About Berline
Berline Lapomarede is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides compassionate, straightforward therapy for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and uses a warm, interactive approach that focuses on practical steps and clear tools.
People meet her looking for help with mood, trauma, parenting strain, relationship issues, or struggles with focus and self-worth. With ten years of practice, Berline draws on experience from residential, outpatient, and detention settings.
Background and approach
That background shaped how she listens and how she helps people set realistic goals. Sessions aim to break problems down into manageable pieces and build skills that can be used between meetings. Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental.
She blends client-centered conversations with strategies from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches. Motivation and small, solution-focused steps are used when someone needs direction or wants to try a different way of coping. Berline pays attention to practical concerns like parenting stress, caregiver strain, career uncertainty, and feeling isolated.
She also supports people working through trauma, domestic violence impacts, compulsive behaviors, or intense shame and guilt. Therapy is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Clients start by answering a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Berline holds a Florida LCSW license under FL LCSW SW16283 and brings a calm, respectful presence to each meeting.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and working from your goals. It starts with the client leading the conversation while the therapist reflects what matters most and helps shape the next steps. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive space to name priorities and feel heard.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. It typically involves practical exercises and homework between sessions, which adapt well to video or messaging formats for ongoing support. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple skills to notice thoughts and bodily reactions, and to practice grounding techniques that reduce overwhelm in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Berline will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and tools as progress is made so the plan fits how someone likes to learn and change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat allow for quick reflections and support between longer sessions, making it easier to maintain momentum while juggling daily responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish