Online therapy and psychoanalysis across Florida by secure video with John J. Hartman, Ph.D., FABP, Florida-licensed psychologist. Free 15-minute consultation.
Every session I offer is online, by secure video, for people anywhere in Florida. I am a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified psychoanalyst in private practice, with over 50 years of experience working with patients from adolescence to old age in individual psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and couples therapy. A good part of that life has been in Florida, and the video link means it no longer matters which end of the state you are on.
Quite a lot. I have taught at the University of Tampa and the University of South Florida, where I am currently Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry. At the Florida Psychoanalytic Center I am a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, one of the analysts who train the analysts. Before Florida came Harvard College, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan, the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, teaching at UCLA, and tenure in psychiatry at Michigan. Along the way came six books and five decades of articles, and I am still writing.
I am licensed as a psychologist in Florida, and in Washington, DC and Michigan, and authorized under PSYPACT (APIT, Mobility Number 11223) for telehealth in participating jurisdictions, including Maryland and Virginia. The Florida Board of Psychology stands behind the Florida license, and any license can be checked through it. Its licensing requirements include doctoral training, supervised experience and examinations, which is roughly the difference between a Florida psychologist and an app.
The license covers the whole state, and so does a video call. Whether you are in Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville or a town on the Panhandle, the session is the same: secure video, one analyst, fifty minutes, no causeway.
I treat a wide range of conditions with psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy: depression, including suicidal feelings; anxiety and panic, the worry that will not resolve; self-esteem and self-image problems; relationship conflicts, marital and interpersonal; sexual issues, individual and in couples; personality disorders, which is to say long-standing patterns; and trouble at work or school, with performance or with meaning.
The National Institute of Mental Health describes psychotherapy as treatment that helps a person identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts and behaviors. The analytic version asks why. Rather than managing symptoms alone, we use the relationship that develops in therapy to understand the individual conflicts, often originating in childhood, that underlie the difficulties you experience today. Understanding why you feel what you feel is the beginning of lasting change.
Psychoanalysis is the deepest form of the work: frequent sessions that allow lasting patterns to emerge, be understood, and change. Psychotherapy is weekly or twice-weekly, and applies analytic understanding to anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and the conflicts underneath them. Couples therapy is for marital, relationship and sexual conflicts: understanding the patterns two people build together, and how to change them. All three happen by video, for people anywhere in Florida.
In my experience, yes. I have practiced by video for years, and the depth of the work carries. Many patients find that speaking from their own home makes it easier to be candid, and the saved commute makes frequent sessions realistic. In a state this long, that last point is not small.
The research points the same way. A 2021 meta-analysis in Clinical Psychology Review, covering 57 studies and 4,336 people, found that video sessions produced treatment effects largely equivalent to in-person care (Batastini et al., 2021). Equivalent, not better; the screen does not take much away. The American Psychological Association's plain overview of telehealth covers the general picture.
What the screen cannot supply is the person on the other side of it. Therapy apps assign you a subscription. Here, online therapy means one doctor who knows you personally, not a chat queue.
All sessions are held by secure video. You need a device with a camera and microphone, which your laptop, tablet or phone already has, a stable internet connection, and a private space where you will not be overheard for fifty minutes, or ninety for a couples session. A bedroom with the door shut works. So does a parked car with the air conditioning on; this is Florida.
The video link is secure, and the usual rules of confidentiality apply. The American Psychological Association's telepsychology guidelines ask psychologists to protect confidentiality and the security of the technology they use, and to follow the laws of the place where the person is during the session.
One rule is fixed: for a session under my Florida license, you must be physically in Florida while we talk. Florida's telehealth law sets standards of practice for care delivered this way, and the Florida Department of Health explains them on its telehealth page. If you spend part of the year elsewhere, tell me where you will be. I am also licensed in Washington, DC and Michigan, and PSYPACT covers participating jurisdictions such as Maryland and Virginia. Please confirm availability for your location.
Booking starts with a free 15-minute consultation. Call or email, either is fine. We will talk about what brings you, and whether working together makes sense, and then schedule a first session. Hours are by mutually agreed arrangement, generally Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Psychotherapy is weekly or twice-weekly; psychoanalysis means more frequent sessions. Which fits is a question for that first conversation.
An individual session of 50 minutes is $325. A couples session of 90 minutes is $475. The first 15-minute consultation is free. A sliding scale is available; ask whether you may be eligible. Sessions are private pay, by cash, check, Venmo, Zelle, or wire. If your plan covers out-of-network mental health care, you may submit my bills to your insurer for reimbursement.
For sessions under my Florida license, yes: you need to be physically in Florida while we talk, whether that is Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville or the Panhandle. If you travel, tell me where you will be. I am also licensed in Washington, DC and Michigan, and authorized under PSYPACT in participating jurisdictions such as Maryland and Virginia, so please confirm availability for your location.
We simply talk. You tell me what brings you in, in whatever way it comes out: there is nothing to prepare and no right way to begin. I will ask about your history and what you hope for. By the end, we will discuss whether working together makes sense. If I am not the right fit, I will help you find someone who is.
Previous therapy experiences can help us understand what you need now. In a free consultation, we can discuss what helped, what did not, and whether psychoanalytic work is a good fit. No judgment. Nothing to prepare. Just a conversation.
Through the Florida Board of Psychology, which licenses psychologists in the state. I am also licensed in Washington, DC, license PSY200001229, and in Michigan, and I am board certified by the American Board of Psychoanalysis, which is what the FABP after my name means.
Reaching out is often the hardest step. Call (813) 787-2048 or email jjhartman2@gmail.com for a free 15-minute consultation, or start from the contact section of this site. Then we schedule a first session, by secure video, wherever in Florida you happen to be.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call 911. This website is not monitored for emergencies.
The first 15-minute consultation is free and carries no obligation. All sessions are online by secure video, for people in Florida.
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