Althea KingLMHC

Althea King is a licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience helping people through hard life moments. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, and other mood concerns. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, focused on practical steps that fit everyday life.

Althea pays attention to each person's whole situation, including faith, values, and day-to-day responsibilities. She helps people untangle guilt and shame, rebuild self-love, and improve communication. She also supports clients who are coping with panic, posttraumatic stress, attachment struggles, and money-related worries.

Sessions aim to be collaborative. The client’s goals guide the work and Althea offers clear feedback and tools to practice between meetings. Expect a mix of talk, paced problem solving, and strategies you can test at home.

Her background includes nearly two decades working with adults across a wide range of mood and life issues. She brings steady clinical experience and an emphasis on real-world change rather than just theory.

People commonly come to address grief, life transitions, or ongoing anxiety and find support in learning how to manage symptoms and make better daily choices. If you are pregnant, navigating childbirth, or adjusting to parenthood, she lists Pregnancy and childbirth as an area of focus and can address related stress and emotional concerns.

To begin, use the site Start Therapy process to match and schedule according to availability and location in Florida.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Althea describes her work as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. One common approach she uses is focused talk therapy that helps people understand patterns in their thoughts and behavior, and then try new ways of responding. This kind of work is often useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Another approach she applies centers on processing traumatic experiences at a measured pace, helping people reduce the intensity of painful memories and regain daily functioning; that approach is commonly used for trauma, panic, and posttraumatic symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what is most helpful. Clients are treated as experts on their own lives while the therapist offers options and clear steps to practice between sessions.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about how to schedule sessions that fit work, child care, or medical appointments so therapy is manageable alongside daily life.