Lucila Coba , LMHC

Lucila Coba is a Florida-licensed LMHC, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 12 years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions. She works with individuals and families facing grief, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, and a wide range of attachment and family-of-origin concerns.

Her practice is integrative, combining evidence-based methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to tailor care to each person’s needs. This flexible approach allows her to focus on practical coping skills, relational patterns, and values-based goals while also addressing deeper family dynamics, abandonment themes, body image, caregiver stress, and other areas that affect day-to-day functioning.

Fluent in English and Spanish, she emphasizes clients’ strengths and lived expertise in their own stories. She recognizes that beginning therapy often takes courage and commends those who reach out for support. Lucila aims to collaborate with clients to set achievable goals and support their progress through a compassionate, strengths-focused process.

Integrative Approaches for Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and take committed action toward a meaningful life even while difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where shifting perspective and building psychological flexibility can reduce suffering.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and unconditional positive regard, giving clients a supportive space to explore feelings and build self-understanding. This approach is especially helpful for improving self-esteem, processing relationship and family issues, and fostering emotional growth.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing practical skills to change behaviors and responses. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, stress management, and coping with change because it offers concrete strategies for managing symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. The therapist will work with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and may integrate techniques from multiple approaches as appropriate.

Online therapy offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats allow clients to access licensed professionals and therapists from their own environment, fit sessions around busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care during life changes or when in-person visits are difficult.