Therapist profile
Tina Salerno, LMFT
Florida
LMFT helping adults with codependency and relationships
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- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, Florida / MT2879
- NPI
- 1093310401
- Experience
- 31 years
- Languages
- English, Armenian
- Location
- Florida
About
- Codependency patterns
- CBT and DBT skills
- Relationship concerns
About Tina
Tina Salerno is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in Florida with 31 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and codependency patterns.
Tina uses straightforward, practical talk in sessions. She listens for patterns that keep someone putting others first or avoiding their own needs. Together they name the behaviors and try small, workable changes to test in daily life.
Her work draws on Client-Centered ideas that focus on each person's perspective. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change thinking and behavior cycles. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when strong emotions make it hard to manage reactions.
In sessions she combines questions, reflective listening, and concrete tools. That might include communication skills, problem-solving steps, or strategies to reduce cravings and urges related to addiction. She also helps people practice boundaries and ways to reclaim time for themselves.
Tina has long experience with grief, parenting stress, career strain, ADHD, and issues related to adoption and attachment. She speaks English and Armenian, and she works with international clients as well. Her Florida LMFT credential is used to guide clinical decisions.
To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary by location.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Tina commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding how a person sees their situation and responding in ways that clarify thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.She also brings Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills into sessions when emotion regulation or interpersonal stress is a key problem. DBT skills help with managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication under pressure. These methods are often used together to address codependency patterns, relationship difficulties, anxiety, and addictive behaviors.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss clients' goals, preferences, and everyday constraints and then try approaches that fit. This is a collaborative process with adjustments over time based on what helps most.
Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, use a shorter check-in when needed, or choose a session style that reduces time off from work. Licensed professionals adapt tools and exercises so people can practice skills between sessions and apply them in real life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
31+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Armenian
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, and many related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions focus on practical talk, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing small changes in daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 31 years of clinical experience as a therapist working with adults on a wide range of issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida LMFT and practices in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Armenian.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location.
What do I need to do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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.