Ira West

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida, and I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, life transitions, parenting, and family stress. My goal is to create a warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard and supported. Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years in the power/utility industry, which gives me a grounded appreciation for work stress, responsibility, leadership, and major life transitions.

My approach is warm, affirming, and curious. I often use attachment-based, emotionally focused, Gottman-informed, Gestalt, and family-systems approaches to help clients better understand themselves, their emotions, and their relationship patterns. I also value practical, solution-focused work, so therapy is not only about insight but also about helping clients take meaningful steps toward change.

In the first session, clients can expect a calm, welcoming conversation in which we begin to get to know one another and identify what brings them to therapy. I usually ask about current concerns, important relationships, background, strengths, and what they hope will be different through counseling. My goal is for clients to leave the first session feeling heard, understood, and clearer about the direction we can take together.