Mildred Sellars , LCSW

Mildred Sellars is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 21 years of professional experience. She earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Central Florida and has developed a broad clinical background through roles in crisis units, in-home services, residential programs, schools, and community mental health settings.

Her practice includes work with people experiencing severe mental illness, foster children and foster parents, adolescents, and entire families. She has extensive experience addressing grief and loss, career concerns, relationship challenges, parenting stressors, and transitions across life stages. That range of settings and populations informs a flexible approach to care that responds to each person’s unique circumstances.

Mildred’s therapeutic stance is empathetic and approachable. She favors a client-centered method that highlights the client’s needs and goals, offering support with dignity and respect in every session. Her clinical focus encompasses stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, LGBT issues, family dynamics, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, coaching, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other areas.

She brings practical experience addressing abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, co-morbidity, commitment and communication problems, control issues, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, divorce and separation, fertility issues, first responder challenges, and aging and geriatric issues. Mildred aims to collaborate with clients to identify meaningful goals and practical steps toward improved functioning and well-being.

Approaches Tailored for Online Care

Mildred integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her work to help clients clarify personal values, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and take committed steps toward meaningful goals - an approach that can support issues like anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore patterns in close relationships and to strengthen emotional connections and security. This method can be helpful for people working through relationship difficulties, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and attachment-related challenges.

Mildred practices from a client-centered perspective that emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so each person’s goals and preferences guide treatment. She works with clients to determine which combination of approaches fits best for their needs and adapts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Mildred offers practical flexibility - sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different routines and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other commitments.