About Mildred
Mildred Sellars greets people with a calm, direct approach. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship challenges, parenting strain, and other life changes. Sessions aim to feel respectful and down-to-earth rather than clinical and distant.
Her work draws on 21 years of experience in Florida. That background includes crisis units, in-home visits, residential programs, schools, and community mental health.
Background and approach
She has supported people facing severe mental illness, foster care situations, adolescents, parents, and those navigating loss and career shifts. Mildred blends client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral methods and acceptance-based approaches. She focuses on what matters most to each person and helps build simple, usable skills for daily life.
That can mean practicing new ways to cope with strong emotions or changing patterns that cause ongoing stress. Attachment-focused ideas inform how she talks about relationships and caregiving stress. Dialectical skills are used when emotions feel overwhelming or when people need better ways to manage intense reactions.
The goal is steady progress through practical steps, not quick fixes. Her style is warm and approachable. She aims to treat people with dignity and respect in every session.
Mildred works collaboratively to set realistic goals and help people move forward at their own pace.
Approaches that shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes that feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management.Choosing the right approach is part of working together. Mildred will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options, and try techniques that fit your situation. The first sessions are often about finding what feels useful and adjusting the plan as you go.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face when talking and visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief exchanges into a busy day, and they can help maintain momentum when a quick update or coping reminder is needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English