Giovanna Agostinelli, LMHC, LCMHC
Compassionate, practical therapy for life changes
Details
| Name | Giovanna Agostinelli |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC, LCMHC |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida, Utah |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 8 |
About Giovanna
Giovanna Agostinelli is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who approaches therapy with warmth and attention. She aims to make each session feel understandable and practical. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and parenting concerns.
Giovanna also supports people facing trauma, addiction, grief, identity questions, and life transitions. She uses Narrative therapy alongside cognitive and acceptance-based methods to help people reframe difficult stories. Sessions often focus on what matters most to the client and on small steps that fit day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Giovanna draws on attachment ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Giovanna holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and has eight years of clinical experience. She has worked in a range of settings and pays attention to cultural background and identity in sessions.
Her approach is collaborative and tailored to each person's needs. Therapy with her includes talking through present problems, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways of responding. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build skills and notice thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different routines. Giovanna works from Florida and conducts therapy in English. She does not take international clients.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Giovanna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Giovanna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Giovanna directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Giovanna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Giovanna draws on Narrative therapy to help people look at the stories they tell about themselves and to find new, more helpful ways to frame difficult experiences. This work often helps with identity questions, relationship patterns, and understanding past events in a new light. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings, clarifying values, and taking small committed actions toward what matters. ACT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Giovanna treats therapy as a collaborative effort and will talk with each person about goals and preferences. Together they decide whether Narrative, ACT, attachment ideas, or CBT techniques are best for a particular concern and then try those methods in sessions to see what fits.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations, phone calls can be a simpler option that uses less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work when schedules or locations change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, addiction, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using Narrative approaches with CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to reframe stories and build everyday skills.
What is her clinical background?
She has eight years of experience working in a variety of settings and brings attention to cultural background and identity in sessions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Florida with licensure noted as FL LMHC and UT LCMHC.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different preferences and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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