We work with individuals, couples, and families. Our clinicians are trained in evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, DBT, EFT, and motivational interviewing, and our practice has clinical focus in areas we genuinely specialize in: relationships, anxiety, depression, parenting, life transitions, grief, addiction and recovery, and family work across the lifespan. If you're looking for a therapist in Florida who can see you reliably over time, this page explains how we work here and who we are.
How our clinicians practice in Florida
Florida is one of a small number of states that allows licensed out-of-state mental health providers to practice telehealth with Florida residents by registering with the state, under a system administered by the Florida Department of Health. This is not the same as PSYPACT, which is a separate interstate compact for psychologists. Because our clinicians are LCSWs and LMFTs — not psychologists — we use Florida's telehealth provider registry directly, and each clinician holds an individual Florida registration number (listed below) in addition to their primary home-state license.
Practically, this means a few things for clients. Our Florida registrations are verifiable through the Florida Department of Health's public license lookup. We are bound by Florida professional standards and reporting obligations for the time we're working with Florida clients. And because the clinician you start with is genuinely licensed to see you in Florida — not operating through a loophole or re-routing through a third party — there's no artificial cap on session frequency or duration of care. You can work with the same therapist for six months or six years, without having to switch providers because of a licensing technicality.
For clients who travel between Florida and another state where we're licensed — Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Texas, or Utah — care continues without interruption. The clinician is licensed in both places. This continuity matters more than it sounds. One of the most common reasons therapy doesn't produce lasting change is that people switch providers every time they move, change insurance, or change jobs. Our structure is designed to reduce that churn.
Our Florida-licensed clinicians
Each clinician below is individually registered with the Florida Department of Health to practice telehealth with Florida residents. Short introductions appear here; full bios, including training, clinical philosophy, and personal background, live on the individual therapist pages.
Cade Dopp, LCSW
Florida registration TPSW5567 · Home-state license: Utah LCSW 13014773-3501 · Also licensed in Idaho and Texas
Practical and holistic. Cade specializes in anxiety, relationship issues, depression, identity questions, parenting, and life transitions. He integrates evidence-based approaches like CBT and ACT with attention to the whole person — sleep, nutrition, movement, and emotional health working together rather than in isolation. Read full bio
Leanna Dopp, LCSW
Florida registration TPSW5595 · Home-state license: Utah LCSW 13402906-3501 · Also licensed in Idaho, Illinois, and Texas
Kind and thoughtful. Leanna works with teens, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and the sense of being stuck. Her approach draws on mindfulness, ACT, EFT, CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing, tailored to the person in the room. Read full bio
Shawn Weymouth, LMFT
Florida registration TPMF1963 · Home-state license: Montana BBH-LMFT-LIC-35207
Inspiring and spiritual. Shawn is a Marriage and Family Therapist with over 25 years of clinical experience spanning individual, family, and group work — including substance use and addiction treatment, therapeutic schools, young adult transitions, and equine-assisted and wilderness therapy settings. He works with families in conflict, transitions, grief, and recovery. Read full bio
What we offer Florida clients
Insurance and fees in Florida
We accept several major insurance carriers depending on the clinician and the client's plan. For clients whose insurance we don't accept directly, we provide superbills that can be submitted for out-of-network reimbursement — something most Florida PPO plans offer for licensed mental health providers. We also see clients on a cash-pay basis. The simplest way to know what applies to you is to ask during a free consultation call; we'll verify benefits before your first session.
Florida mental health resources
If you're looking for additional support beyond outpatient therapy, or if you're in a crisis that needs immediate help, the following Florida-specific resources exist alongside our practice and are worth knowing about:
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988 for 24/7 crisis support nationwide, with Florida-specific routing when you call from a Florida area code
- Florida 211 — dial 211 or visit myfl211.org for local mental health, housing, food, and social services referrals specific to your Florida county
- Florida Department of Children and Families — mental health and substance use resources, including crisis and emergency services
- NAMI Florida — peer support, family education programs, and local NAMI affiliate groups throughout the state
- Postpartum Support International Florida chapter — perinatal mental health support, provider directory, and support groups (select Florida)
If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department. Therapy is most useful as part of a longer arc of care; crisis situations need crisis resources first.
A few notes on therapy in Florida specifically
A few things come up more often with our Florida clients than with clients in other states we serve. Coastal communities deal with a real, recurring stressor in hurricane season, and the cumulative effect of evacuation, property loss, and recovery cycles shows up in therapy as a specific kind of chronic background stress that can be hard to name without someone helping to name it. Retirement and late-career transitions are another frequent theme, particularly in central and southwest Florida. And the mix of year-round residents and seasonal populations produces its own patterns of family connection and distance — adult children managing aging parents long-distance, partners adjusting to retirement together, grandparents figuring out what involvement looks like when the grandkids live six months away. None of this is unique to Florida, but the way it shows up here has a specific shape.
When you're ready to start
If you're looking for therapy in Florida and want to see whether one of our clinicians is a good fit, request a free 15-minute consultation. You can also read more about the specific services we offer in Florida: individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy, or therapy intensives. If you're exploring a specific clinical area, our condition-focused pages — including attachment therapy, therapy for burnout, and postpartum depression therapy — go into more depth.