Sandra Rico, LMHC

Sandra Rico is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 16 years of clinical experience. She creates a compassionate, affirming environment for people who are facing hard personal challenges. Sandra works with concerns such as relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and questions about identity and sexuality.

She takes a straightforward and warm approach in sessions. Sandra helps people improve communication, manage strong emotions, and build practical coping skills. Her style blends active listening with practical tools so clients leave sessions with clear next steps.

Sandra draws on several evidence-informed approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices. She adapts these methods to the situation at hand and to each person’s goals. This makes the work feel relevant and doable week to week.

She supports a wide range of concerns beyond relationships and intimacy, such as parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, trauma and abuse, substance issues, mood disorders, and life transitions. Sandra also offers services in English and Spanish and accepts international clients.

To begin, people typically complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule based on availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sandra aims to help people make steady progress while honoring their pace and preferences.

How Sandra’s approaches work for online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. It helps people feel heard and guides sessions by the concerns they bring. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, mood issues, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness, which often helps with stress and coping.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening and exploration, skills-based CBT work, mindfulness practice, or a mix of methods that fits the situation.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, avoiding travel time, squeezing in a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or using a call rather than video when bandwidth is limited. Working online also lets people connect from different regions, which is helpful for those who travel or live outside the therapist's immediate area.