Shimyne Homidas, LCSW, LISW-CP
Compassionate, practical support for strong emotions
Book with ShimyneWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Shimyne works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW-CP
- Licensed in
- Florida, South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shimyne
Shimyne Homidas, LCSW, LISW-CP helps people navigate strong emotions and big life changes. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anger, and improve relationships. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at people who need clear tools and steady guidance.
With seven years of experience, Shimyne draws on client-centered work to meet each person where they are. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and DBT strategies to build emotion regulation and coping skills.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in sessions to strengthen insight and motivation for change. People come to her for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports those dealing with career shifts, divorce or separation, codependency, and domestic violence aftermath.
Anger is a named focus, and she helps clients find safer ways to express and channel it. Sessions often involve setting clear goals, practicing new skills, and planning small steps between meetings. Conversations are practical and paced to individual needs.
Shimyne works from Florida and offers help in English to both local and international clients. Her credentials include LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and LISW-CP, Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice. She blends skill-building with encouragement so people leave sessions with tools they can use right away.
What Shimyne works with
Everything Shimyne lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shimyne's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shimyne lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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.
Practical approaches for online emotion work
Shimyne uses client-centered methods to focus sessions on each person's needs. This approach means she listens first and tailors conversations to what matters most to the individual, helping them set realistic goals and move at their own pace.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people notice patterns that drive stress, anger, or depression and try small behavior changes to reduce those patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, building distress tolerance, and improving interactions with others. These skills are useful for anger, anxiety, and strong mood swings.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a shared process. Shimyne will work with each person to decide which strategies fit their goals and daily life, adjusting methods as progress is made. The client and therapist collaborate on what to practice between sessions.
Online sessions come in several formats to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill practice, phone sessions are simple when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for brief updates or ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other routines.
Questions people ask about Shimyne
What kinds of problems does Shimyne address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, self-esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and practical, using clear skill teaching from CBT and DBT plus mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build change over time.
What is her professional background?
Shimyne has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices in Florida and holds the credentials LCSW and LISW-CP as listed.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available online?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does pricing 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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.