About Ossnat
Ossnat (Ossie) Tovia is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and attention challenges. She speaks English and Hebrew and practices from Florida. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making it easier to take the first step toward change.
Ossie draws on nearly three decades of clinical experience to shape each session. She adapts conversations and plans to fit a person’s needs instead of following a single template.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, clearer thinking, and small steps that build confidence. Her work often includes practical strategies to improve concentration, memory, and everyday focus. She combines problem-solving techniques with attention to feelings and life history so clients get both short-term tools and longer-term insight.
This can help when symptoms get in the way of school, work, or relationships. Ossie uses a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and psychodynamic ideas. She also brings solution-focused strategies to set concrete goals and track progress.
Together these methods provide a balance of symptom relief and personal understanding. Many people come with worries about mood, anger, parenting strain, or identity issues. She works with adults on a range of concerns including bipolar mood issues, trauma, social anxiety, and problems tied to attachment or abandonment.
The aim is steady, realistic progress that fits each person’s life.
How Ossie’s Approaches Work Online
Ossie draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to ease racing thoughts and build calm in everyday life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. During early sessions she will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Then she and the client pick practices and exercises to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can fit care around work, school, and family time. Video lets you read nonverbal cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief coaching, messaging between sessions, or checking in during a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while matching communication style and schedule.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Hebrew
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