COUNSELING
Therapy by the Sea LLC
Personal Support, Wherever You Feel Comfortable
Riana has a few spots available for new counseling clients.
Online counseling for individuals and couples ages 18 and older offered in Florida only.
For Singles and Couples ages 16 +
Personal Counseling or Self-Pay Coaching Options
Online Counseling for Florida Residents
Meet with Riana Milne, MA, LMHC, through Therapy by the Sea LLC for individual or couples counseling. All counseling appointments take place online through Zoom.
Connect from a comfortable, private space using your computer, tablet, or phone.
Support for Your Life & Relationships
- Individual counseling for adults and young people ages 18 and older.
- Couples counseling and relationship concerns.
- Emotional stress, personal challenges, and changing life circumstances.
- Childhood and relationship trauma concerns.
Insurance & Appointments
Use Riana’s Headway profile to review insurance options, confirm your benefits, and check appointment availability.
Review Insurance & Book with Headway
Counseling or Coaching?
Counseling is offered through Therapy by the Sea LLC for Florida residents. Riana also offers separate life and relationship Laser Coaching sessions and VIP one-on-one live coaching programs through Lessons in Life & Love Coaching LLC.
Laser Coaching is ideal for couples who are not married and want help but do not have insurance coverage for couples counseling.
Coaching is also available to younger clients with parental permission.
Explore Laser Coaching Sessions
If you are unsure which service fits your needs best please see the comparison chart below.
Should I get Coaching or Counseling?
This choice varies according to the Service You Need
Feeling Anxious, Stressed, Depressed, or Losing Sleep over a difficult life situation or mental health issue? Then this is best handled with a Cognitive Behavioral and Solution-Focused counseling appointment.
Dealing with unhealed Childhood or Love Trauma and feeling frustrated, trying to get love right? Are you hoping to learn how to date successfully to “Find the One”? This is best handled with coaching, and is not a mental health issue; therefore, there is no diagnostic code that will fit an insurance company’s billing requirements.
With coaching, Singles can learn to increase confidence and success within all life areas, including healing past love trauma and learn the EXACT skills needed to attract an emotionally healthy partner, and Couples can transform a troubled relationship into terrific with educational coaching that teaches better communication skills and other strategies to improve intimacy, love, and safety with the coaching model.
Riana has over 27 years of experience in counseling, and over 40 years in coaching her Mindset for Success System. Reach your Dreams in ALL Life Areas. Life’s too short to be unhappy; Now is the Time to Create the Life You Desire & Have the Love You Deserve
Frequently Asked Questions
Are sessions online or in person?
All counseling sessions take place onlineon Zoom. Riana no longer offers in-person counseling appointments.
Who can book counseling?
Counseling is available for Florida residents, including individuals and married couples ages 18 and older. If you are unmarried, choose Laser Coaching Sessions.
Can I use my computer, tablet, or phone?
Yes. Use a device with a camera, microphone, and reliable internet connection. Choose a quiet, private space for your appointment and be prepared to take notes. Riana will email you from Zoom – do not join a session through your outside portal. Simply sign onto Zoom when you get the email right before your session.
Do you accept insurance?
Review Riana’s Headway profile for current insurance options and verify your specific coverage and costs before scheduling. Ask insurance questions to the portal, as Riana herself does not handle any insurance issues or questions.
Check Insurance & Availability
What are the self-pay fees?
Riana Suggests Laser Coaching Sessions for all self-pay clients. Get details here. You can always try to submit your sessions to your Insurance company for reimbursement; but that depends on your plan.
How do I schedule?
Use the Headway booking button to review available appointments and set a time and day. Sometimes the appointment will not mesh with Riana’s calendar – if that is the case she will email you to set up a new time.
The Differences Between Therapy and Coaching
Riana Milne, MA, LMHC, CCTP-II, CAP, SAC
| Mental Health Counseling | Riana’s Coaching Method |
|---|---|
| A client needs emotional healing from mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and personality disorders | The client want to heal how their past unhealed childhood or love trauma is impacting them today in life, love relationships, business, finances, etc. |
| Requires a Diagnostic code and mental health chart to be able to use insurance. This becomes part of your medical history | Rooted in educational trauma recovery and personal growth strategies in all life areas. Teaches the mindset and motivation to reach your goals |
| Goals for self-understanding and moving to a higher level of functioning without distress | Goals to move forward in life with new confidence and skills in life, love, or business |
| Focuses on processing upset, anxious, or depressed feelings from past events; client is to find their own solutions | Focuses on learning and practicing new strategies to use NOW and take actions to improve their future |
| Explores the roots of problems but is not an educational model | Focuses on educational strategies to change past patterns to become a better person and partner |
| Focuses on unconscious behaviors | Focuses on making positive, conscious decisions; retraining your mindset for success |
| Resolves pain, helps you process the issues to make personal changes | Learn new skills to grow, make effective positive conscious choices and actions |
| A Therapist is nurturing and mostly listens; does not teach | A Coach is a directive teacher, motivational & instills action |
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Out-of-Network Rates
Please discuss with Headway for this insurance information. Riana does not handle any insurance information or billing.
Private Self-Pay Coaching Clients
Self-Pay Privte Client: Riana sees all her private, self-pay counseling and coaching clients through Laser Coaching Sessions on Zoom. No Diagnostic Code or Medical Chart is used which ensures your complete privacy.
This is ideal for those in sensitive careers (police, government, military, entertainers, etc) who do not want a Mental Health Diagnositc Code with their counseling or coaching treatment.
Personal support for your relationship, wherever you are.
Connect with Riana from your computer, tablet, or phone.
One-on-one support from your own space.
Personal connection at every stage of life.
Counseling topics could include
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Healing Childhood & Love Trauma
Expertise
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- LGBTQ+ clients
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men’s Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting concerns
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
- Thinking Disorders
- Various Coaching Programs: Singles, Couples, men/women
- Women’s Issues
Ready to Take Your Next Step?
Review appointment availability and insurance options through Headway, or contact Riana with questions about private coaching options.