About Maryjo
Maryjo Proietta Halpern is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of practice in New York. She brings a calm, steady presence and a practical focus to sessions. Maryjo blends talk therapy with awareness of body-based practices from her background as a yoga instructor to support emotional healing.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety and talks through relationship concerns and issues with self-esteem. People also come to her for support after trauma and abuse, for depression, and for help with social anxiety or phobia.
Background and approach
Maryjo addresses practical problems such as communication difficulties, control issues, and isolation. Her approach draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past connections shape current relationships. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's pace and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Narrative and psychodynamic ideas inform how she explores life stories and long-standing patterns. Sessions focus on clear, doable steps and on building emotional understanding. Maryjo encourages clients to notice patterns, practice new skills, and try small experiments between sessions.
She also offers ways to integrate breath and movement work when that fits a person's goals. Maryjo aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can speak openly and begin practical change. She guides each person toward clearer choices and more manageable daily routines.
Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility
Maryjo often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people understand connection and trust issues. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills for anxiety and stress. Client-Centered Therapy informs her manner in sessions, so conversations stay focused on each person's priorities and pace.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which methods make the most sense for their goals and preferences. That process may involve trying a few techniques and adjusting as progress is made, with regular check-ins about what is helping.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a more personal interaction is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break or a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and practice skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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