
Alessana Fordin
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2121 Sw 3rd Ave, Suite 101, Miami, FL 33129
Let's Connect (305) 834-4115

If you're facing challenges within your relationships or want to enact positive changes in your life but find yourself stuck, there's a path forward. Overcoming feelings of depression and anxiety, along with learning to manage anger effectively, are entirely within your reach. Break away the barriers that prevent you from living a life filled with satisfaction, fulfillment, and joy. As a highly trained psychotherapist, I employ a holistic and personalized approach tailored to your individual needs. For further details, I invite you to visit my website at www.lotuscounseling.com.
Specializing in guiding clients towards meaningful and enduring transformations in their lives is my focus—be it navigating the aftermath of a marriage, achieving weight loss goals, conquering addictions or eating disorders, fostering and sustaining relationships, or mastering anger management.
My experience has taught me that each of us possesses a vast potential for transformation—unlockable through our inner strength. It's in the nurturing and secure connection between therapist and client that you can discover how to embrace fulfilling new experiences and uncover your personal blueprint for recovery.
Call or Email Alessana Fordin now for a free 15 minute consultation - (305) 834-4115
Let's Connect (305) 834-4115

Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Cash, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Beech Street
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- ComPsych
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Florida Blue
- Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- New Directions | Lucet
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Oxford
- PreferredOne
- TRICARE
- TriWest
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Wellpoint
- Out of Network

Alessana Fordin
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Check fees and, if listed, ask to verify your insurance coverage. Email or (305) 834-4115
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Florida / MH9137 Alessana Fordin
- Attended Barry University, Graduated 2001
- Licensed by State of Florida / MH9137
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Depression
- Anxiety
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Mindfulness & Stress Management
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Our team of 10 psychologists are ready to help !
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Testing and Evaluation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Creole ,
Hebrew ,
Our staff is multi-lingual. ,
Spanish
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Creole ,
Hebrew ,
Our staff is multi-lingual. ,
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Adlerian
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Forensic Psychology
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Lotus Counseling Center
2121 Sw 3rd Ave
Suite 101
Miami, FL 33129
(305) 834-4115Email me
Additional Location
Lotus Counseling Center
777 Glades Road
Suite 100, Room K-4
Boca Raton, FL 33434
(305) 834-4115