Sandra Rico , LMHC

Sandra Rico is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 16 years of experience supporting people through relationship struggles, identity exploration, and major life changes. As an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, she combines evidence-based methods with a warm, client-centered stance to help clients build communication skills, manage difficult emotions, and strengthen resilience.

She has focused experience working with LGBTQ individuals and families, addressing concerns that range from intimacy and parenting to addiction, trauma, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. Sandra also supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, ADHD, and other challenges that affect daily functioning and well-being.

Fluent in English and Spanish, she offers culturally responsive care that respects each person’s background and identity. Whether guiding someone through recovery from abuse, navigating relationship or blended-family dynamics, or coping with life transitions and caregiver stress, Sandra partners with clients to tailor practical strategies and insight-driven work that fit their goals and values. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, respect, and steady professional support throughout the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with a Bilingual LMHC

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and meeting each person where they are. In this approach the therapist provides nonjudgmental support while clients explore their values, relationships, and personal goals - a helpful fit for identity work, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and coping with mood or behavior-related challenges.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-focused awareness and self-regulation skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance. It can support recovery from trauma, help with stress and sleep issues, and strengthen attention and self-compassion.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the process. Sandra works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan over time based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy offers flexibility to schedule sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy lives and to access bilingual support from different locations. These options allow licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care and adapt the format to what works best for each client.