About Andre
Andre Vilarinho is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in New York. He offers virtual therapy and helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, addictions, and parenting challenges. His tone is relaxed and direct, and he aims to build a trusting relationship that allows gentle challenge when needed.
He draws on several well-known therapeutic approaches and adapts them to each person's situation. Sessions often focus on how feelings, behaviors, and thoughts show up inside relationships - including the relationship someone has with themself.
Background and approach
He uses clear, practical methods to improve communication, manage anxiety, and address setbacks such as dissociation, guilt, or low self-esteem. Andre has five years of clinical experience in settings that include community mental health, group practices, and both nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
That background means he is used to helping people with everyday stressors as well as longer-term difficulties like trauma and addiction. He is licensed to practice as an LMFT in New York and Connecticut. His style is informal and thoughtful.
He works with clients to set goals together and adjusts the approach as progress is made. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. People looking to begin can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools, and a focus on real-world change.
He encourages clients ready to do the work and supports them through the process of building new habits and stronger relationships.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Andre often uses cognitive-behavioral techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT helps people learn skills to manage anxiety, depression, and stress by practicing new habits and testing assumptions. He also uses humanistic methods that emphasize empathy, validation, and building a stronger relationship with yourself to address self-esteem and motivation.He sees choosing the right approach as a team effort. During early sessions he will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life, then propose approaches to try. Adjustments are made along the way based on what helps most, so the process stays collaborative and practical.
Online therapy with Andre is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections and quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other responsibilities while still getting consistent care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, New York
- Languages
- English
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