About Raquel
Raquel Ortiz Terron is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She supports those dealing with family strain, low self-esteem, and the challenge of big life changes. Raquel speaks English and Spanish and works from New Jersey.
Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring the plan to each person. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills. Raquel uses mindfulness practices to help people stay present during stressful moments. She includes Solution-Focused ideas to set clear, achievable goals and track progress.
Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about change. In sessions she aims for a respectful and warm tone. Conversations are practical and directed toward changes the client wants to make.
She helps people break problems into smaller, manageable steps. Her experience covers a wide range of concerns, including panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, social anxiety, postpartum depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder. She also works with issues like communication problems, phobias, paranoia, and personality disorder challenges.
Raquel invites people to explore goals at their own pace. She focuses on building skills for daily life and supporting steady progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Raquel commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and reframe unhelpful thinking. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and experiences, with the therapist following the client's lead and offering empathic support.She also brings mindfulness practices into remote work to help people notice stress reactions and practice calm responses. Together the approaches help with panic attacks, social anxiety, obsessive thinking, mood shifts, and coping during life transitions. Raquel will work collaboratively with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences rather than prescribing a single path.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, short goal-setting, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward even when in-person visits are difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and handouts to work well across these formats.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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