Claudette Gaynor, LMHC

Claudette Gaynor is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and coping with major life changes. Claudette centers her work on self-acceptance and self-compassion so clients can feel worthy as they are and move toward lives they want to create.

She uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals first. Sessions include practical steps such as noticing long-held beliefs, trying new behaviors, and practicing exercises between meetings. Clients may be asked to complete short homework tasks and to use guided tutorials to reinforce what they learn in sessions.

Mindfulness and meditation are woven into the work when helpful. These practices are offered as simple tools to manage stress, reduce reactivity, and support calmer daily routines. Claudette combines these practices with evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and other approaches tailored to each person.

Her background emphasizes life-stage transitions, trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, addictions, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT concerns. She helps people identify internal resources, make changes, and build more meaningful routines and relationships.

Claudette describes therapy as a collaborative process. She guides people through focused exercises, practical coping skills, and reflective practices aimed at steady, sustainable change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own goals and pace, with the therapist offering empathetic listening and gentle reflection to help people uncover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying different behaviors to change mood and functioning; it is practical for stress, anxiety, and coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Expect some trial and adjustment early on as techniques are adapted to each person’s situation.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing work around family or job commitments. Some formats may also let people check in with shorter appointments, use phone audio when bandwidth is low, or continue regular practice with guided tutorials between sessions. Licensed professionals can tailor techniques like ACT, CBT, and client-centered listening to the online setting so people keep making steady progress.