- Stress management
- Cognitive behavioral
- Solution focused
About Tondalyn
Tondalyn Byrd is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, anger, and self-esteem, and also works with caregiver stress, intellectual disability issues, women’s concerns, and young adult issues.
She uses a direct, person-forward style in sessions. She encourages people to talk through their immediate worries and to identify small, practical steps they can try between meetings. Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented when that helps, and more exploratory when someone needs to make sense of their feelings.
Tondalyn draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in the room. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot thinking patterns that worsen anxiety or anger. Solution-focused techniques help build short-term plans and clear next steps for pressing problems like parenting stress or life transitions.
Her approach is practical and oriented to the realities clients face day to day. She helps people develop tools for managing stress, handling grief, and improving self-esteem rather than relying on abstract theory. Sessions aim to leave clients with concrete ideas they can use between appointments.
People seeking support during a life change, young adults figuring out next steps, those coping with loss, or parents feeling overwhelmed may find her approach accessible. Tondalyn prioritizes clear communication and collaborative planning throughout her work.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the person says so they feel understood. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's concerns, asks clarifying questions, and helps people name what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and uses practical exercises to break unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, anger, and low self-esteem by building new coping strategies. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, achievable goals and clear next steps. This approach is useful when someone wants quick, concrete changes for problems like parenting stress or transitions.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods best match their goals and preferences. That planning happens together and can shift as needs change.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and caregiving by removing travel time and allowing appointments from other locations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in when needed. The emphasis is on shaping sessions to fit daily life while using client-centered listening, CBT tools, and solution-focused steps to address stress, grief, parenting concerns, and young adult issues.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, anger, and self-esteem. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, intellectual disability issues, women’s concerns, and young adult issues.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her style is straightforward and person-focused. She blends client-centered listening with practical steps from CBT and solution-focused work.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of professional experience as a counselor in clinical settings and community work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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