About Guileine
Guileine Kraft is a licensed clinical social worker who blends clinical knowledge with practical life experience. She holds MD, LCSW-C and LCSW credentials and brings 14 years of experience to her work in Florida. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on what helps people feel better in daily life.
She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger, career questions, and issues with addictions or self-esteem.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-oriented so clients can see progress between meetings. Guileine uses a mix of evidence-based techniques and culturally informed methods. She often draws on clients' personal interests, like music and the arts, to make therapy more relatable and engaging.
Technology is used thoughtfully to support homework and skill practice outside sessions. Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps build steps they can try right away.
The focus is on small, achievable changes that add up over time. Clients work together with her to set clear goals and track progress. The aim is to create more flexibility, stronger coping, and better day-to-day functioning.
People who want an active, skills-based approach tend to find this style helpful.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Guileine commonly uses cognitive behavioral approaches that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. This method helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and everyday stress by teaching practical skills to change reactions and routines.She also draws on culturally informed techniques that incorporate a person’s background and interests, such as music or the arts, into therapy. Using these familiar elements can make new skills feel more meaningful and easier to practice outside sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life context. Together they adjust techniques as progress is made and needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Florida
- Languages
- English