Giovanna Agostinelli , LMHC, LCMHC

Giovanna Agostinelli is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and questions about identity and intimacy. She works with individuals who are dealing with grief, parenting strain, addictions, mood shifts, and the everyday pressure of life changes. Giovanna aims to make conversations feel straightforward and useful from the first session.

She draws on eight years of clinical experience across different settings. Her style is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear skills, emotional understanding, and steps people can try between meetings.

Giovanna often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to build new behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice difficult feelings while moving toward what matters. Attachment-based work helps explore patterns that repeat in close relationships.

Her background includes work with trauma, abuse, and family-related concerns, and she pays attention to cultural and identity issues, including LGBT matters. She has provided support around adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, and intimacy-related challenges.

Giovanna is licensed in Florida as an LMHC and also holds LCMHC licensure in Utah. Sessions are offered in English and delivered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The subscription for sessions can be canceled at any time.

To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits with the therapist's availability. The process is set up so a person can move from the questionnaire to a first session fairly quickly.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Giovanna often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out small behavioral changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day problems where thoughts and actions interact.

She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy which teaches noticing difficult feelings without getting stuck in them, while clarifying personal values and taking values-based action. ACT can help with emotional avoidance and motivation during life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Giovanna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try techniques that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps adjust methods if something isn’t working and keeps the plan focused on real-life results.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when they want it. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to connect from different places and schedules while keeping therapy practical and focused on change.