Tonine Garberino, LMHC, LPC

Tonine Garberino is a licensed mental health counselor who uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and relationship strain. She brings 17 years of experience and aims to create a calm space where clients can talk openly about what matters to them.

Her work often centers on Trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD, along with issues such as body image and eating struggles. She also supports people facing career stress, changes in family life, and difficulties with intimacy and self-esteem.

Tonine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing new ways of coping. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused, with strategies that people can try between meetings.

She has practiced across Florida and New Jersey and applies a practical approach to everyday problems like communication breakdowns, commitment worries, and parenting challenges after divorce or separation. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care concerns and with clients who experience dissociation or disruptive mood symptoms.

In sessions she listens without judgment and works collaboratively to set goals. People who reach out are guided through concrete steps toward better coping and clearer thinking, with supports tailored to each person’s situation.

How CBT Shapes Online Care and Practical Support

Tonine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thoughts and patterns that make problems worse and to practice different behaviors that improve mood and coping. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and some addictions because it breaks big problems into specific steps that can be worked on between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and what methods feel manageable. Together they choose techniques and adjust them over time so the work fits the client's needs and rhythm.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and letting people schedule shorter or more frequent check-ins when helpful. It can also help when someone needs a lower-bandwidth option or prefers not to be on camera for every meeting. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available and how to schedule sessions that work with your day.