Therapist profile
Kay Carsto, LMHC
Florida
LMHC in Florida - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with KayWhere Kay stands
- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Florida / MH8609
- NPI
- 1922205210
- Experience
- 26 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Florida
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Codependency focus
About Kay
Kay Carsto is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida with 26 years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, LGBTQ concerns, intimacy issues, and depression. Kay also works with people who are wrestling with codependency and feelings of emptiness.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She creates a setting where clients can speak plainly about what is happening in their life. Conversations focus on recognizing patterns, naming feelings, and trying small changes that make daily life easier.
Sessions often include talking through what keeps someone stuck and experimenting with new ways of setting limits or reacting to others. When addiction or dissociation is present, Kay addresses how those experiences affect relationships and decision making. She pays attention to how social anxiety, panic, and mood shifts affect functioning.
Kay brings many years of client work to each meeting. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and to track progress over time. The emphasis is on practical steps - clearer boundaries, better coping skills, and more reliable mood management.
Her practice is based in Florida and sessions are conducted in English. People who want to start will be asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to get oriented and set goals.
How sessions work
Evidence-based methods and online sessions
Kay uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address problems like anxiety, addiction-related behavior, codependency, and mood disorders. One common approach focuses on identifying thinking and behavior patterns that keep someone stuck and then trying specific behavioral changes to reduce distress. This helps with panic, social anxiety, and everyday stress. Another useful method involves skills-building for coping and emotion regulation so people have concrete tools for managing cravings, intense feelings, or dissociative moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client look at current problems, goals, and preferences and then decide what to try first. That collaboration lets treatment shift if one strategy is not helpful or if needs change over time.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow for shorter check-in meetings when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone have a session without being on camera or use a simpler connection with less data use when that helps keep the meeting manageable.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
26+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, LGBTQ-related concerns, intimacy issues, and depression. Codependency and related relationship patterns are also within her focus.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and direct. Sessions focus on naming patterns, trying small changes, and building coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
Kay has 26 years of professional experience working with clients on a range of concerns including mood disorders and addictive behavior.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and practices there.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What format are sessions and how much do they cost?
Please confirm current session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.