Iris Tanton, LMHC

Iris Tanton is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and speaks both English and Spanish. Iris focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her work emphasizes practical steps and thoughtful listening. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness and client-centered methods help people notice feelings and build calmer responses. Iris blends talk therapy with attention to life changes and behavior. She supports people coping with addiction, eating and body-image concerns, parenting strain, and caregiver stress. She also helps those facing abandonment, attachment issues, guilt, shame, and the emptiness that can follow big transitions. In sessions she looks for patterns that keep problems repeating. Then she helps clients try small, doable changes. Solution-Focused ideas are used to set clear goals and track progress in short steps. Raised in the United States with Latin roots and time spent living abroad, Iris brings a multicultural viewpoint to her practice. Her background informs an approach that respects cultural and personal differences while focusing on concrete tools people can use in daily life.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening without judgment and following the client's lead. It helps people feel heard and helps uncover what matters to them most, which can ease communication and decision-making in daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical skills to test unhelpful thoughts and replace them with actions that work better, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying techniques, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan together.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for a fuller conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins or shorter reflections. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.