Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky, LCSW
Florida · 15 years in practice
Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW12551 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1043558380 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Yuridia
Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works with individuals on issues like relationships, self-esteem, and addiction.
Valerie builds a calm, welcoming space where people can talk through what matters most to them. She uses plain language and practical tools rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make everyday life feel more manageable and to help people notice what really matters to them. Her background includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting concerns, and career stress. She also supports people coping with ADHD, codependency, abandonment, and attachment-related struggles.
Valerie draws on several well-known methods to guide sessions and tailor them to each person’s needs. Valerie blends existential ideas with approaches that focus on thoughts, behavior, and relationships. She helps people notice patterns, try small changes, and reframe unhelpful thinking.
She also pays attention to how past relationships shape present life. Practical goals might include better communication, clearer boundaries, healthier routines, or learning new coping skills. Therapy is collaborative - the person sets priorities and Valerie helps map steps toward those goals.
Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Yuridia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yuridia names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Existential therapy helps people look at life’s bigger questions and personal meaning. It’s useful when someone faces major change, feels stuck, or wants clearer values to guide decisions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills for accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to values-based action. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice interaction styles and build new ways of connecting, which can reduce relationship stress and improve intimacy.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and may combine approaches as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between sessions or use shorter notes during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while still working toward practical changes.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship issues, plus parenting and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines existential thinking with practical methods like CBT and ACT to help people find meaning and change unhelpful habits.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 15 years of experience working with individuals on a wide range of life challenges and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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