Tina Salerno

Tina Salerno is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 31 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, anger, depression, and relationship concerns. She welcomes people who are working through grief, intimacy or self-esteem issues, parenting strain, career crossroads, or challenges linked to ADHD and bipolar mood differences. Tina offers straightforward, compassionate support aimed at practical change rather than jargon.

Tina uses a mix of approaches to meet people where they are. She listens closely and helps clients set clear goals. Sessions often focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills, and practicing new ways of responding to hard feelings. Her style is warm and direct, with an emphasis on what someone can try between sessions.

Clients can expect help untangling difficult life events such as abandonment, adoption or foster care wounds, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and body image struggles. Tina also addresses communication problems, codependency, commitment concerns, and areas like eating, sleeping, and sexual intimacy issues. She aims to break large problems into manageable steps.

With training in Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Motivational Interviewing, Tina draws on approaches that fit each person’s goals. She matches tools to the situation rather than prescribing a single method.

Tina practices in Florida and works with English and Armenian speakers. She accepts international clients. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once a fit is identified.

Approaches and what online work looks like

Tina incorporates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core parts of her approach. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space so a person can explore what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. Clients and the therapist check in together and adjust methods as progress and challenges emerge.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules require it. It can also let people use tools like skill worksheets, structured homework, and real-time practice during sessions to test new ways of responding to anger, stress, or relationship strain.