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Jerrilynn Pratt-Mullen

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Jerrilynn Pratt-Mullen

Florida

Healing that changes life stories

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  • Ten years experience
  • Compassionate and direct
  • Focus on behavior change

About Jerrilynn

Jerrilynn Pratt-Mullen is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida with ten years of experience. She guides people toward clearer self-understanding and helps them change painful stories they tell themselves. Her work often focuses on stopping patterns that lead to addiction, shame, and repeated hurt. She emphasizes practical shifts in thinking and behavior so daily life feels more manageable.

Pratt-Mullen frames emotional struggles as responses to past stress, trauma, and early conditioning. She helps people notice those patterns and test new ways of responding. In sessions she mixes compassionate listening with strategies to reduce upsetting emotions and improve decision making. Clients are invited to build self-compassion, stronger boundaries, and steadier habits.

Her background includes a range of approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives, dialectical behavior techniques, and client-centered work. She draws on these to tailor what happens in session to each person’s needs. The focus is on finding the source of suffering, not only managing symptoms.

Pratt-Mullen also supports practical life areas like career, relationships, and caregiver stress. She encourages clearer communication, less enabling, and healthier boundaries. Many of her focus areas include grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Her style is engaged and empathetic while remaining goal-oriented. People who want to change long-standing patterns and develop steady coping skills will find her approach direct but supportive. To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to match and schedule.

How her approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then commit to actions that reflect personal values. It can help with depression, anxiety, and problems that come from avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and coping, helping people change patterns in close relationships and build more secure ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, past attempts at help, and what feels practical for their life. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Confirm the session format and logistics before booking, as the therapist’s biography does not specify which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use techniques from CBT, ACT, and attachment work in real-time daily life, then bring observations back to sessions for review and adjustments.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

New York, Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and career challenges.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style mixes empathetic listening with practical strategies. Sessions aim to build self-compassion, better boundaries, and sustainable coping skills.

What is her professional background?

She has ten years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people change long-standing patterns tied to trauma, shame, and codependency.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and New York, and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

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?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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