- CBT techniques
- EMDR for trauma
- Client-centered care
About Shalin
Shalin Candelaria is a Florida LMHC with five years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, and people coping with life changes. Shalin speaks English and Spanish and offers counseling from Florida.
Shalin focuses on clear, practical work. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect what matters most to each person. She incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also uses EMDR for trauma-related symptoms and Emotionally-Focused Therapy for relationship patterns when relevant.
Sessions aim to build skills for day-to-day coping. Shalin helps people develop ways to manage strong emotions, reduce anxiety, and navigate transitions like separation or caregiving stress. She also addresses concerns such as body image, addiction, chronic illness, and grief related to cancer or loss.
Her style is collaborative and paced to the client. She works on practical strategies, explores patterns that maintain pain, and practices new ways of responding. The emphasis is on what the person wants to change and steps they can try between sessions.
Shalin uses plain language during sessions and offers therapy in Spanish when helpful. Getting started involves completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment. Costs vary by location and use a cancel-anytime subscription model.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting the person’s concerns. The therapist follows the client’s lead, clarifies what matters, and helps people make choices that fit their life. This approach helps when shame or guilt needs to be voiced and understood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include practical exercises and short behavioral experiments to try between meetings. This can help reduce anxiety and change self-critical thinking patterns.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for trauma-related symptoms and involves guided processing of upsetting memories. When appropriate, EMDR can be adapted to work in scheduled remote sessions that include preparation, processing, and stabilization steps.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client’s goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to use over time.
Confirm the therapist's current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time so therapy can be scheduled around work or caregiving responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she support?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional concerns include grief, caregiving strain, chronic illness, addiction, and body image.
How does she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered approach and practical tools from CBT to name and reframe painful thoughts. EMDR may be used when traumatic memories maintain intense shame.
What is her background and experience?
She holds the LMHC credential and has five years of clinical experience working with adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Florida LMHC and provides services from Florida.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. The site matching process will clarify how sessions are held.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapy 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 your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.