Dr. Tiffany Vastardis, LMHC

Florida · 17 years in practice

Dr. Tiffany Vastardis helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relationship struggles, and depression.

License and registration

LMHC, Florida: MH20180 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1275120271 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 17
Languages: English

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About Tiffany

Dr. Tiffany Vastardis helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relationship struggles, and depression. She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 17 years of experience.

Her approach aims to be flexible and respectful of each person's background and identity. She uses a mix of practical strategies and supportive conversation. Sessions focus on clear skills people can try between meetings, plus space to talk through painful experiences.

Background and approach

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for tools to change unhelpful patterns and build values-driven choices. Systemic ideas shape how she looks at relationship and communication problems. That means she considers patterns and roles people play with others, and helps them test new ways of relating.

Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early connections affect current trust and closeness. Dr. Vastardis centers a client-centered stance in sessions.

That means listening first, then collaborating on goals. She adapts pace and techniques to match each person's needs and strengths. Her practice also attends to specific concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, neurodiversity like autism and Asperger syndrome, and sexual expression including BDSM and kink.

She supports people managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, body-image concerns, and complicated grief around relationship rupture. People can expect candid, down-to-earth conversation and practical steps to try between sessions. The work blends skill-building, emotional processing, and attention to each person’s life context.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Tiffany lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
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
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Trichotillomania
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Tiffany names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Systemic ideas consider the patterns between people rather than placing blame on one individual. Online sessions can map those patterns by talking through interactions, testing new responses, and trying small communication experiments between meetings to see what changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed steps toward them. Online ACT work often uses short exercises and homework to practice noticing thoughts and choosing value-driven actions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence trust and closeness today and can help people explore ways to feel safer in relationships through reflective conversations and skill practice.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending systemic thinking with ACT or attachment-focused techniques and adjusting as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical advantages. Video calls let people use visual cues and role-play communication safely. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be an easier way to check in when a longer meeting is hard to schedule. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for brief check-ins, step-by-step skill practice, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while still using structured approaches like ACT and attachment work.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Dr. Vastardis address?

She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and depression. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, chronic illness, and communication problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens first, then works collaboratively to set goals and try concrete skills between sessions.

What is her background and experience?

She has 17 years of clinical experience and has worked with a wide range of mental health and relational concerns. Her practice blends skill training with emotional processing.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, listed as FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.

Which languages and international options are supported?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Work can proceed via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.

How does payment and cost work?

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