About Collette
Collette Dignam is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings six years of practice helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and mood shifts. Collette often works with adolescents and middle-aged adults and focuses on building a positive, supportive relationship in sessions.
Her approach centers on practical tools people can use between appointments. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques along with relaxation exercises and written work like journaling.
Background and approach
Sessions usually include skill practice, short exercises, and planning small steps to try at home. Collette has experience helping people facing grief, low self-esteem, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and broader mood disorders. She also addresses communication and family problems as individual concerns and supports women dealing with life transitions and related stressors.
She values collaboration and asks clients to try different methods to see what fits. In session she talks through reactions, helps identify unhelpful thinking, and teaches ways to reduce acute symptoms. Progress often comes from repeated practice and small changes over time.
Collette offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their needs.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Collette commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques, which focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking. These methods help with anxiety, panic attacks, and depression by teaching concrete skills to change reactions and behavior.She also incorporates relaxation exercises and journaling as regular tools. Relaxation work can include short breathing or grounding practices to ease acute symptoms, while journaling helps people track patterns, clarify feelings, and plan small behavior changes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try a few methods, and adjust based on what helps most. Collette encourages people to experiment with tools between sessions and brings those results back into treatment planning.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing techniques together. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels difficult. Chat and messaging support brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing skill practice outside scheduled appointments. These options make it easier to fit care into busy days and to continue work consistently.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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