About Moriah
Moriah Kreppein Riquelme is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people navigate stress and anxiety. She practices in New York and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. Her approach is direct, caring, and respectful.
Moriah works with people coping with addictions, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, fertility-related stress, and workplace difficulties. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and set small, achievable steps forward.
Background and approach
In session she listens first and then helps people name goals. She uses client-centered techniques to tailor conversations to each person. Motivational strategies help when someone feels stuck or needs a push to change behavior.
When trauma is part of the story, she brings trauma-focused methods into the work at a pace the client can manage. Solution-focused ideas are used to identify practical next steps and build on existing strengths. The overall tone is collaborative and paced to the client.
Moriah encourages straightforward talk about what feels hard and what a better week would look like. She helps people build coping tools and small routines that reduce daily stress. Taking the first step can be hard, and she treats that choice with respect and encouragement.
Approach-focused care delivered online
Client-centered therapy centers the client's own experience and priorities, encouraging people to lead the pace and topics of sessions while the therapist listens and reflects back what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs support sorting feelings and deciding what they want to change.Motivational interviewing focuses on a person's readiness to change and draws out their own reasons for making a shift. It is useful for challenges like addictions, getting moving on goals, or when motivation is uneven. Solution-focused therapy looks for small, practical steps and past successes to build momentum, which is helpful for reducing stress and improving day-to-day coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can be adjusted as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer more scheduling options and ways to check in. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can be a simpler low-bandwidth option, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing encouragement. These choices help make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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