- Years in practice
- 31
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Armenian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Tina
Tina Salerno is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Florida with more than 31 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, parenting struggles, relationship strain, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Tina also works with clients facing career questions, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on practical steps that can change daily life.
Background and approach
She listens closely and tailors the pace and tools to each person’s needs. Tina uses a mix of client-centered methods and structured therapies to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try new actions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for emotional regulation and managing strong reactions. She also brings Motivational Interviewing to conversations about change and recovery, and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship communication is a concern. These approaches are chosen to fit the issue at hand rather than forcing one method for everyone.
Tina’s long clinical experience includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and body image struggles. She offers sessions in English and Armenian, and is open to working with international clients.
What Tina works with
Everything Tina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tina lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting working relationship. In online sessions this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name goals and priorities in plain terms.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that produce different results. It often uses short exercises and homework that fit well into video or text-based formats for steady progress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. DBT skills training for emotion regulation and distress tolerance can be practiced between sessions through messaging or phone check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different formats. That collaborative process makes adjustments easier when life or priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face without travel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, and ongoing support between longer appointments.
Questions people ask about Tina
What concerns does Tina commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, parenting, self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and related areas such as ADHD and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Tina offers a warm, direct style that focuses on present problems and practical steps. Sessions emphasize listening, skills-building, and action that can change daily routines.
What is her clinical background?
She has 31 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges. Her work includes helping people through trauma, grief, addiction recovery, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is licensed as an LMFT in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Armenian, and she is available to work with international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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