Justine Alemany

Justine Alemany is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people dealing with trauma, substance use concerns, grief, anger, and broader mood or anxiety struggles. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on six years of clinical experience. She welcomes conversations that are straightforward and practical for everyday life.

Her work began in school-based and inpatient settings in Massachusetts, where she supported children and adolescents with complex mental health needs and their families. Returning to Florida, she worked in outpatient and residential substance use programs for adults, focusing on recovery and trauma-related issues. Since 2019 she has spent substantial time at a Children's Advocacy Center supporting people impacted by sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other forms of trauma.

Justine uses a flexible, client-centered way of working. She blends approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, EMDR, and motivational interviewing to match what a person needs. Sessions emphasize practical coping skills, emotion regulation, and steps people can try between meetings.

She often supports people facing life transitions, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, codependency, and impulse-control problems. She also addresses mood disorders, panic attacks, phobias, ADHD, and substance-related difficulties. Her aim is to help people build tools that fit into daily life.

Justine offers a direct, collaborative style in which treatment choices are shaped by the person's goals. Prospective clients are encouraged to ask about language options and to confirm current session arrangements before scheduling.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy places the person's goals and pace at the center. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is most important, and helps plan steps that fit the person's life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that cause distress. CBT can help with anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and anger by offering concrete tools for day-to-day use.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to decide which methods make the most sense based on goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as progress is reviewed and new goals emerge.

Please confirm available session options before you book, since specific formats are not listed on the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer sessions without needing to be on camera if that is preferred. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, coaching-style conversations, and EMDR-informed techniques to remote work when appropriate, always tailoring methods to what the person wants to focus on.