About Michele
Michele Karloff is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults who are coping with depression, grief, addictions, parenting strain, career questions, and self-esteem concerns. Michele practices in New York and offers sessions in English.
She has ten years of experience as a clinician and uses straightforward, practical approaches in conversation and planning. Michele prefers short, clear sessions that focus on what feels most urgent to the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps people set small, doable steps to reduce overwhelm. Michele uses Client-Centered methods to follow each person's priorities and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts and habits. Her background includes hospital-based work and both individual and group counseling settings.
That experience shaped a flexible style that adapts to medical, end-of-life, and crisis contexts as needed. Michele is familiar with a wide range of concerns, from immigration and adoption issues to first responder stress and hospice-related matters. In sessions she aims for clear language and practical tools rather than jargon.
People can expect to talk through specific problems, practice new coping skills, and track small changes over time. Michele frames progress as step-by-step work, not instant fixes. Online and remote formats are available for people who prefer video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Michele accepts international clients and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Michele Uses Client-Centered and CBT Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's lead, listening closely, and responding with understanding. It helps people clarify their values, name what matters most, and make decisions that feel true to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. Michele uses CBT to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michele will talk about goals and preferences, then recommend techniques that match those aims. She frames the process as collaborative, adjusting pace and methods as progress is tracked over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be a low-bandwidth option for a check-in or when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework review, or when someone wants to reflect between sessions. These formats can make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel demands while keeping consistent support.
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What this therapist works with
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- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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