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Dr. Rosa Salas

Profile / United States

Dr. Rosa Salas, LMFT

Florida

Dr. Rosa Salas LMFT - Anxiety and Stress

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  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Attachment-based work
  • English and Spanish

About Rosa

Dr. Rosa Salas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and offers services in English and Spanish. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and parenting challenges, and anger management.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a central, practical tool to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavioral responses. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationship patterns influence feelings. Client-centered methods shape sessions so the client's own goals guide the pace and focus.

Dr. Salas works with neurodiversity-affirming principles when supporting autistic adults and pays attention to aging, caregiver stress, and immigration-related concerns. She incorporates EMDR for trauma work and the Gottman Method for relationship-focused skill building where appropriate. These approaches are blended to match the problem at hand rather than applied all at once.

Many clients use written formats to reflect between sessions and revisit techniques later. Dr. Salas emphasizes clear, structured steps - noticing thoughts, testing them, and practicing different actions. She encourages small experiments that fit daily life and builds skills over time.

To begin, readers are asked to follow the site's online therapy flow: complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Membership-based billing is used and can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Dr. Salas commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods when working remotely. CBT here means identifying specific thoughts that increase worry or low mood, testing those thoughts with brief experiments, and practicing new behaviors to change how people feel. Attachment-based work looks at how relationship patterns affect reactions and helps clients try different ways of connecting. Client-centered methods keep the client's goals and timing central, so each session focuses on what the person wants to address next.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She discusses options with each person and together they decide which methods to try first based on goals, symptoms, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps set clear steps and short-term tasks to try between meetings.

The original biography indicates a strong emphasis on live chat and messaging, with audio and video also mentioned. Confirm the current session formats before booking so expectations match. Online work can make it easier to fit check-ins into a busy day, allow written notes to be revisited later, and let people use shorter or more frequent contacts when that supports practice. Therapists help adapt exercises to the chosen format so work continues between sessions without needing a clinic visit.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger management

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman Method

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

Florida, Illinois, New York, Maine

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with most often?

She helps people with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, low self-esteem, life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma, grief, eating issues, parenting stress, and anger.

How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors through small, practical exercises and structured steps.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She is an LMFT with 20 years of experience working on a wide range of emotional and relational issues.

Where is she licensed and based?

She practices in Florida and holds LMFT credentials listed for ME and NY as well; the profile notes Florida as her practice location.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are used?

The original biography highlights live chat and messaging as primary formats and also notes audio and video are available; confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions billed and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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