, substance concerns, and relationship challenges.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Her work is collaborative and person-centered with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions focus on emotions, thoughts, and actions that affect daily life.
What background does she bring to therapy?
She has five years of clinical experience working with individuals on a range of emotional and life-change concerns. Her practice emphasizes clear coping strategies and emotional understanding.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the credential LMHC and is licensed in Florida as an LMHC.
Can I work with her in my language?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Are international clients accepted?
She is not currently accepting international clients; sessions are provided within the therapist's licensed region.
How are sessions delivered and what formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits best for the client. Different formats can suit quick check-ins or longer therapy conversations.
What does therapy cost and how do payments work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing is provided during the matching and scheduling steps.
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