About Ana-Maria
Ana-Maria Medina is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works in English and Spanish and brings seven years of experience to each conversation. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She begins by listening to what matters most to the client. From there she adapts the plan to match real life needs and goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings and on building skills that stay useful over time. Clients come with many concerns beyond mood and worry. Medina also supports people facing trauma and abuse, self-esteem and identity questions, and major life transitions like parenthood or fertility struggles.
She pays attention to workplace stress, discrimination, and the strain of immigration or financial worry. Her style is respectful and direct. She helps clients name problems, test small changes, and notice what works.
Progress is discussed in plain terms so people can see what’s changing and what still needs work. Medina practices in Florida as an LMHC - licensed mental health counselor - and she accepts clients who prefer sessions in English or Spanish. She works with international clients as well, and offers flexible online formats to fit varied schedules.
Approaches That Guide Online Care
Ana-Maria Medina uses evidence-based techniques that focus on real-life change. One common approach she draws on emphasizes skill-building for managing anxiety and depression. This involves learning practical coping tools, testing small behavioral changes, and tracking what helps day to day. Another approach centers on processing trauma and painful experiences in a paced way, helping people reduce distress and regain control over reactions.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose approaches and adjust them over time so sessions match the client’s needs and pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or scattered schedules. Video calls let conversations feel close to an in-person visit, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging provide brief check-ins or ways to process between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or different time zones while keeping the focus on practical change and steady support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English, Spanish