Antoinette Goss , LMHC, LPC

Antoinette Goss is a licensed mental health professional with a decade of experience supporting people through trauma, addiction, mood disorders, relationship challenges, grief, and major life changes. She holds LMHC and LPC licensure - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor - reflecting formal training and state authorization to provide clinical counseling. Antoinette blends evidence-based therapeutic methods with a respectful, client-centered approach to tailor care to each person's circumstances and goals.

Her work spans an array of concerns, including stress and anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, process and substance-related addictions, intimacy and relationship issues, family dynamics, and adjustment to life transitions. She also focuses on areas such as HIV/AIDS, postpartum depression, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and sexual trauma. Antoinette brings both professional expertise and life experience to create practical strategies and tools that promote resilience and forward movement.

Sessions emphasize collaboration - identifying strengths, building coping skills, and creating realistic steps toward recovery and improved well-being. Antoinette offers care in English and is able to work with international clients. Her practice aims to provide compassionate, goal-oriented support for individuals, couples, and families seeking meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It is useful for managing anxiety, depression, and persistent stress by teaching psychological flexibility and committed behavior change. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist provides acceptance and support while clients explore their own goals and solutions; this approach is helpful for building self-esteem, improving relationships, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, offering practical skills for conditions like anxiety, depression, and coping with trauma-related symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Antoinette works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and adapts methods to fit the client's situation rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model. The partnership is aimed at finding strategies that feel meaningful and doable for the individual.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - provide flexibility in how and when people engage in care. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family, and geographic constraints, and allow licensed professionals to offer consistent, ongoing support in ways that suit each client's lifestyle and comfort.