Tina Salerno
Experienced, practical therapy for life transitions
LMFT Florida
- Experience
- 31 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Armenian
About Tina
Tina Salerno is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 31 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, and intimacy-related concerns.
Background and approach
Tina offers straightforward guidance and steady support for those facing big life changes or ongoing emotional strain. Her style is warm and practical.
Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and making small changes that add up. She uses approaches that match the person's needs, combining relational work with tools to manage mood and behavior.
Tina draws on several therapeutic methods to fit different situations. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting space, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are a concern.
Motivational Interviewing and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills also appear when motivation or emotional regulation is a focus. Over three decades, Tina has supported people dealing with parenting stress, career transitions, caregiving burden, chronic illness, ADHD, body image and eating concerns, and complicated grief.
She also addresses communication problems, commitment issues, and codependency. Her background helps her see patterns and offer concrete steps forward.
Tina offers services from Florida and works with English and Armenian speakers. She accepts international clients and uses a range of online session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Gottman Method work focuses on spotting relationship patterns and building better communication habits. It helps people recognize how interactions escalate and teaches concrete ways to manage conflict and increase emotional connection.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding. The therapist offers acceptance and reflection so people can explore feelings and make choices that fit their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what helps most. That means the work evolves as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text-based messaging can be useful for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, shorter midweek check-ins, or more frequent touchpoints depending on what each person finds helpful.
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Experience
31+ years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English, Armenian