Carmen Gomez Abreu, LCSW
Florida · 30 years in practice
Carmen Gomez Abreu is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW5341 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1841217379 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Carmen
Carmen Gomez Abreu is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She uses a straightforward, compassionate style to guide clients through change and hard moments. Carmen speaks English and Spanish, which helps her connect with people from different backgrounds.
With 30 years of practice, Carmen focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She pays attention to how relationships and life systems affect emotions and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through patterns, trying new ways of responding, and setting small goals that fit daily life. Carmen blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on systemic ideas to look at relationships and context.
She also uses acceptance and commitment and attachment-based ideas to work on values, emotional connection, and coping skills. Clients come to Carmen for many concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strains, LGBT matters, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, and body image challenges.
Her work aims to reduce overwhelm and build clearer choices. Sessions are conversational and practical. Carmen helps people notice what matters most, practice small changes, and track progress.
Her goal is to leave people with tools they can use between sessions and a clearer sense of direction.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Carmen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Carmen names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Carmen’s Approaches Work Online
Carmen uses a blend of systemic thinking and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide online work. Systemic ideas look at how relationships and daily routines shape feelings and choices, which helps when sorting repeated patterns or communication struggles. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions, useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relational wounds affect how people connect or trust others. That work centers on understanding emotional needs and practicing different ways of relating. Carmen treats finding the right approach as a team effort - she will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide options for different routines. Video is helpful for deeper relational work, phone can be a good shorter check-in, and messaging works well for brief reflections or between-session support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity when schedules or locations change.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Carmen commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, career questions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style and approach?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines systemic thinking with acceptance and commitment and attachment-based ideas to focus on patterns, values, and connection.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Carmen has 30 years of experience working with people across many life challenges and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she works with international clients as well.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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