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Sandra Miramontes

Practical help for stress and relationship challenges

LMFT Florida

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues
Approaches
Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English, Spanish
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About Sandra

Sandra Miramontes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with individuals facing trauma, grief, addiction, parenting strain, and career transitions.

Background and approach

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. Sandra adapts each session to the problem someone brings.

She mixes conversation with hands-on exercises so clients learn new ways to respond to strong emotions and difficult situations. Her approach draws from several well-known therapies to match each person's goals and needs.

With a Master of Science degree in Counseling and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Sandra brings ten years of clinical experience. She has worked with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and tailors methods to individual life stories.

Her license is LMFT and she holds licensure in Florida and Tennessee. Typical work includes addressing attachment struggles, communication problems, low self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues.

She also supports people managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and grief. Sessions aim to build clearer communication, steadier emotion regulation, and workable daily routines.

Sandra uses tools from approaches such as the Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and cognitive behavioral techniques. The focus is on clear goals and small changes that make daily life more manageable.

New clients begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Sandra uses the Gottman Method to help people strengthen communication and reduce destructive interaction patterns. The Gottman approach centers on specific exercises and tools that improve day-to-day conversations and emotional connection.

She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that align with those values while learning to accept difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to identify how early relationship patterns affect current responses and to practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more reliable.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sandra will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions match changing needs and progress.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and certain exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat provide quick check-ins or brief homework support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and keep continuity when schedules change.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Sandra address?
She works with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, parenting strain, career changes, bipolar disorder, depression, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends conversation with practical exercises and skills practice. She adapts methods to the needs people bring and focuses on steps clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sandra has ten years of experience working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and tailoring approaches to individual situations.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with licensure in Florida and Tennessee and practices out of Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsGriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed in

Florida, Tennessee

Languages

English, Spanish