About Jonathan
Jonathan Stahl is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 11 years of clinical experience. He uses straightforward language and a practical approach to help people tackle anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship strains. He pulls from client-centered work to put the person's concerns first.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used to spot thought patterns and try new behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps when relationships and attachment issues are central.
Background and approach
Jonathan has worked with people facing trauma, domestic violence, and substance use concerns. He also supports those dealing with parenting challenges, blended family issues, body image struggles, and sexual or kink-related topics. His experience includes helping people cope with career changes, caregiver stress, and complicated grief.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. He works with individuals on communication, setting boundaries, and managing anger or compulsive behaviors. When helpful, he integrates ideas from Jungian and existential approaches to explore meaning and personal values.
People who choose him can expect a collaborative process. Jonathan helps clients identify the next small steps, adapt strategies between sessions, and measure progress over time. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for convenient care.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities, offering empathy and nonjudgmental listening to help people name what matters and decide on next steps. This approach is useful for self-esteem, grief, and life transitions where feeling heard matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions can include short worksheets, behavior experiments, and skills practice to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address compulsive habits.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and how emotions shape interactions. Together the therapist and client map those patterns and try new responses to improve connection and reduce distress in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, comfort, and the issues at hand. That plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - offer flexibility. Video is useful for deep conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a work break or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skills practice, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English