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Dixie Eppolito, LMHC

Based in Florida Online sessions

Supportive counselor focused on practical change

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Years in practice
10
Credentials
LMHC
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Addictions
Focus
Trauma and abuse
About

About Dixie

Dixie Eppolito is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who draws on ten years of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, and trauma. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and treats each person as the expert on their own life. Dixie focuses on practical steps that make daily life more manageable and meaningful.

Her work emphasizes connection and emotional awareness. She uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how relationships shape patterns of behavior.

Background and approach

She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize the person’s goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) tools appear when clients need skills for mood, impulse control, and distress tolerance. Those methods are used to teach specific coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and addiction-related behaviors.

She has helped people manage compassion fatigue and work through grief, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating disruptions, and issues tied to career or self-esteem. Dixie also supports clients navigating neurodiversity questions such as autism and Asperger syndrome and complex presentations like co-morbidity and mood disorders.

Dixie works with people on substance use and process addictions as well as first responder and veteran-related stressors. She focuses on short-term, actionable change alongside deeper exploration when that fits the person’s goals. Therapy sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled from Florida.

Dixie encourages clear goals, steady skill-building, and regular check-ins to track progress.

Focus areas and approaches

What Dixie works with

Everything Dixie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dixie helps people with.

Approaches Dixie lists

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Online support

How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate online

Dixie draws on attachment-informed ideas to notice how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. That approach helps people explore how patterns with others affect stress, intimacy issues, and coping in parenting contexts.

She also uses client-centered methods that put the person’s goals first and shape sessions around what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build specific skills for anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. In online sessions these approaches translate into conversations, skill demonstrations, and collaborative planning that match the client’s day-to-day life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Dixie discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts the plan as progress and needs change. This collaboration helps decide which tools to use and when to focus on deeper reflection versus short-term skills.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for longer therapy meetings and visual exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief updates, coping prompts, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions.
Questions

Questions people ask about Dixie

What concerns does Dixie commonly address?

Dixie helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, compassion fatigue, grief, self-esteem, and parenting-related worries among other issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She blends attachment-informed and client-centered work with practical CBT and DBT skills, so sessions mix listening, reflection, and hands-on tools.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has ten years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and addiction concerns.

Where is Dixie licensed and based?

She is a Florida LMHC, which means she holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential in Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for therapy?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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