Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro, LMHC, LCMHC
Trauma-informed clinician focused on self-leadership
Details
| Name | Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC, LCMHC |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida, Utah |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Jenenne
Dr. Jenenne Valentino-Bottaro helps people who feel stuck after trauma, loss, or big life changes. She focuses on restoring confidence, reducing anxiety, and rebuilding everyday routines.
Dr. Valentino-Bottaro uses direct, respectful conversation to help clients find clearer choices and steadier days. She has 12 years of experience working with trauma, addiction, eating-related concerns, mood disorders, and stress.
Her work addresses issues like grief, self-esteem, intimacy struggles, parenting strain, and career stress.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with abandonment, attachment concerns, chronic illness, and caregiver burnout. Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions aim to build self-leadership and practical skills rather than relying on labels.
She draws on multiple approaches so conversations and activities match each person’s needs and goals. Clinically, she integrates Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help people rewrite unhelpful stories and notice what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral techniques are used when clients want tools to change patterns of thinking and behavior.
This mix supports recovery after complex or early-life trauma, as well as ongoing struggles with mood and addictive behaviors. She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Florida. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site's Start Therapy flow.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Trauma and abuse, Grief, Eating disorders among the things Jenenne works with, alongside the areas below.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Jenenne among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Jenenne directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Jenenne directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and ACT approaches shape online work
Dr. Valentino-Bottaro often uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from the stories that keep them stuck. That approach involves talking about life events as stories, noticing themes, and experimenting with new, more helpful ways to describe who you are. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, complements this by focusing on values and actions - learning to accept difficult thoughts while choosing steps that match what matters most.Attachment-Based ideas are also part of her toolkit and help people understand how early relationships influence current patterns. In sessions this can mean mapping relationship styles and practicing small changes in how someone relates to others and to themselves. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with each client to find which methods feel most useful and adjust as goals evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and shared exercises, phone sessions work well when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while using the approaches described above to move toward concrete change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body-image issues, addiction, anxiety, depression, and stress. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and relationship or intimacy difficulties.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
She uses a warm, interactive style that draws on Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive behavioral tools. Conversations are tailored so therapy fits each person’s goals and life situation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with trauma, complex recovery, mood and addictive concerns, and related life challenges.
What credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices in Florida. The profile lists Florida as her location.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Contacting this therapist
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