Meryl Galvan

Meryl Galvan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, grief, and coping with life changes. She has 12 years of clinical experience and works with adults on issues like depression, addiction, sleep problems, parenting strain, and self-esteem. Her approach aims to give practical tools and clearer ways to manage daily challenges.

Her style is direct and patient. She talks through problems in straightforward language and focuses on skills people can use right away. Sessions emphasize learning coping strategies, building insight, and working toward real solutions rather than only talking about problems.

Meryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing when appropriate. Those methods are applied to reduce symptoms, manage emotions, and address traumatic memories or addictive patterns.

She trained in counseling psychology and holds a Bachelor of Psychology and a Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of West Florida. Her background includes experience supervising clinical teams in outpatient treatment settings, which informs a practical, outcomes-minded approach.

Meryl believes therapy is active work and partners with clients to build lasting coping skills. She aims for progress that helps now and provides tools for future challenges. If someone wants a straightforward, skills-focused therapist, she frames sessions around measurable steps and clearer daily routines.

How her approaches translate to online work

CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with practical experiments. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills to reduce intense reactions and improve relationships.

EMDR focuses on processing distressing memories through a structured sequence of attention and guided recall to reduce the emotional charge of traumatic events. It is often used when trauma or past abuse contributes to current symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses your goals and preferences and may blend methods to fit your needs. Together you decide whether to try skills practice, structured cognitive work, or trauma processing first, and adjustments happen as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking. Meryl's methods translate well to remote formats because they emphasize talking, skill practice, guided exercises, and homework you can do between sessions. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, shorten check-ins when needed, and use brief exercises between appointments to keep progress moving.