Finding Hope. Creating Change.
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AIXA M ORTIZ
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Healing begins with feeling seen, heard, and understood. Aixa creates a welcoming space where clients can explore life's challenges, build emotional resilience, and discover practical tools for lasting well-being.
Aixa specializes in providing high-quality virtual therapy, making professional mental health care accessible wherever life takes you. Fluent in both English and Spanish, she creates a supportive online environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to move forward.
Virtual Counseling
Insurance Accepted
AIXA' s APPROACH
An Authentic Approach to Healing
Aixa believes meaningful healing begins with authentic connection. By creating a safe, supportive environment built on trust, mindfulness, and evidence-based care, she helps clients feel understood, strengthen emotional resilience, and move toward lasting well-being—one step at a time.
Accessible Virtual Care
Building Stronger Relationships
Providing compassionate, high-quality virtual counseling that makes meaningful therapy accessible from the comfort and privacy of home—in both English and Spanish.
Helping clients improve communication, strengthen relationships, and create healthier connections with themselves and others.
Strength-Based Care
Genuine Connection
Recognizing and building upon each client's unique strengths to support healing, resilience, and long-term well-being.
Healing starts with feeling seen, heard, and understood. Aixa builds trusting therapeutic relationships where clients feel safe to share, grow, and heal.
AIXA M ORTIZ
Aixa M. Ortiz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 15 years of experience dedicated to helping children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families overcome life's challenges. She earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Central Florida and has devoted her career to serving individuals and families through some of Central Florida's largest community-based mental health organizations. Throughout her career, Aixa has worked on the front lines of behavioral health while also serving in leadership roles, providing compassionate care to individuals living with a wide range of mental health concerns. Her experience spans working with adolescents, adults, couples, and members of different community, always creating a welcoming, affirming environment where clients feel respected, understood, and empowered.
Certified in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCT) and trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Aixa blends evidence-based treatment with genuine empathy and authentic human connection. She believes that meaningful healing begins when clients feel safe, heard, and supported, and she partners with each individual to build practical skills that foster resilience, emotional wellness, and lasting change.
Beyond her work with clients, Aixa has mentored and supervised clinicians, empowering other mental health professionals to reach their full potential while expanding access to quality behavioral healthcare. She has also taught at the university level and presented workshops for professionals, community organizations, and the public, reflecting her passion for education, advocacy, and strengthening the communities she serves.
Aixa provides virtual counseling throughout Florida in both English and Spanish (Se Habla Español), making compassionate, high-quality mental health care accessible wherever her clients call home.
When she's not working, Aixa enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and relaxing along the beautiful beaches that inspire her to embrace balance, mindfulness, and the importance of self-care.
AIXA M ORTIZ
Aixa M. Ortiz es una trabajadora social clínica licenciada con más de 15 años de experiencia dedicada a ayudar a niños, adolescentes, adultos, parejas y familias a superar los desafíos de la vida. Obtuvo su maestría en Trabajo Social Clínico en la Universidad de Florida Central y ha dedicado su carrera a atender a personas y familias a través de algunas de las organizaciones comunitarias de salud mental más grandes de Florida Central. A lo largo de su trayectoria, Aixa ha trabajado en la atención directa de salud conductual y ha desempeñado cargos de liderazgo, brindando una atención compasiva a personas que enfrentan una amplia gama de problemas de salud mental. Su experiencia abarca el trabajo con adolescentes, adultos, parejas y miembros de diversos sectores de la comunidad, creando siempre un entorno acogedor y positivo donde los clientes se sienten respetados, comprendidos y empoderados.
Certificada en Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual basada en Mindfulness (MBCT) y capacitada en Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual centrada en el trauma (TF-CBT), Aixa combina tratamientos basados en evidencia con una empatía genuina y una conexión humana auténtica. Ella cree que una sanación significativa comienza cuando los clientes se sienten seguros, escuchados y apoyados; por ello, colabora con cada persona para desarrollar habilidades prácticas que fomenten la resiliencia, el bienestar emocional y un cambio duradero.
Más allá de su trabajo con clientes, Aixa ha supervisado y asesorado a otros terapeutas, empoderando a profesionales de la salud mental para que alcancen su máximo potencial y ampliando el acceso a servicios de salud conductual de calidad. También ha impartido clases a nivel universitario y ha ofrecido talleres para profesionales, organizaciones comunitarias y el público en general, reflejando así su pasión por la educación, la defensa de derechos y el fortalecimiento de las comunidades a las que sirve.
Aixa ofrece servicios de consejería virtual en todo el estado de Florida, tanto en inglés como en español, haciendo que la atención de salud mental compasiva y de alta calidad sea accesible dondequiera que residan sus clientes.
Cuando no está trabajando, Aixa disfruta pasar tiempo con su familia, viajar y relajarse en las hermosas playas que la inspiran a cultivar el equilibrio, la atención plena (mindfulness) y la importancia del autocuidado.