Shimyne Homidas, LCSW, LISW-CP

Shimyne Homidas is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate major life changes and relationship challenges. She brings seven years of experience and works from a straightforward, supportive stance. Shimyne meets people where they are and focuses on clear, practical steps toward feeling more steady. Shimyne offers a calm room to talk through feelings like fear, confusion, grief, anger, and loneliness. She pays attention to how stress, anxiety, and depression show up in daily life and helps people untangle relationship hurts, infidelity, codependency, and family problems. She also supports people facing divorce or separation, issues around self-esteem, and questions about life purpose. Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness tools teach skills for managing intense emotions and staying present. Shimyne also draws on motivational interviewing to build motivation for change and to find realistic next steps. She supports people coping with trauma, domestic violence, self-harm thoughts, and complex feelings like guilt and shame. She works with concerns specific to women and with issues related to intellectual disability when they are part of someone’s picture. Based in Florida, Shimyne holds the LCSW credential and the LISW-CP. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. To begin, select the continue button on this profile, complete the matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits your needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following each person’s lead. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist respond to what matters most to you and prioritize your immediate concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way. In remote sessions CBT often uses simple homework and short experiments to try between meetings, which can fit into a busy schedule.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for handling strong emotions and improving relationships. These skills can be practiced in day-to-day life, and a therapist will coach how to apply them to real situations discussed in sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match goals, needs, and preferences rather than imposing a single style. That decision is reviewed as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the original profile, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist during the matching step to learn which approaches and practical arrangements will best fit day-to-day life.