About Ossnat
Ossnat (Ossie) Tovia is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and attention concerns. She speaks English and Hebrew and brings nearly three decades of experience to sessions. Ossie aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive, meeting people where they are without judgment.
She works with adults on mood and motivation, including bipolar mood swings, impulsivity, and social anxiety.
Background and approach
She also supports people navigating relationship strains, parenting stress, and the impact of trauma or abandonment. Concerns related to autism and attention differences are also within her focus areas. Ossie uses straightforward, practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also draws on mindfulness practices to build calm and awareness, and psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from earlier life that still matter today. Sessions are adapted to each person's needs, with a plan formed together and adjusted as progress is made. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles.
Her work spans many challenges people bring when life changes feel overwhelming. With 29 years of experience as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Ossie focuses on clear goals, steady support, and helping clients develop skills they can use outside the session.
How Ossie’s Approaches Work Online
Ossie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness approaches in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help reduce reactivity and ground attention in the present.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That might mean combining practical CBT exercises with short mindfulness practices or discussing deeper life patterns when that feels helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions let people talk without being on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, notes between sessions, or when a shorter format fits a busy day. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Hebrew