Vanessa Cahuenas, LMHC
Calm, practical support for stress and relationships
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
How Vanessa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Vanessa
Vanessa Cahuenas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida. She has 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood changes, and anger. Vanessa talks with clients about relationship and intimacy concerns, sexual health, and identity-related struggles in a clear, direct way.
She uses straightforward methods to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Sessions focus on real-life steps - practicing new skills, testing ideas between visits, and checking what works.
Background and approach
Vanessa draws on approaches that help people connect values to action and improve day-to-day coping. Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and issues that affect self-esteem. She also supports people navigating gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, and multicultural identities.
Vanessa pays attention to how attachment and past relationships shape current behavior and feelings. Therapy may include strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, tailored to what each person needs. She also uses attachment-focused conversations and relationship-centered methods when relevant.
The goal is practical change that fits a person’s life. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People start by answering a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
Vanessa aims to help clients find manageable ways to feel steadier and more in control.
What Vanessa works with
Everything Vanessa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Vanessa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It focuses on practical actions and building a livable relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, then teaches tools to test and change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people try different ways of relating to others and to themselves.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what methods fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. That decision can shift as progress is made or new issues arise.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be a good option when internet bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can work for shorter check-ins or when writing helps process thoughts. These formats make it easier to fit appointments around work, family, and travel while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
Questions people ask about Vanessa
What issues does Vanessa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and mood disorders, plus relationship and intimacy concerns and trauma-related problems.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions focus on practical skills and small steps. She combines evidence-based methods to help people change patterns and try new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Vanessa has 15 years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, trauma, sexual health concerns, and relationship issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Vanessa?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.