About Geralyn
Dr. Geralyn Dexter is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, stress, and major life changes. She brings a calm, direct style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Her work centers on helping people live more authentically and rebuild a sense of balance. She addresses concerns such as substance use, self-harm, bipolar mood shifts, and workplace stress.
Background and approach
She also supports folks coping with caregiver burden, chronic illness, isolation, and the emotional fallout of relationship problems. Geralyn mixes a few structured approaches depending on what a person needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, dialectical skills for emotion regulation, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
Motivational interviewing is part of her work when people want help making behavior changes like reducing substance use. Her background spans intensive outpatient programs, in-home therapy, independent practice, and startup settings. That variety has shaped a flexible style that adapts to each person’s routines and constraints.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on doable goals rather than abstract concepts. People who choose her often want clear tools and steady support during hard transitions. She works from Florida and holds the LMHC credential.
Sessions are offered in English and available through a mix of online formats.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Dr. Dexter commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based strategies. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and shifting thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which helps with anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment coping.She also integrates dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotion regulation is a primary concern. DBT skills help with managing intense feelings, reducing impulsive actions, and improving communication in stressful moments. Each method is presented in plain steps and practiced between sessions so people build confidence over time.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, daily routine, and preferences, then try strategies that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked so the work feels relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversation and skill demonstration. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief updates, coping reminders, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other time constraints.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English