Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
How Rose works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rose
Rose Topal is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps people struggling with anger, stress, anxiety, and related concerns. She offers a warm, interactive approach that aims to reduce overwhelm and build clearer coping skills. Rose meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use between sessions.
She draws on eight years as a therapist and more than 15 years as a life and career coach.
Background and approach
That background shapes a practical style that blends talking, skill practice, and problem-solving. Sessions tend to feel collaborative rather than one-directional. Rose uses tools from several evidence-based approaches to help clients manage emotions, improve relationships, and navigate life transitions.
She often focuses on skills for emotion regulation, noticing patterns that keep problems going, and building values-based goals. Work may include mindfulness, behavior experiments, and communication practice. Clients bring a wide range of concerns, including depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, body image and eating-related struggles.
Rose also supports people facing abandonment issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and life changes like adoption and blended family adjustments. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Rose provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She tailors the pace and tools to each person’s needs and priorities.
What Rose works with
Everything Rose lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rose's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rose lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that help manage strong feelings
Rose uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, anger, and mood concerns because it focuses on practical steps and clear exercises clients can do between sessions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people notice difficult emotions and still move toward goals that matter. ACT encourages small values-based actions and simple mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity and increase meaning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rose will listen to your goals and preferences and then recommend strategies that fit the situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is good when visual cues and interactive exercises help, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and suit quick check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for short updates, skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of working until the best fit is found.
Questions people ask about Rose
What concerns does Rose work with?
She addresses a wide range of challenges including anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting-related stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive. She focuses on collaborative conversations, skill practice, and real-world steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience as a therapist and over 15 years of work as a life and career coach, which informs a practical and results-minded approach.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
Rose is a Florida licensed mental health counselor, listed as LMHC, and she practices from Florida.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.