Gaileanne 'Alianna' Timmins

Collaborative, practical therapy for life transitions

LCSW Florida

Experience: 5 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Career
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Gaileanne

Gaileanne 'Alianna' Timmins is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who brings five years of experience to supporting people through major life challenges. She focuses on helping clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and career transitions using a collaborative, evidence-informed approach.

Background and approach

Her work emphasizes practical coping strategies and emotional processing tailored to each person's situation. Alianna pays close attention to issues that often accompany life shifts, such as attachment struggles, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and workplace pressures.

She also supports people dealing with isolation, questions of life purpose, women's issues, and the emotional impacts of serious medical conditions. Her practice integrates several therapeutic methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), to create interventions that fit the client's goals.

Known for a warm and respectful manner, she offers both faith-informed and secular support depending on what a client prefers. The therapeutic relationship is framed as a partnership aimed at building resilience, improving communication, and helping clients move toward clearer priorities and more manageable day-to-day functioning.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Gaileanne integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression, while ACT emphasizes values-guided action and psychological flexibility to help people live more meaningfully despite difficult thoughts or feelings.

She also draws on attachment-informed strategies to explore relational patterns and improve communication and connection. Together these approaches offer practical tools and insight for relationship concerns, stress, life transitions, and coping with health-related challenges. Selecting the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist works with each client to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and life context rather than imposing a single model.

Online therapy with this practice is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and needs. These formats make it easier to fit consistent therapeutic work into a busy life and to access support from wherever the client is located in Florida, while maintaining the same therapeutic focus and active, skills-based interventions delivered in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and career concerns, and coping with life changes, as well as related issues like attachment, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and workplace problems.

How does she approach therapy with clients?

Her style combines warmth and collaboration with evidence-based techniques such as CBT, ACT, DBT, attachment work, and the Gottman Method to tailor interventions to the client's needs.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of practice experience supporting people through emotional and practical life challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is licensed in Florida as an LCSW and provides services to clients located in that region according to state licensing rules FL LCSW SW25838.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

She provides services in English only and is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available for working together?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, so fees depend on the subscription chosen.

What should I do to begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesCareer difficultiesDepression Coping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsFamily problemsForgivenessIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacksWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English