About Cynthia
Cynthia Terrell is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who focuses on stress and anxiety among other concerns. She brings 25 years of experience to sessions and aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or burned out. Her approach is warm and direct.
She listens first to understand what feels hardest, then works with each person to set practical goals. Sessions center on clear steps people can try between meetings, not just talk about feelings.
Background and approach
Cynthia uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness alongside a client-centered frame. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and practice being present. She also adapts her style to each person rather than following a rigid script.
She has helped people with depression, relationship problems, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues related to adoption and foster care, cancer, first responder stress, and recovery from domestic violence. Sessions can focus on improving communication, managing anger or jealousy, coping after divorce or loss, or rebuilding self-esteem.
Cynthia emphasizes small, achievable changes that add up over time. She encourages people to keep a record of progress so the work feels tangible and hopeful.
How Cynthia’s Methods Work Online
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and managing stress by breaking problems into small steps.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can help with rumination, worry, and coping after trauma by training awareness of the present moment.
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. This approach supports people as they set their own goals and try approaches that fit their life.
Finding the right method is a team effort. Cynthia will talk about your goals and try approaches that match your needs and preferences. You can adjust methods as you go so the work feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps people who prefer written reflection. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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