About Hanna
Hanna Recktenwald is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and relationship strain. She offers a calm, accepting space where clients can talk through hard moments and build practical coping skills. Hanna is based in New York and works with young adults and others facing self-esteem and communication struggles.
Hanna uses straightforward conversation to uncover what feels stuck. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that reduce overwhelm and increase a sense of control.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that fuel anxiety, anger, or low self-worth and helps clients try clearer ways of responding. She also addresses the effects of trauma and abuse in a paced, respectful way. Hanna pays attention to post-traumatic stress symptoms and supports people as they work toward steadier daily functioning.
When trauma is part of the story, she balances safety with gradual progress. Relationship concerns and communication problems often come up in her work. Hanna helps people practice new communication habits and rebuild trust in themselves.
She supports parents and young adults dealing with role changes and life transitions. Over the course of sessions she helps people build self-love and firmer boundaries. Hanna draws on four years of clinical experience to shape each plan around what the person says they need.
Starting is a simple process of a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Hanna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people manage anxiety and trauma symptoms. One approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills to reduce immediate stress and worry, such as breathing strategies, activity scheduling, and breaking tasks into smaller steps. These methods are useful when anxiety makes day-to-day life feel overwhelming.Another common emphasis is on processing the effects of trauma in a paced, supportive way. This work helps people understand how past events shape current reactions and builds strategies to feel steadier in everyday situations. It can be especially helpful for those dealing with post-traumatic stress and its ripple effects on relationships and self-esteem.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Hanna works collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person’s goals and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Conversations in early sessions help decide whether to focus more on skill-building, trauma work, communication practice, or a mix of approaches.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for a full face-to-face feel, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit brief check-ins or busy schedules. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caretaking commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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