Iris Tanton, LMHC

Iris Tanton is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with six years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with addictions and grief. Iris also supports those coping with life changes, parenting strain, self-esteem struggles, and body image concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Raised in the United States as a first-generation Latina and having lived for years in Spain, Iris brings a multicultural viewpoint to her work. Her background in culinary arts and healthy cooking shaped an integrative interest in mind-body wellbeing. She describes therapy as a space for curiosity where thoughts and feelings can be spoken about without judgment.

Iris favors practical, collaborative work. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness techniques teach grounding skills for stress and anxiety.

Narrative and solution-focused approaches guide shorter-term goals and help people rewrite recurring life patterns. Iris also incorporates trauma-aware methods to support healing after difficult events. Her aim is to help clients notice patterns that no longer serve them and develop clearer steps forward.

She frames therapy as a partnership and encourages openness and experimentation. Iris draws on life experience as a parent and long-term partner to relate to common relationship and life-stage challenges. People interested in beginning can expect practical tools alongside space to reflect and make changes.

Approaches and online support for midlife and change

Client-centered therapy begins with listening and follows the person’s priorities. The therapist offers empathic attention and helps people notice patterns, set goals, and try small changes that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits that get in the way of daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. That may mean trying mindfulness skills one week and short solution-focused steps the next until a helpful mix emerges.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn how Iris schedules online work. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, and let people use quiet time between responsibilities for a check-in. It can also allow for telephone or lower-bandwidth options when video is difficult. Ask about formats when you schedule so arrangements match your daily routine and technical needs.