About Carolyn
Carolyn Sultana is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings 31 years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression.
Her approach centers on listening first. She uses client-centered methods to make space for each person's story. Then she draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify thinking and behavior patterns that feed distress.
Background and approach
Carolyn also uses emotionally-focused ideas to help people notice and shift the emotions that drive repeated conflicts or withdrawal. In sessions she balances skills work with attention to feelings so change can feel both useful and meaningful. She works with concerns like panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, mood disorders, and issues tied to body image, control, or abandonment.
Carolyn often helps people facing divorce or separation, dealing with guilt and shame, or trying to find life purpose after a major change. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She tailors the plan to each person’s needs and pace.
Carolyn encourages small, steady steps and checks in often to keep the work practical and grounded.
Therapeutic approaches for anxiety and relationships online
Client-centered therapy starts with the person’s experience and prioritizes listening and respect. It helps people feel heard and shapes goals from their own priorities rather than a preset plan.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and behavior changes to reduce anxious thinking and break cycles that feed panic or low mood.
Emotionally-focused therapy turns attention to the emotions beneath conflict or withdrawal. It guides people to identify key feelings and respond to them in ways that improve connection and reduce reactivity.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Carolyn will work with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can shift over time as symptoms change or as new priorities emerge.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can fit into a weekday break, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still using CBT and emotion-focused strategies effectively.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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