About Jahaira
Jahaira Flores is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of practice in New York. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and compassion fatigue. Jahaira emphasizes each person’s strengths and treats them as the expert on their own life.
She helps people manage panic attacks, social anxiety, and workplace stress using practical strategies and steady encouragement. Sessions focus on realistic steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Jahaira also supports people coping with chronic pain, illness, and disability by addressing the emotional strain that comes with ongoing health challenges. Forgiveness, guilt, and shame are topics she addresses directly and without judgment. She aims to create a space where people can talk through what they feel and make changes at a pace that suits them.
Jahaira pays attention to isolation and loneliness and how those feelings affect day-to-day life. Her style centers on collaboration and empowerment. She listens for what is working and what is getting in the way, then suggests small, doable adjustments.
Clients are invited to set goals and to review progress as therapy continues. Jahaira offers sessions in English and Spanish. She provides a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Evidence-based approaches available online
Jahaira uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One approach helps people learn breathing and grounding strategies to manage panic attacks and intense anxiety. These techniques teach step-by-step tools to reduce immediate symptoms and calm the body during high-stress moments.Another approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to lessen worry and social anxiety. This work includes small behavioral steps to build confidence in social or workplace situations and to reduce avoidance over time.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Jahaira will talk with clients about their goals, what has or hasn’t worked before, and personal preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in the moment. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or to squeeze in a brief check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to keep in touch between sessions or to get support without being on camera. These options aim to make care more accessible and flexible for different routines and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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