- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Darlene
Darlene Mayers is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Florida with 26 years of experience. She works directly with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and parenting challenges. Her style is warm and interactive, aimed at helping people find clear, doable steps when life feels overwhelming.
Darlene blends practical tools with attentive listening. She draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities.
Background and approach
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She also brings in mindfulness and dialectical strategies to teach coping skills for intense emotions. Many people come for help after trauma, relationship strain, or when mood problems and substance use make daily life harder.
Darlene also supports those managing career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and self-esteem issues. She pays attention to how attachment, abandonment, and blended family dynamics affect choices and coping. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy.
The LMFT credential indicates state licensure in Florida. Darlene combines that training with decades of practical work to create plans that fit each person’s priorities. Sessions focus on real goals and small experiments you can use between meetings.
Conversations are collaborative and goal-oriented. The aim is to build skills, reduce distress, and find clearer ways forward for everyday parenting and life demands.
What Darlene works with
Everything Darlene lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Darlene helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Darlene lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
The therapist uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going; this approach is practical and helps with anxiety, depression, and parenting-related stress. Client-centered therapy is also central - it focuses on listening closely, following what matters to the person, and building shared goals for change. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used when strong emotions or impulsive behavior need new coping skills and emotion regulation strategies.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with a short plan and adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a challenge. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins, quick coping reminders, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into parenting schedules, work breaks, or busy days.
Questions people ask about Darlene
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, parenting worries, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, and related problems.
What is her general approach in therapy?
Her work is compassionate and interactive. She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience in the mental health field, including work with mood disorders, trauma, substance use, and long-term therapeutic care.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and scheduling needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and the subscription model used by the service. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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