Tressa Bloom, LMHC

Tressa Bloom is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 27 years of clinical experience in Florida. She began studying human behavior early and followed that interest through multiple degrees, including a Master of Arts in Community/Clinical Psychology and further doctoral study. She brings long-term practice experience to conversations about everyday stress and thinking patterns.

Tressa adapts her approach to the needs a person brings to sessions. She uses several methods and may change direction as issues become clearer. She values making treatment decisions together so people understand and agree on the next steps.

Her work covers common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem. She also helps people cope with trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, career shifts, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar conditions. Relationship and LGBT matters are included among her focus areas.

Tressa also pays attention to more specific issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, codependency, and communication problems. She mentions experience with aging and geriatric issues and with atypical sexual cultures such as kink when these are part of a person's story.

Sessions aim to build a trusting therapeutic relationship first. Tressa describes therapy as collaborative work where thoughts, everyday habits, and life events are discussed openly. She works with children from about age 5, teens, and adults as clients.

How these approaches guide online work

Tressa uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities. This approach focuses on listening closely and helping people identify their own goals and values, which can help with stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT to look at thought patterns and everyday habits. CBT offers practical steps to test and change unhelpful thinking and small routines that keep problems going, useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tressa talks with each person about goals and preferences and adjusts methods as things evolve. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and client decide what to try together.

If you prefer online sessions, confirm the specific session formats available before booking since the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid being on camera if that helps someone participate. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches so sessions remain focused on thinking, habits, and the issues you bring.