Tressa Bloom , LMHC

Tressa Bloom is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 27 years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and brings a long history of study and hands-on work to her sessions. She focuses on supporting people facing issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and challenges with self-esteem and mood. She also helps clients who identify as LGBT and those coping with parenting, career strain, or life transitions.

Her training includes an Associate in Applied Science, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master of Arts in Community/Clinical Psychology, a Master of Arts in General Psychology, and advanced PhD studies all but dissertation. She uses that background to tailor her approach to each person. Tressa adapts methods over time as problems and goals become clearer.

In session she emphasizes a collaborative process. She discusses treatment choices openly and invites people to help decide which strategies to try. That may include exploring past experiences, looking at current thinking patterns, or focusing on practical steps to change behavior.

Tressa works with a broad range of concerns including mood disorders, trauma and abuse, ADHD, eating issues, compassion fatigue, and complex grief. She also addresses additional focus areas such as attachment issues, body image, codependency, and communication problems. People come to her for both short-term problem solving and longer-term exploration.

She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats. The first session typically reviews goals, current struggles, and the best way to move forward together.

Approaches and how online therapy can help

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience, helping them feel heard and involved in decisions about their care. It is useful for issues like self-esteem, grief, and relationship concerns where validation and collaboration matter.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at current thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and coping when life circumstances feel overwhelming.

Tressa treats approach selection as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress or new information emerges. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people meet face to face, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping focus on practical change and emotional support.