Therapist in St. Petersburg, FL via Florida telehealth: same-week appointments with licensed clinicians and supervised graduate interns. Ascend Mind and Body doesn't have a physical office in St. Pete; we serve patients across Pinellas County via HIPAA-secure video from our team. Sessions run $175 initial, $140 follow-up, or $75 with a supervised intern (sliding-scale rate). We treat anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, and OCD using CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS, and ERP. Call (863) 510-2624 or book online.
Online talk therapy for St. Petersburg residents
Telehealth is not a watered-down version of therapy. For most outpatient presentations (anxiety, depression, trauma reprocessing, OCD, life transitions, grief), research consistently shows comparable outcomes to in-person work. The difference is logistics: no Skyway commute, no parking deck on Central Avenue, no waiting room small-talk. You sign in from your living room or your car between meetings. (For more on how our Florida telehealth therapy program works statewide, see the program page.)
Ascend doesn't have a St. Petersburg office, but our St. Pete patients see Skyler Anderson and the rest of our talk-therapy team via HIPAA-secure telehealth from anywhere in Florida. Our nearest in-person office is in Wesley Chapel, about a 50-minute drive across the Howard Frankland or Gandy bridges if you'd prefer to drive. Most St. Pete patients don't; once they try the video format, the commute argument loses.
Sessions are 50 minutes for individual work, 60 minutes for couples or family. We use Zoom for Healthcare with a BAA in place, so the call is HIPAA-compliant by design. You'll receive a secure link by email or text 30 minutes before your appointment. No app to download.
Areas we serve in St. Petersburg: Downtown St. Pete (33701, 33704), Old Northeast (33704), Snell Isle (33704), Crescent Lake (33703, 33704), Disston Heights (33710), Tyrone (33710), Pinellas Point (33712, 33705), Shore Acres (33703), Greater Pinellas Park (33781, 33782), and the surrounding Pinellas County. If you're a Florida resident, your therapist can see you. The license attaches to the state, not the city.
Conditions we treat
Our St. Petersburg telehealth team covers the full breadth of outpatient therapy:
- Anxiety: generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic disorder, health anxiety, agoraphobia
- Depression: major depressive episodes, persistent depressive disorder, postpartum depression, seasonal affective patterns
- Trauma and PTSD: childhood trauma, accidents, medical trauma, domestic violence aftermath, combat-related PTSD, complex trauma, including EMDR for trauma reprocessing
- Grief and loss: recent bereavement, anticipatory grief, complicated grief, pet loss
- ADHD-related challenges: emotional dysregulation, executive function support, relationship strain (diagnostic evaluation referral if not yet diagnosed)
- OCD: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard protocol
- Life transitions: divorce, job loss, relocation, retirement, new parenthood, identity changes
- LGBTQIA+ affirming care: multiple providers on the team are trained in affirming therapy
Our providers
Our talk-therapy team is led by Wesley Chapel based licensed clinicians who see Florida residents via HIPAA secure telehealth. To see the full roster, photos, modalities, and licensure, visit the providers page or filter to therapy and counseling. To request a specific clinician or be matched by intake, book a consultation or call (863) 510-2624.