Meryl Galvan , LMHC

Meryl Galvan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults, adolescents, families, and couples across a wide range of concerns, drawing on training in trauma, grief, relationship challenges, substance use, mood disorders, stress, and anxiety. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, both from the University of West Florida, along with additional certification in health psychology and certification as an EMDR therapist. An LMHC is a licensed professional qualified to provide mental health counseling in Florida.

Meryl pairs a patient and engaging style with direct and sincere feedback, offering compassion while helping clients identify practical solutions. She emphasizes insight and skill-building so clients leave with coping strategies they can use now and in the future. Her clinical toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Mindfulness-based techniques, and Motivational Interviewing. She has also supervised teams of clinicians to support consistent, high-quality outpatient care.

Therapy with Meryl centers on collaborative work toward clear goals and measurable change. She aims to help people develop lasting coping skills, improve relationships, and build greater ease with themselves and their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

CBT focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new responses to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. DBT builds skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness - it is useful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and patterns of impulsive behavior. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps process distressing memories and reduce the emotional impact they have in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Meryl works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to evaluate needs, goals, and personal preferences, and she adjusts methods as treatment progresses to find the best fit for each person.

Online therapy offers flexibility to engage through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access care from home or work. These options support continuity of care and allow therapists to use the same evidence-based approaches they would in person while accommodating different communication styles and life demands.