Allyson DeCastro, LCSW

Allyson DeCastro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with five years of professional experience supporting people through stressful and changing seasons of life. She helps clients address stress and anxiety, build motivation and self-esteem, and navigate life transitions with practical coping strategies. Allyson also works with concentration, memory, and focus challenges related to ADHD, and provides support for relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping concerns, and depression.

She approaches therapy from the perspective that each person is the expert of their own story and brings strengths to the work of change. Her style emphasizes collaboration, identifying realistic goals, and using evidence-based techniques to develop skills that match a client’s priorities. Allyson has additional experience with adoption and foster care matters and supports young adults as they manage new responsibilities and identity questions. For convenience and flexibility, she offers sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach Allyson uses to help people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with motivation or routine.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes identifying goals and small, achievable steps toward change. This short-term, forward-looking method can help clients build confidence, improve coping with life changes, and focus on strengths that support progress.

Trauma-Focused Therapy provides targeted tools to address the effects of trauma and abuse, helping clients process difficult experiences and develop strategies to reduce distress over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Allyson works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques as progress unfolds so the work stays aligned with what matters most to the client.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care when schedules change. These formats offer flexibility in timing and communication style, allowing clients and licensed professionals to work together in ways that suit individual circumstances.