Darlene Amin, LMHC
Florida · 13 years in practice
Darlene Amin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH11773 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1225472970 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Darlene
Darlene Amin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She combines practical strategies with a person-centered style so clients feel heard and involved in decisions about their care. Her work also covers addictions, ADHD, grief, intimacy concerns, and life transitions.
She uses EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) alongside talk-based methods to address traumatic memories and their effects.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are common tools she brings to sessions. Darlene emphasizes simple, doable steps clients can try between meetings. Her approach puts the client in the lead.
She listens first, then helps people set short-term goals and realistic actions. Sessions often focus on skills for managing mood, improving sleep, coping with pain or chronic illness, and reducing harmful habits. Darlene draws on experience with mood disorders, substance use concerns, and complex co-occurring issues to tailor her support.
She also addresses relationship patterns like codependency, communication problems, jealousy, and commitment worries. She works with multicultural concerns and life purpose questions. Based in Florida, she holds a Florida LMHC credential and offers care in English.
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Many clients use short-term coaching techniques alongside therapy to meet immediate goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Darlene lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Practical approaches for online healing and change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values. It links stress or mood struggles to everyday choices and teaches simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete skills to change moods, manage anxiety, and improve sleep and daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person sitting in front of her. That process is collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations for skills practice and EMDR work when appropriate. Phone sessions can be a good option for lower bandwidth or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and texting support brief check-ins, coaching-style follow ups, and tools between sessions to keep progress moving.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Darlene help address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem. Additional focuses include chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication problems, and mood disorders.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. She listens first, then works with clients to set short-term goals and teach skills from CBT, ACT, and DBT when useful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years working in the mental health field and brings that experience to issues such as substance use, co-morbidity, and post-traumatic stress.
What credentials and location are listed for this provider?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices from that state. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can people who live outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English to people located where she is able to practice.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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