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Denisse Suarez, RMHCI · Supervised by Andrea Piazza, LMHC

Bilingual Therapy for Women, Adults, and Families in Florida

Some people arrive because they are holding a household together and no one is holding them. Others because a teenager has gone quiet and they cannot tell whether it is anxiety, defiance, or something they missed. Denisse works with both, in English or Spanish.

Terapia bilingüe para mujeres, adultos y familias en Florida.

Book a free consultation

Virtual sessions across Florida, in English or Spanish, weekday afternoons plus Tuesday evenings. Florida Blue, TRICARE East, Cigna, Aetna, and Ambetter accepted, and we verify your benefits for you.

Denisse Suarez, RMHCI, bilingual teen and family therapist at Dreavita

What Denisse works on most

Anxiety and Overwhelm in Adults

The worry that runs underneath a full life, and the exhaustion of being the person everyone else relies on.

Trauma and PTSD

Trauma-focused work for adults and young people, paced so it does not overwhelm.

Immigration and First-Generation Stress

Holding two sets of expectations at once, in a family where not everyone shares the same first language.

Teens and Family Conflict

Anxiety, school avoidance, and the arguments that build up around everything else, with parents in the room when it helps.

ADHD and Emotional Regulation

Inattentive ADHD, behavioral challenges, and skills that hold up under real pressure.

About Denisse

Denisse Suarez works with adults across Florida, many of them women carrying anxiety, trauma, or the weight of a family that depends on them. She also works with teens and the parents raising them. Across both, she sees anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and the family conflict that tends to build up around all three.

Denisse draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT skills, acceptance and commitment therapy, and creative, play-based tools for younger clients. Sessions are collaborative and concrete: naming what is actually happening in the body and at home, building emotional regulation skills that hold up under pressure, and giving parents language that lowers the temperature instead of raising it. When family patterns are part of the picture, she works with the family, not just one person.

Fluent in Spanish and English, Denisse works often with immigrant and first-generation families navigating two sets of expectations at once, where parents and children may not share a first language. She is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern practicing under the supervision of Andrea Piazza, LMHC, which means two clinicians are thinking about your care. Sessions are virtual, anywhere in Florida, weekday afternoons with Tuesday evenings available. Denisse offers a free consultation before you book, so you can find out whether she is the right fit first.

The consultation is a conversation, not a commitment

Deciding whether to start therapy is hard enough without a calendar demanding a card number. Here is the whole process.

1

Answer a few questions

Where you are, who the sessions are for, and how you would pay. Under a minute.

2

Talk to Denisse for 15 minutes

By video, at no cost, in Spanish or English. You describe what is going on and she tells you how she would approach it.

3

Decide after the call

If it feels right, you book a first session. If not, we help you find someone who fits better.

What people often say when they first reach out

Paraphrased versions of what Denisse hears most. If one of these sounds like your life, you are in the right place.

I’m the one holding everyone together, and I’m exhausted.
I moved here years ago and I still feel like I’m translating myself.
Something happened and I’ve never really talked about it.
My teenager has stopped talking to me.
I can’t tell if this is anxiety or attitude.
I want to say this in Spanish, not translate it.

Therapeutic approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • DBT skills
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused CBT
  • Family systems
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Narrative and solution-focused work
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Play-based interventions

Also works with

  • Life transitions
  • Relationship stress, in individual work
  • Self-esteem
  • School stress and avoidance
  • Emotional dysregulation
  • Identity in first-generation families

Who she sees

  • Adults 18+
  • Women navigating anxiety, trauma, or life transitions
  • Young adults
  • Teens 13 to 17
  • Preteens 11 and 12
  • Parents and caregivers
  • Family units, parent and child or parent and siblings
  • Virtually across Florida

Questions before you book

Who does Denisse work with?

Adults, young adults, teens, and preteens from 11. Many of her adult clients are women working through anxiety, trauma, or a major change, and she also works with teens and the families raising them. She does not see children 10 and under, and Dreavita has clinicians who do.

Can we work in Spanish?

Yes. Denisse is fluent in Spanish and English and sessions can be held entirely in Spanish. She works often with families where the parents’ first language is not English and the teen’s is.

Am I included, as the parent?

Usually, yes, and often that is where the change happens. Denisse works with parents individually and with families together, because most of what shifts between sessions happens at home. She does not see adult couples.

When is she available?

Weekday afternoons, with Tuesday evenings running until about 8:30 Eastern and Thursdays until about 4:45. Mondays are late morning only. She does not hold weekend hours. If your teen is in school during the day, Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon are the windows to ask about.

What does Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern mean?

Denisse holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and is completing her post-graduate hours under the supervision of Andrea Piazza, LMHC, Dreavita’s clinical director. A fully licensed clinician reviews her work.

Does she take insurance?

Yes, and nearly all of her caseload is insurance-based. Denisse sees clients through Florida Blue, TRICARE East, Cigna, Aetna, and Ambetter. Dreavita has a billing team that verifies your benefits and files your claims, so you know your cost before the first session.

Where does Denisse practice?

All sessions are virtual and she sees clients anywhere in Florida. Therapy licensing follows where the client is located during the session, not where they are from.

Let’s see if we’re a fit

A few quick questions, then you can book a free 15-minute consultation with Denisse.

Dreavita Counseling, Coaching & Consulting Inc. · 501(c)(3) · Denisse Suarez provides therapy to clients located in Florida as a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, under the supervision of Andrea Piazza, LMHC (MH20303).

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