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Mildred Sellars

LCSW Florida 21 years of experience

Helping people navigate major life transitions

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Mildred Sellars
  • Empathetic listener
  • Practical strategies
  • Client-centered care

About Mildred

Mildred Sellars is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to make daily life feel more manageable. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm so people can move forward one step at a time.

She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Central Florida and holds a Florida LCSW. Her background includes work on crisis units, in residential settings, in schools, and in community mental health programs. That range means she has experience with urgent distress and longer-term concerns alike.

Mildred has worked with people facing severe mental illness, foster care situations, adolescents, and family challenges. She has supported clients dealing with grief and loss, parenting stress, relationship strain, and career questions. She also addresses coping with transitions like separation, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiver stress.

Her counseling style is approachable and empathetic. She uses client-centered listening alongside tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and attachment-based work. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills practice, and building routines that fit daily life.

People who choose Mildred can expect respectful, practical help for problems such as depression, addiction concerns, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues. She emphasizes collaboration and tailors strategies to each person’s situation.

How Mildred’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for stress, anxiety, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which is often helpful for depression, anxiety, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy issues, relationship struggles, and attachment concerns.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. Mildred will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats were not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, like squeezing in a shorter check-in during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. It also lets people use tools and worksheets during the session and practice skills between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches for remote work so therapy focuses on practical steps and routines that carry over into everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

21+ years

Credentials

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Mildred commonly help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma, and many other related issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

The approach is warm and client-centered. Mildred pairs listening with hands-on skills from CBT, DBT, ACT, and attachment-based methods.

What professional background does she bring?

She has 21 years of experience across crisis units, residential programs, schools, and community mental health settings, working with a wide range of needs.

Where is Mildred licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that region.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions priced and paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with Mildred?

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