About Tony
Tony Byrd is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 27 years of experience. He uses practical talk therapy to help people manage stress, mood problems, substance concerns, and ADHD. His style is straightforward and focused on real steps people can take between sessions.
He combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused work to fit each person's needs. Sessions often include learning new skills, practicing coping strategies, and making simple, measurable plans.
Background and approach
Tony emphasizes clear treatment plans so clients know what to expect and can track progress. His background spans inpatient and outpatient care, trauma work, substance use programs, and forensic settings. That experience shapes how he approaches crises, safety planning, and complex cases that include mood disorders and co-occurring conditions.
He has worked across multiple treatment programs and settings over his career. Tony supports people dealing with depression, bipolar concerns, anxiety, grief, anger, relationship problems, and intimacy-related issues. He also helps with parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and challenges tied to identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria issues.
He addresses problems like impulsivity, isolation, and codependency in practical terms. Sessions are offered in English and take place with a licensed professional based in Florida. Tony uses an active, collaborative approach - clients are invited to participate in education and treatment planning.
He encourages people to view therapy as a step-by-step process rather than a single fix.
Therapeutic approaches in online care
Tony uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach often focuses on practical tools for managing anxiety, mood, and ADHD-related challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills so people can handle intense feelings and reduce impulsive actions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and personal preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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