About Iliana
Iliana Prieto uses a relationship-focused, client-centered approach to help people facing grief, low self-esteem, depression, and family strain. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and brings 22 years of experience to conversations with Spanish-speaking clients.
Background and approach
She offers sessions in Spanish and is comfortable with bilingual clients who prefer some Spanish. Iliana emphasizes respectful, sensitive conversation and adapts the pace to each person's needs.
She aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is unsure about therapy. In sessions she listens closely and helps people clarify what matters most to them.
She works collaboratively to set small goals and to try practical steps between meetings. This includes talking through relationship challenges, sorting grief and loss, and building confidence in everyday situations.
Her background includes two decades of clinical work in Florida. That experience informs how she shapes treatment plans and adjusts methods to fit each person's culture, language, and life circumstances.
The focus is on clear, direct conversation and realistic next steps. Iliana asks new clients to share basic information via an intake questionnaire so she can match the conversation to their current concerns.
She supports international clients who communicate in Spanish and will explain how sessions proceed before scheduling.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought and behavior patterns and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful habits; it can be useful for depression and low self-esteem. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and expressing core feelings in relationship concerns and can help people name emotions and change interaction patterns.Choosing the best approach is a shared process. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful during early sessions and adjusts methods as needed. This collaborative stance means the plan can change based on progress and what fits a person's life and values.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video makes it possible to see nonverbal cues and hold longer conversations, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats let people fit sessions into workdays, travel, or different schedules while working with licensed professionals who tailor methods to their needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
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- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish