About Yael
Yael Margolin-Rice is a New York psychologist with 40 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Her manner is collaborative and direct, aimed at helping people feel heard and make practical changes.
Yael draws on decades of work with people who have lived through traumatic events and with couples in conflict. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental setting where clients can tell their story and sort out next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions move at a steady, practical pace to build coping skills and clarify goals. Yael has presented seminars and talks to other clinicians, sharing her observations from clinical work. That background informs how she structures sessions and sets realistic milestones.
The focus is on understandable tools that fit daily life rather than jargon or abstract theory. Her work is collaborative: she and the client decide what to try and when to adjust the plan. Progress is tracked in straightforward ways so people know what’s changed and what still needs attention.
Yael emphasizes small, achievable steps that build on each person’s strengths. People who choose her can expect practical strategies for managing anxiety and stress, clearer ways to handle relationship or family tensions, and steady support after traumatic experiences. Sessions are meant to leave clients with usable skills and clearer choices going forward.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Yael uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method she applies helps people learn concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, gradual exposure to feared situations, and steps to break unhelpful thought patterns. These tools are useful for day-to-day stress and panic reactions.She also works with trauma-focused approaches that help people process distressing memories and reduce their impact on daily life. This involves pacing the work, building safety and stability first, and then addressing painful events in manageable ways. For relationship concerns she uses structured conversation techniques to improve communication and clarify patterns that cause conflict.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, life circumstances, and goals, and together they will try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as progress is reviewed so the plan stays aligned with goals.
Online sessions offer flexible options to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send quick updates, have ongoing support between sessions, or use written exercises when that format feels most helpful.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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