- Guilt and shame
- Anxiety and depression
- Addictions and eating concerns
About Phoebe
Phoebe Maisto is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor. She holds the LMHC credential and has three years of professional experience supporting adults with stress, anxiety, addictions, eating concerns, and depression.
Phoebe focuses on clear conversation and practical steps. She helps people talk through overwhelming feelings and make small changes that fit their life. Her work includes attention to guilt and shame when those feelings come up around relationships, choices, or body image.
In sessions she aims for straightforward, nonjudgmental discussion. Phoebe listens to what is most pressing and helps set short-term goals clients can try between meetings. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment, attachment, communication problems, and isolation when they connect to current worries.
Phoebe draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work, using methods that help with mood, impulse control, and coping skills. She encourages practices that build self-awareness and more manageable day-to-day habits. This can include checking how thoughts influence feelings and testing out new behaviors in real situations.
People who come to her often want help with life changes like divorce or caregiver stress, or with deeper concerns such as self-love and forgiveness. She asks about each person’s goals and adjusts the focus as needed. To begin, she asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How evidence-based approaches guide online work
Phoebe uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to focus conversations and skills practice. One common approach she uses looks at how thoughts influence moods and behaviors, helping people test out different thinking patterns and notice the effects. This is useful for anxiety, depression, and persistent guilt where unhelpful thinking keeps a problem active.She also employs behavioral strategies that break down problems into small steps. Clients might set brief experiments between meetings to practice new responses to triggers, which can help with impulse control, addictions, and social anxiety. These steps are concrete and meant to fit into everyday life.
Finding the right fit is collaborative. Phoebe will discuss different approaches with each person and choose methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts plans as clients report what helps and what does not.
Confirm the session formats she currently offers before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities and can reduce travel time. They also allow sessions that are shorter or less frequent when that better matches a person’s schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she address related to guilt or shame?
She works with guilt and shame alongside issues like body image, forgiveness, abandonment, and relationship communication.
How would she approach feelings of guilt in a session?
Phoebe uses clear conversation and evidence-based techniques to examine thoughts and behaviors and to set small, practical steps clients can try between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She is a Florida LMHC with three years of professional work helping people with stress, anxiety, addictions, eating concerns, and depression.
Where is she licensed and based?
Her credential is LMHC and she is licensed in Florida.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
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.