Tressa Bloom

Experienced LMHC blending evidence-based care

LMHC Florida

Experience: 27 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Tressa

Tressa Bloom is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 27 years of experience in clinical practice. Her professional path began with a lifelong interest in human behavior and led to multiple degrees in psychology and advanced PhD studies.

Background and approach

Over the decades she has worked with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, and a variety of relational and identity-related issues. Her work emphasizes a collaborative process in which treatment choices evolve as clients' needs become clearer.

Tressa draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and psychodynamic ideas to tailor support to each person. She has experience with clients across the lifespan, including children, adolescents, and adults, and attends to areas such as grief, parenting, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Located in Florida and practicing in English, she combines clinical knowledge with a practical, person-focused style. Prospective clients are invited to explore treatment goals and preferences together so that care is shaped by mutual decision making and by what best fits the individual’s life and values.

How Tressa Integrates Therapy Approaches Online

Tressa commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; this approach is often applied to concerns like anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on building an empathetic, nonjudgmental relationship and helping clients discover their own solutions and strengths. These methods can be combined or adjusted over time depending on what each person needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Tressa works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods feel most useful. She assesses goals and preferences together with each person and adjusts techniques as progress and new issues emerge, emphasizing joint decision making about treatment direction.

Online therapy with Tressa is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to access consistent support from across Florida while allowing therapy to fit into daily life and changing circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Tressa address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and relationship and parenting difficulties.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and flexible, using client-centered practices alongside cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic ideas to adapt as issues are explored.

How long has she practiced counseling?

She brings 27 years of professional experience working with children, teens, and adults across many clinical concerns.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds the Florida LMHC credential listed as FL LMHC MH19764 and practices from Florida.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Her practice is conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging.

How are fees and subscription handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteem Depression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Psychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

27+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English