THERAPIST & COUNSELOR IN TAMPA
Ha Alberti
Founder, Relationship & Trauma Specialist
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
You may look like you're holding everything together while privately feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply tired of repeating the same patterns.
Maybe your relationship has become a source of pain instead of comfort. You're having the same arguments without resolution, feeling increasingly distant from your partner, or trying to rebuild trust after betrayal. Or perhaps experiences from your past continue to affect how you feel about yourself and how you connect with the people you love.
Hello! My name is Ha and I help individuals and couples understand what's happening beneath these patterns so they can create meaningful, lasting change.
"I'm on the side of your relationship."
My Experience
Before entering private practice, I gained clinical experience working in outpatient psychiatry, where I worked with individuals experiencing a wide range of emotional and mental health concerns.
That experience shaped the way I practice today. I learned that what appears on the surface—anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, emotional reactivity, or feeling stuck—is often only part of the story.
I believe effective therapy means understanding the whole person, not simply treating a list of symptoms.
Today, as founder of Tampa Life Counseling, I specialize in relationships, anxiety and trauma, helping clients understand the experiences and emotional patterns that influence how they relate to themselves and to the people closest to them.
Couples & Relationship Therapy
Couples often come to me saying:
"We keep having the same argument."
"I don't feel like my partner understands me anymore."
"We're more like roommates than a couple."
"I don't know if I can trust them again."
"We love each other, but we don't know how to fix this."
When relationships become distressed, couples can find themselves trapped in a cycle in which one partner pursues, criticizes, or demands connection while the other withdraws, becomes defensive, or shuts down. Over time, both partners can feel increasingly lonely, hurt, and misunderstood.
I'm on the side of your relationship.
My role isn't to determine who's right or wrong, take sides, or decide which partner is to blame.
I'm on the side of your relationship.
Together, we'll look at the pattern that's developed between you—what happens when you feel hurt, disconnected, rejected, or afraid of losing each other—and work toward creating a relationship where both partners can feel heard, understood, and emotionally safe.
My work with couples goes beyond simply teaching better communication skills. I help couples understand the deeper emotions and attachment needs underneath their conflict so they can change the pattern rather than continue having different versions of the same fight.
I have advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), including an EFT Externship and Core Skills 1–4, as well as Levels 1 and 2 of the Gottman Method.
I integrate these approaches to help couples:
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Break repetitive cycles of conflict
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Rebuild emotional safety and trust
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Heal after betrayal or relationship injuries
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Communicate needs without attacking or withdrawing
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Restore emotional and physical intimacy
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Develop a more secure, connected relationship
You are not the problem. Your partner is not the problem. The cycle that has developed between you is what we'll work together to change.
Individual Therapy
Relationship patterns don't begin when we enter a relationship.
Our experiences with family, attachment, rejection, loss, trauma, and previous relationships can influence how safe we feel with others and how we respond when that connection feels threatened.
In individual therapy, I frequently work with adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, self-esteem concerns, and painful patterns that continue despite their efforts to change them.
I am certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and incorporate evidence-based approaches according to each client's individual needs.
Education & Specialized Training
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Couples & Relationships
EFT Externship
EFT Core Skills 1–4
Gottman Levels 1 & 2 -
Trauma
Certified EMDR Therapist
Certified ART Therapist -
Professional
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
MSW, Florida State University
Qualified Supervisor
Ready to Begin?
Whether you're struggling individually or trying to find your way back to one another as a couple, you don't have to keep repeating the same patterns.
In-person therapy in Westchase–Tampa and secure online therapy throughout Florida.
Schedule a Free 15-Minute Consultation
What It's Like to Work With Me
Therapy with me is collaborative and active.
I'll listen carefully and compassionately, but I also want to help you understand why something keeps happening and what you can do differently.
We'll identify patterns, explore what's underneath them, and develop practical ways of responding rather than simply reacting.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Your experiences, relationships, values, culture, and beliefs all matter.
And if faith or spirituality is important to you, I'm comfortable incorporating it into our work when you want it to be part of therapy.
My hope is that therapy doesn't simply help you feel better temporarily.
I want you to leave understanding yourself more deeply, relating to others more securely, and feeling better equipped to navigate your life and relationships long after therapy ends.
HA PROVIDES THERAPY FOR ADULTS, COUPLES, & FAMILIES IN TAMPA
Anxiety, Trauma & PTSD Specialization
I specialize in working with a wide spectrum of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders including mild worry to Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I am a certified trauma therapist (EMDR & Accelerated Resolution Therapy). Both are effective and powerful approaches to treating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I also integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to provide you with the tools for lasting change.
Relationships Specialization
If you're feeling stuck in the same arguments, disconnected from your partner, or struggling to move past rejection, betrayal, abandonment, or painful experiences from childhood or previous relationships, you're not alone. These experiences often shape how we connect, communicate, and respond in our closest relationships.
I specialize in helping couples break free from painful relationship cycles, rebuild trust, and restore emotional connection. My approach integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method—two evidence-based models supported by decades of research. While the Gottman Method provides practical tools to improve communication and manage conflict, EFT helps heal the deeper attachment wounds and emotional patterns that keep couples feeling stuck. Together, these approaches create lasting change by addressing both the conflict you see and the unmet emotional needs beneath it.
Working from an attachment-based perspective, I help couples strengthen emotional safety, repair trust, improve communication, and create a more secure, fulfilling relationship. I have specialized training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, one of the most extensively researched models of couples therapy, with studies showing that approximately 95% of couples experience significant improvement.
I offer both in-person and secure online couples therapy to fit your schedule.
Other Psychotherapy Specialty Areas
Bipolar Disorders
Grief
Self Esteem
"My aim is to help individuals and couples be aware and intentional in how they respond, rather than react. By learning to do this, we will create the change that transforms your life and relationships. "
APPROACH
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COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
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EMDR/ART
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EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY
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SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY