- Attachment informed
- Practical skills
- Warm collaborative care
About Alina
Alina Ghitea is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Florida. She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship issues. Her style is warm and hopeful, aimed at helping people feel steadier and clearer as they face life changes.
Alina draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how relationships shape emotions and behavior. She uses client-centered listening so people can speak freely and be heard. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits of response.
In sessions she works with worries around parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, adoption and foster care issues, and challenges like ADHD, depression, panic, and social anxiety. She also addresses concerns about career, intimacy, guilt and shame, and multicultural or immigration stressors.
Her approach blends talking with practical skill-building. Clients often practice new ways of relating and coping between sessions. Alina aims to be a collaborative presence who helps people move from feeling stuck toward clearer next steps.
She offers therapy in English and works from a perspective that values cultural context and family of origin patterns. If adoption or foster care are part of the concern, she can incorporate that focus into therapy conversations.
How therapy approaches guide online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns learned in earlier relationships and try new ways of relating in current relationships. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience through active listening and nonjudgmental support so clients can name what matters most.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and offers concrete tools to test and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is helpful for anxiety, panic, mood shifts, and worry that gets in the way of daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. This happens through conversation and small, ongoing adjustments rather than a single fixed plan.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, and family life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose whether to be on camera or not depending on what feels most helpful. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and homework to what fits a client's everyday schedule.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar and other mood disorders, and related concerns including adoption and foster care.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style combines attachment-based, client-centered, and cognitive behavioral approaches with emotion-focused principles to blend listening, insight, and practical skills.
What kind of experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with people who face anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments based on the therapist's availability.