About Maureen
Maureen Farrell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or low self-esteem. Her manner is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making the first steps toward change feel manageable.
Maureen listens first and tailors care to each person's situation. She focuses on practical strategies that can be used between sessions, like coping skills for panic and tools to manage seasonal low mood.
Background and approach
She also addresses concerns such as motivation, eating issues, career stress, and burnout or compassion fatigue. Her approach blends several ways of working. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going and to try alternative responses. Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable goals and track progress. Maureen also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns that may show up across relationships and life roles.
She pays attention to life transitions, identity issues including LGBT concerns, and challenges tied to young adulthood or aging. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Maureen aims to work collaboratively so people can build clearer routines, steadier moods, and more confidence in day-to-day life.
How her therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy means Maureen focuses on what matters most to the person she meets. She listens closely and shapes sessions around individual goals, which helps when dealing with anxiety, grief, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems active. She helps people test new ways of responding, practice coping tools for panic or social anxiety, and build routines to manage mood and energy.
Motivational Interviewing supports shifts in readiness to change. It is useful for issues like motivation, career steps, or adjusting health-related habits by exploring values and small next steps.
Finding the right approach usually happens together. Maureen discusses options with each person and adjusts methods as needs and goals become clearer. This collaborative process helps match techniques to the issues someone brings in.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, brief coping support, or people who prefer writing. These options make scheduling easier and let people continue care across changing days and routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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