Tisela Viera , LCSW

Tisela Viera is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She also offers support around chronic illness and pain, cancer-related concerns, social anxiety, and issues many women face. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to meet different communication needs.

Tisela aims to make the first steps feel manageable. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s hard and start building simple, practical coping tools. She focuses on helping people regain a sense of control and purpose after loss, illness, or stressful life shifts.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and on acceptance and commitment techniques that focus on values and small action steps. Motivational interviewing and narrative approaches are used to clarify goals and reshape the stories clients tell themselves.

Over ten years of practice have included supporting people through post-traumatic stress, family of origin concerns, guilt and shame, and loneliness. She also addresses financial stress and communication problems that make daily life harder.

Tisela emphasizes collaboration: she listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals. Therapy can include short-term problem-focused work or longer exploration of life purpose and self-love. Her sessions aim to leave people with usable strategies they can apply between meetings.

Online approaches and flexible care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic illness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and patterns so behavior and mood can improve; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and social fears. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and support so clients feel heard while they decide their next steps; it is helpful for grief, life transitions, and building self-compassion.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then use collaborative planning to pick strategies that fit. That lets sessions be tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier with limited bandwidth, live chat offers quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping focus on practical progress and emotional relief.