- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Amary
Dr. Amary Alcide is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, and changes like grief or career transitions. She draws on 16 years of experience to offer practical support and coaching aimed at everyday problems.
Her style is direct and collaborative, with an emphasis on small, manageable steps. Clients can expect sessions that focus on real-life priorities such as time and home management, role strain, and improving communication.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how social and family systems shape daily life and uses that understanding to guide problem solving. Work often includes setting clear goals and building routines that fit each person’s circumstances. Dr.
Alcide translates research into usable strategies. Her background as a published scholar informs how she turns broad goals into concrete action plans. She balances evidence-informed methods with a person-centered way of working that responds to an individual’s strengths and limits.
Common topics addressed include self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns such as depression or bipolar disorder. She also supports people facing attachment or commitment issues, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on skills that can be used between meetings.
Therapy can be delivered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Dr. Alcide works with people who want practical change, clearer priorities, and stronger day-to-day coping.
What Amary works with
Everything Amary lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amary helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Amary lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and options for online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior, helping people understand patterns in close connections and learn new ways to relate. Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person's own goals and strengths, with the therapist following the client's lead to build insight and confidence. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage mood or anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time so strategies stay useful as situations change.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people exchange shorter updates or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules shift.
Questions people ask about Amary
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, self-esteem, grief, career changes, bipolar disorder, depression, and compassion fatigue among other issues.
What is the therapist's approach in sessions?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, often focusing on goal setting, behavior changes, and skills practice. She blends client-centered conversation with evidence-informed techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 16 years of clinical experience and a background in research that she uses to turn goals into concrete action plans.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
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?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's listed availability.
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