Susana Garcia, LMHC

Susana Garcia is a Florida-based Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and trauma. They blend evidence-informed methods with somatic awareness to help clients reconnect with bodily signals, regulate emotions, and build sustainable coping strategies. Susana works with people across diverse identities and life situations, including those navigating LGBTQ issues, gender dysphoria, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, body image concerns, and experiences of prejudice or discrimination.

Their practice emphasizes trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and somatic approaches alongside skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy to address emotional dysregulation and relational patterns. Susana aims to create an affirming space where clients can explore sexuality, kink and BDSM topics, and other aspects of identity without judgment. As a non-binary clinician, they center collaboration and respect for each person’s goals, values, and pace.

Susana describes therapy as a partnership focused on practical tools and embodied awareness so clients can move through past hurts and toward clearer decision making in the present. With a focus on inclusion and clinical competence, they tailor treatment to each individual, working toward measurable improvements in emotional well-being and relationship functioning.

Integrating Mindfulness, Somatic Work, and DBT for Online Care

Susana draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach practical emotion-regulation and interpersonal skills that help clients manage intense feelings and improve relationships. DBT is skills-focused and useful for addressing anxiety, repeated conflict, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Mindfulness therapy is used to cultivate present-moment awareness and greater clarity about thoughts and bodily sensations. This approach supports stress reduction and helps people respond to difficult experiences with more intentionality rather than reacting automatically.

Somatic therapy brings attention to the body's responses to stress and trauma, offering tools to notice, track, and gently shift physical tension and nervous system states. This can be especially helpful for clients dealing with trauma, body image concerns, or the lingering effects of past abuse.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Susana works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they assess progress and adjust strategies so care stays aligned with what is most helpful.

Online therapy with Susana is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home, while allowing for continuity of care when in-person sessions are not possible.