Waynette Speakman

Waynette Speakman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with a master’s degree in counseling from the University of South Florida. She also holds National Certified Counselor and Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor credentials and is a Board Certified TeleMental Health Provider. Her approach blends Adlerian ideas with cognitive and behavioral tools to create a goal-directed, future-focused plan for each person. She integrates cognitive behavioral strategies, solution-focused methods, and motivational interviewing to encourage positive, practical steps. In practice she considers past history, birth order, and family dynamics as pieces of a larger picture without centering therapy only on past events. Her stated specialties include stress, anxiety, parenting, self esteem, depression, ADHD, addictions, LGBT issues, relationships, family difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment, aging, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, body image, codependency, communication and control concerns, and isolation. She is licensed in Florida (FL LMHC MH12401) and offers remote care options aligned with her telehealth certification.