Anthia Casanova

Anthia Casanova is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. She works with concerns related to addiction, LGBT issues, self-esteem, and motivation. Anthia focuses on practical steps people can use day to day and supports clients as they build on their own strengths.

She approaches therapy from a client-centered perspective, which means she listens first and follows the client's lead. Anthia also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to help with overwhelming thoughts, intense emotions, and impulsive behaviors. Motivational Interviewing is part of her toolkit for people who want to make lasting change.

Sessions are grounded in clear, doable strategies. Anthia helps clients spot patterns, practice new skills, and set small goals that add up over time. She pays attention to attachment, abandonment concerns, and communication problems that often affect relationships and self-image.

Her work covers a wide range of life stressors such as grief, career shifts, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and issues around sexuality and social anxiety. The tone in sessions tends to be supportive and focused on forward movement.

Anthia believes people already carry resources that therapy can strengthen. She encourages a collaborative process where clients name their priorities and try approaches that fit their day-to-day life. For readers in Florida and beyond who speak English, she offers help and accepts international clients.

Approaches that translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. In practice this means the therapist reflects what the client says, checks understanding, and supports the person's own choices and strengths. It helps when someone needs acceptance and a clear partner to talk things through.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build new, more helpful habits. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood-related symptoms.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and impulsive behavior. It teaches concrete techniques like grounding, distress tolerance, and better emotional communication, which can help with crisis moments and ongoing mood instability.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That may mean trying a skill for a few weeks and checking how it feels, then shifting focus based on progress and preference.

Please confirm available session formats before booking because specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce commute time. International clients are accepted, and the therapist can discuss what will work best for each individual's routine and needs.