Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro, LMHC, LCMHC

Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro is a licensed mental health clinician practicing in Florida with 12 years of experience helping people recover from complex trauma and move toward personal growth. Holding LMHC and LCMHC credentials - which indicate licensure as a mental health counselor - she focuses on fostering autonomy, resilience, and self-leadership while treating co-occurring challenges such as eating disorders, addiction, and trauma-related conditions. Her work emphasizes post-traumatic growth and recovery from early childhood and developmental trauma, and she brings an integrative lens that adapts to each person’s unique needs.

Her counseling style is warm and interactive, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion without relying on stigmatizing labels. Treatment aims to align practical coping skills with deeper inner work, supporting clients to heal, transform, and reconnect with their core sense of self. Dr. Valentino-Bottaro draws from evidence-informed and experiential modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, cognitive approaches, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, somatic and transpersonal psychology, the Satir model, and specialized play therapies. She also incorporates interpersonal neurobiology perspectives and attention to human-animal interconnectedness when relevant, tailoring interventions to promote lasting change and self-directed leadership.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to support healing and growth. ACT focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present - it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current connections, which is helpful for relationship challenges, abandonment concerns, and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and partnership, creating space for the person’s own insights to emerge and supporting self-directed healing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Dr. Valentino-Bottaro works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that match their goals, preferences, and situation. She tailors techniques from these models to fit individual needs rather than applying a single formula.

Online sessions - by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make therapy more flexible and accessible, allowing people to schedule care around work, family, and other commitments. These remote options help licensed professionals deliver consistent support across different formats so therapy can fit into everyday life while maintaining a therapeutic focus.