About Cassandra
Cassandra Waudby is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and problems tied to trauma or addiction. She uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to help clients feel more grounded and regain a sense of agency in daily life.
Her style centers on listening first and building a plan that fits each person's goals. Sessions often include concrete tools for coping, communication practice, and ways to reframe thoughts that fuel worry or low self-worth.
Background and approach
She brings ten years of experience to this work and draws on a few different therapy methods to match what each person needs. Cassanda uses Client-Centered techniques to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where people can speak freely. She also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thought patterns that increase distress and to train practical skills for change.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities. She addresses a wide range of concerns including grief, eating and body-image issues, relationship patterns like codependency, feelings of emptiness, and life transitions such as divorce or separation. Addiction-related struggles and bipolar-related challenges are also within her scope of work.
Sessions are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their day. Conversations are collaborative, with regular check-ins to adjust the plan as progress is made.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It helps people speak openly about feelings and clarify their goals with gentle, nonjudgmental feedback. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating difficult moments without acting impulsively.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to pick methods that match a person's goals, day-to-day demands, and preferences. That may mean starting with conversation and then adding CBT exercises or DBT skills when they suit the issues at hand.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions and to keep momentum with short updates or homework. These formats help people maintain continuity of care across changing schedules and locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English