- CBT strategies
- ACT techniques
- Attachment focus
About Giovanna
Giovanna Agostinelli is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Utah with eight years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and blended family issues among other concerns. Sessions are offered in English and she maintains attention to cultural differences.
Giovanna uses a mix of practical tools and conversation to help people manage daily distress. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients clarify what matters and take steps toward those values.
Attachment-based work is part of her approach when relationships and early patterns matter. That can look like talking through how early bonds affect current trust, closeness, or parenting. Dialectical behavior therapy skills may be introduced to teach concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance techniques.
Her background includes work across settings with varied ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds. She has experience supporting people dealing with grief, addiction concerns, body image, ADHD, caregiving stress, and intimacy-related issues among others. She notes openness to integrating faith-based or Christian interventions when appropriate for the client.
Giovanna aims to match methods to each person's needs rather than using a single formula. People looking for help with stepfamily challenges, co-parenting tensions, or merging households can expect focused, practical conversation about next steps and coping strategies.
Approaches used in online sessions
Giovanna commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and trying different skills to change how those patterns affect daily life; it can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts without getting stuck in them and taking values-based actions; it can be useful when clients want clearer direction about what matters to them.She also incorporates attachment-based ideas when relationship history affects current interactions. That approach looks at how early bonds shape expectations and communication and can help when trust, closeness, or parenting patterns are a concern. Together these methods offer skills work, reflection, and practical planning in sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That choice is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography did not list formats here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, skills practice, and homework to an online setting to help address blended family concerns and everyday stressors.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Florida, Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, blended family issues, parenting matters, and related topics listed in her profile.
How would she describe her therapy style?
She uses practical, evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, combined with attachment-based conversation and some DBT skills for emotion regulation.
What is her professional experience?
She has eight years of clinical experience working across different settings with a range of presenting problems and cultural backgrounds.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LMHC and LCMHC, with licensure in Florida (FL LMHC) and Utah (UT LCMHC); her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the provided biography.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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