About Rosemary
Rosemary Cabanillas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has six years of documented experience. Rosemary focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other everyday struggles.
She draws on straightforward methods to help people who feel stuck after a job change, who struggle with sleep, or who are coping with grief or relationship strain.
Background and approach
Sessions concentrate on small, achievable steps rather than long lectures. Conversations are plainspoken and anchored to real life tasks between meetings. Rosemary has worked in diverse neighborhoods and brings an open attitude to cultural differences.
That background informs how she listens and frames options. She aims to meet people where they are and adapt to their needs and background. Her approach often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together, and Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, which zeroes in on clear, short-term goals.
These tools are used to reduce symptoms and build coping skills that people can use day to day. Therapy sessions can also address parenting stresses, self-esteem, intimacy issues, anger, and career questions. The focus is practical problem solving and building confidence so people can return to routines and responsibilities with more ease.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Rosemary commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change the actions that follow. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by teaching simple, practical skills to test thoughts and adjust behavior.She also uses Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, a short-term method that concentrates on concrete goals and immediate steps. This approach is helpful when someone wants to make specific changes quickly, such as improving sleep routines or managing workplace stress.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist work together to pick methods that match personal needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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