Dr. Amary Alcide
Practical, relationship-focused therapy for life changes
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Parenting
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Amary
Dr. Amary Alcide is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting challenges, depression, bipolar symptoms, and grief.
Background and approach
She works with people on self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, and coping with life transitions. Her style is practical and action-oriented, focused on clear steps that can be used in day-to-day life.
She combines relationship-focused methods like the Gottman Method with attachment-based and cognitive-behavioral ideas. Sessions aim to strengthen communication, reduce repeated conflict cycles, and build skills for emotional regulation.
The work is collaborative and concrete - clients leave with specific strategies to try between meetings. Dr.
Alcide draws on 16 years of clinical experience and her background in social work research. She explains findings in simple terms and uses them to shape treatment plans that match each person's situation.
That means goals and homework are tailored to what actually fits a client’s life and schedule. Her approach pays attention to the broader context around a person - relationships, work, caregiving roles, and health.
She helps people translate big goals into manageable steps and track progress. People who prefer structured guidance alongside empathetic listening often find this approach useful.
Appointments are offered from Florida and include several online formats. The tone in sessions is direct but supportive, aiming to help people move from getting by to feeling more in control and purposeful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dr. Alcide often uses the Gottman Method to help partners improve communication and reduce recurring conflicts by teaching practical interaction skills. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to identify patterns in close relationships and to build emotional safety and responsiveness between people. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is used to manage anxiety, depression, and stress with concrete exercises.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what isn't, so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for longer sessions, phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets clients send updates or questions between appointments. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep momentum on therapeutic goals.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English