About Grant
Grant Cruz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. He focuses on stress and anxiety and helps people handle trauma, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Grant also supports clients experiencing career difficulties and life transitions.
He draws on 17 years of professional experience to offer a calm, nonjudgmental space for talking things through. Sessions prioritize practical steps and clearer thinking so clients can manage day-to-day strain. The goal is to help people feel more able to face hard moments and make changes that matter.
Background and approach
Grant invites clients to speak openly about painful memories, loss, and worries that interfere with work or relationships. He listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with clients to try different ways of responding. Conversations are steady and straightforward, aimed at small, realistic shifts.
When grief or past abuse is present, he helps people build coping skills and regain a sense of control. For anxiety and stress, the focus is on calming routines and habits that reduce overwhelm. Career concerns are handled with practical planning and boosting confidence in decision making.
Sessions are available in English and Spanish. Grant emphasizes collaboration - you set the pace and priorities, and he supports the steps you choose to take.
Approaches and online therapy options
Grant uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real-world change. One common approach he uses is practical skills work that teaches breathing, grounding, and routine-building to lower anxiety and manage stress. These skills are helpful for everyday overwhelm and panic-related symptoms.He also helps people process trauma and loss through careful, paced conversation and coping strategies that reduce distress. This method aims to restore a sense of control and make difficult memories easier to handle. For career and confidence concerns, sessions emphasize goal-setting, planning, and building decision-making skills to move forward.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Grant will listen to your goals, try out methods together, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. He encourages an open dialogue about preferences so the work fits each person’s needs.
Online therapy formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you meet face-to-face from wherever you are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to share shorter thoughts and updates between sessions, and to fit support around a busy schedule.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Grant commonly address?
What is his approach in sessions?
How much clinical experience does he have?
What are his credentials and where is he based?
Which languages are offered for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How do costs and billing work?
How do I begin therapy with him?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.