About Geralyn
Dr. Geralyn Dexter is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship and workplace struggles.
She aims to create a calm, honest place to talk and plan steps forward. She works in plain, practical ways. Sessions often include learning new coping skills, trying small behavior changes, and practicing mindfulness exercises.
Dr. Dexter uses techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside motivational interviewing to help clients notice patterns and try different responses.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in intensive outpatient programs, in-home therapy, independent practice, and health-oriented startups. That variety shaped an adaptable style that fits people with busy schedules and complex needs. She draws on real-world experience when helping people balance goals and daily demands.
In sessions she focuses on collaboration and clear planning. People map what matters to them, set short-term steps, and review progress together. The pace is set by each person's needs and goals, with space for emotion and practical problem solving.
Dr. Dexter values empathy and straightforward feedback. She helps people build tools for anxiety, manage mood shifts, reduce burnout, and approach life changes with more ease.
She offers support for caregivers, those coping with chronic illness, and people facing addiction or workplace stress.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small actions that align with those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. It supports work on life direction, motivation, and coping with persistent worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and short experiments, which can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and workplace problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication when emotions run high.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Over a few sessions she will adjust methods and pace so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single model.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people work face-to-face without commuting. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or when a written format helps someone process thoughts. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and varied schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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