Dr. Daniel Reyes

Hola, and hello — I'm Dr. Daniel Reyes. I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with a doctorate from Liberty University. Before I sat in this chair I spent more than three decades in the helping professions, most of it as a chaplain — bedsides, hospital corridors at two in the morning, more gravesides than I can count. I came to clinical work late and on purpose. What that adds up to is simple: very little you bring me will be new, and none of it is going to scare me off.

I'm Hispanic and fully bilingual, and I see clients in Spanish or English — whichever one your feelings actually live in. That matters more than people expect. Some things you can only say in your first language, and I would rather you say them than translate them.

I work with adults all over Florida by telehealth, so it doesn't matter much whether you're in Apopka, Kissimmee, Tampa, or Hialeah. I also don't leave your faith or your body outside the room. If your spirituality is part of how you make sense of hard things, bring it. If the stress is showing up in your sleep and your shoulders, we'll talk about that too.

I'm practical. My work is grounded in evidence-based approaches — mostly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and narrative work mixed in where they fit.

In plain language: we figure out what is actually getting in your way, we test that theory, and we build tools you can use on a Tuesday afternoon when I'm not there. I lean strength-based because most people arrive convinced they're broken and they almost never are — usually they're running a strategy that worked once and then quietly stopped working.

I'll tell you what I notice, and I'll ask before I push. You set the goals. My job is to keep us honest about whether we're actually moving toward them.

The first session is mostly you talking and me listening. I'll ask what brought you in now — not just what's wrong, but why this week — and what you would want to be different three months from now. There's some history and paperwork to get through, and I'll be upfront that part of it is boring.

You will not leave the first session with a lecture or a label. You'll leave knowing whether it felt right to talk to me, which is honestly the only thing that matters at that point. If it did, we'll book the next one. If it didn't, I'll help you think about who might fit better — no hard feelings, and I mean that.

Want to test-drive it first? Book a free consultation call and we'll talk for fifteen minutes before you commit to anything.