- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Sandra
Sandra Rico is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate parenting stress and relationship concerns while offering support for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Sandra speaks English and Spanish and works with clients both in Florida and internationally.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She creates a calm space where parents can talk through daily pressures, boundaries, and communication struggles.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings and on building skills that fit your family life. Sandra draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. She also uses mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice thoughts and reframe difficult stories about themselves.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants to change habits related to addiction or health behaviors. Typical concerns brought to her include parenting challenges, intimacy and relationship issues, stress, trauma and grief, mood disorders, substance use, and attention difficulties. She also supports people facing blended-family tensions, caregiver stress, body image and cancer-related concerns.
Sandra emphasizes collaboration. She works with each person to set clear goals and practical steps. The aim is steady progress you can measure in everyday life, not quick fixes.
Sessions are offered in multiple formats to suit busy schedules. Sandra helps clients choose approaches that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as needs change.
What Sandra works with
Everything Sandra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sandra helps people with.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sandra lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Sandra's Approaches Work Online
Sandra uses client-centered work to place your goals and experience at the center of each session. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to you, and helping you decide the changes you want to make. It is helpful for parents who need a respectful space to sort priorities and values.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps identify patterns that increase stress or conflict and introduces concrete strategies to change reactions. That makes it useful for anxiety, mood concerns, parenting challenges, and habit change.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sandra will talk with you about your goals, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust plans as progress or needs shift. She aims to make therapy collaborative so you can see what works without pressure.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are great for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family or work schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Sandra
What kinds of concerns does Sandra address?
Sandra works with a wide range of issues including parenting stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, helps set clear goals, and offers tools you can try between sessions.
What is Sandra's professional background?
She is a licensed mental health counselor with 16 years of clinical experience working with adults on a variety of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where does Sandra practice and what license does she hold?
She practices in Florida and holds the credential FL LMHC as a licensed mental health counselor.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she also works with international clients.
What session formats are used for therapy?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sandra?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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