Antonette Dalberry, LMFT

Antonette Dalberry is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida with 25 years of experience in mental health. Born in the West Indies of Indian descent, she brings a broad cultural perspective to her work and has provided services across community and institutional settings. She offers group therapy as well as individual, couples, and family therapy, drawing on a wide background of people and presenting concerns.

Antonette practices with a client-centered orientation, emphasizing the importance of building trust and rapport and honoring each person as the expert in their own life. She continues to treat depression, anxiety, grief, family dynamics, trauma, and related issues, helping clients discover personal strengths and resilience. Her approach aims to support long-term personal growth and practical problem solving geared to each individual or family.

Her clinical focus also includes areas such as stress, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting and family challenges, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and work with LGBT and gender dysphoria topics, as well as cancer and fertility-related concerns. She holds the Florida license FL LMFT MT4018. Antonette looks forward to working with clients who are seeking thoughtful, collaborative care.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Antonette Dalberry

Antonette integrates client-centered therapy into her online practice, which focuses on building trust, listening deeply, and supporting clients to identify their own insights and strengths. This approach is often helpful for relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem work, and navigating life transitions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for managing symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT is goal-oriented and can be useful when clients want concrete tools for coping and behavior change.

Mindfulness-based techniques are woven into her work to cultivate present-moment awareness and stress reduction, supporting clients who struggle with emotional reactivity, chronic worry, or trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Antonette works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors recommendations and adjusts the plan over time in partnership with the client and with input from other licensed professionals when appropriate.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and shorter check-ins are available via live chat or text-based messaging. This variety allows clients to access consistent care around work, family, or geographic constraints while maintaining continuity with a trusted therapist.