About Cassandra
Cassandra Duff is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York. She brings 19 years of practical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she focuses on clear, usable strategies rather than jargon.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a supportive space where people feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps her clients spot unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of thinking and acting.
Background and approach
She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for emotion regulation and tolerating distress. In sessions she talks through the specific problems that matter most to the client, such as depression, anger, addiction, or intimacy-related issues. Career questions, ADHD, and coping with life changes are also common topics.
She pays attention to cultural background, financial stress, and the strain caregivers often face. Cassandra adapts each conversation and plan to the person in front of her. She aims for straightforward tools people can use between sessions, like practical coping steps and behavior experiments.
Cassandra encourages small, steady changes rather than quick fixes. Her style is collaborative: she listens first, then offers options. People who prefer concrete strategies and a respectful, down-to-earth tone often find this approach helpful.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions can do
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so the client feels heard and understood; it helps when someone needs space to talk through feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills like emotion regulation and distress tolerance that are useful for strong emotions and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals, try a method, and adjust based on what helps. Sessions are collaborative and aim to find workable strategies that fit your life and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face-to-face even from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support quick exchanges, homework check-ins, and ongoing accountability between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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