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Dr. Celena Heine

Dr. Celena Heine, LMHC

Florida

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Florida LMHC - Guilt and shame, Anxiety

  • Attachment-based work
  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness practice

About Celena

Dr. Celena Heine is a Florida LMHC with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults carrying stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and coaching needs, among other concerns. She also lists guilt and shame as an area she focuses on.

She approaches sessions in a direct, person-focused way. Conversations and plans are based on what a client brings in the room. Practical strategies and moment-to-moment reflection are used alongside talk therapy to address day-to-day struggles.

Her background includes work with people facing relationship strain, problems rooted in family of origin, grief, addiction, and challenges such as sleep disruption and low self-esteem. She names attachment issues, abandonment, and codependency among the concerns she often sees. The description of her practice highlights both coaching for professional goals and clinical support for mood and trauma-related symptoms.

Dr. Heine describes using a mix of attachment-based approaches, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. Sessions typically blend skills practice with reflective conversation so clients can test new ways of thinking and relating between appointments.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. People who want clear tools and steady conversational support for guilt, shame, or other long-standing struggles may find her approach a fit.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships. Online work using this approach looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and helps people try new ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior into specific steps. In remote sessions CBT often includes short practices between meetings, worksheets, and testing small changes in everyday routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. That may mean trying a few tools and adjusting as progress and feedback come in.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, because they are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, audio-only conversations when bandwidth is limited, or sessions that avoid travel time. Those practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while they test new skills and ways of thinking.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCodependencyCommunication problemsDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, coaching needs, and a range of related issues such as grief, addiction, and guilt and shame.

How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?

She uses a mix of attachment-based ideas, client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral strategies, DBT tools, and mindfulness to talk through those feelings and practice different responses.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience working with adults on mood, trauma, relationship, and coaching concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time; sessions are offered in English for clients based where she is licensed.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.

How does payment work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

Dr. Celena HeineLMHC

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