Onessa Robertson, LICSW, LCSW

Onessa Robertson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She aims to be a steady, supportive presence while clients work toward change and healing. Her style blends several approaches to match each person's needs.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is part of her practice when someone wants to build values-driven action and tolerate difficult feelings. Client-centered techniques shape sessions so people feel heard and respected.

Onessa also brings relationship-focused work into sessions, including elements of the Gottman Method for people addressing communication, infidelity, commitment issues, or ongoing conflict. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change. These tools are chosen together with the client based on clear goals.

Her background includes work both locally in Florida and internationally, in professional and volunteer roles. She has experience supporting those affected by sexual violence, complex trauma, grief, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with career transitions, parenting strain, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce.

In sessions she focuses on practical strategies and small experiments that can be tried between meetings. The emphasis is on learning skills, improving communication, and creating manageable steps toward recovery and growth.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Onessa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns that lead to distress and try practical strategies to shift behavior. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide clients toward values-based actions while learning to live with difficult feelings; ACT can help with grief, chronic stress, and persistent worry.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods in early sessions, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That shared decision-making helps tailor interventions to the person’s situation and preferences.

Online therapy offers a range of formats that fit different days and needs. Video calls let people work face to face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a good fallback when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick reflections, ongoing encouragement, or brief skill practice between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let working caregivers, people with busy lives, and those in other states or countries connect with licensed professionals.