About Carolina
Carolina Leiva is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, eating struggles, low self-esteem, and depression. She offers a listening presence and practical guidance for those feeling overwhelmed or disconnected. Her manner is empathetic and steady, aimed at helping clients feel seen and understood.
Carolina draws on ten years of clinical experience and a background in transpersonal psychology. She blends approaches to match each person's needs, helping clients uncover what matters beneath symptoms and daily strain.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, workable steps that build toward clearer thinking and calmer days. In conversation she uses straightforward language and gentle curiosity. She helps people sort priorities, manage difficult feelings, and practice new ways of responding to stress.
Work may include problem-solving, skill building, and exploring values that guide decisions. Carolina also supports people facing life transitions like divorce and separation, pregnancy and childbirth, and questions about life purpose. She pays particular attention to issues that affect women and to social anxiety and phobia.
She practices in New York as an LMHC, and offers services in English. Her approach aims to balance thought, emotion, and meaning so clients feel more capable in daily life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Carolina uses evidence-based techniques alongside transpersonal perspectives to guide therapy. One common approach focuses on skill-based coping and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and manage stress; this involves building small habits, practicing breathing and grounding techniques, and rehearsing responses to challenging situations. Another strand emphasizes exploring values and life purpose to create clearer direction; this work helps people make choices that feel more aligned with what matters to them and can reduce feelings of aimlessness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they try methods for a few sessions and adjust what feels most useful as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or progress between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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