Dr. Sarita Schapiro , FL Psychologist PY4914

Dr. Sarita Schapiro is a Florida licensed psychologist (FL Psychologist PY4914) with three years of clinical experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges. She works bilingually in English and Spanish and focuses on practical, goal-oriented support for problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and a range of intimacy and parenting concerns. Her approach emphasizes clear problem identification and the development of realistic, actionable strategies clients can use between sessions to make steady progress.

Dr. Schapiro draws from evidence-based methods including client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and solution-focused interventions to tailor care to each person’s needs. She integrates life skills coaching, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral remediation to address symptoms and teach problem-solving tools that promote resilience. Whether addressing sleep and eating challenges, ADHD, anger, career transitions, or family-of-origin issues, she aims to make each session productive and focused on skills that transfer into daily life.

Dr. Schapiro is accepting new clients in Florida and offers a collaborative, respectful style that supports clients in clarifying goals and trying workable steps toward change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Sarita Schapiro uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients lead the conversation and the therapist offers empathy and respect; this approach helps people explore values, build self-understanding, and strengthen motivation for change. She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, and to improve day-to-day functioning. Solution-focused therapy is another core method she uses, emphasizing short-term, goal-directed work that helps clients identify practical steps and small changes that lead to measurable improvement.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Dr. Schapiro works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set clear goals and adjust techniques as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to schedule appointments around work, family, and other responsibilities, and allow clients to continue therapy from different locations while maintaining regular contact with licensed professionals and therapists.