About Carlos
Dr. Carlos D. Ortiz is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with 15 years of clinical experience.
He holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and an LMHC credential. He speaks English and Spanish and brings both clinical training and life experience to his work. He often helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, and attention-deficit challenges.
He has extensive experience supporting people connected to foster care and adoption issues, first responder concerns, and fatherhood topics.
Background and approach
He also addresses matters such as infidelity, jealousy, codependency, and coping after disasters. In sessions he aims to make talking about difficult topics straightforward and practical. He creates space for people to name what’s happening and then tries to find steps that reduce overwhelm.
He describes his approach as open and nonjudgmental and works collaboratively to set goals that fit each person’s life. Dr. Ortiz uses a mix of methods, including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centered conversations, and EMDR for trauma processing.
He also offers pastoral counseling when clients prefer Bible-based perspectives. People who choose him often want direct, experienced guidance from someone who combines clinical knowledge with real-world life roles. His background includes work with a wide range of clients and settings, which informs how he adapts sessions to each person’s needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions aligned with their values; it can be useful for anxiety and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and practicing new, practical skills to change them; it often helps with worry, low mood, and relationship patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories through structured processing and can be helpful for people with past trauma.Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will review your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest options. Together you can try a method for a few sessions and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video gives face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult, live chat works for short check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing work between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep consistent appointments and to use therapy in real time during stressful moments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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