About Colette
Colette Lettieri is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people build confidence, find direction in career concerns, and handle major life changes. Her approach centers on empowerment and practical steps toward clearer goals.
Colette creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through difficult feelings. She encourages honest conversation and works at the client’s pace.
How Colette works
Sessions are aimed at improving motivation, self-esteem, and decision-making rather than offering quick fixes. Her background includes work with people facing relationship strain, communication problems, divorce and separation, and family problems. She also addresses caregiver stress, midlife transitions, and questions about life purpose.
Women’s issues and self-love are recurring themes in her practice. Therapy with her often involves exploring personal stories and identifying small, doable changes. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person’s priorities.
Narrative techniques help people reframe their experiences and recognize strengths they already have. Colette also draws on solution-focused methods to set clear short-term goals and track progress. Practical tools and focused conversations are common in sessions.
The overall aim is to help people leave therapy feeling more capable and clear about next steps.
Colette lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Colette works with
The areas below are the ones Colette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online change
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist focuses on understanding where someone is and helps them identify their own solutions. This approach is useful when people need a calm space to sort feelings and set priorities.Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves. It helps reframe tough experiences and reveal strengths that were overlooked. This method can be useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem work, and finding a clearer sense of purpose.
Solution-focused therapy targets specific, achievable steps. Sessions concentrate on small changes that add up over time and on measurable progress toward short-term goals. That practical focus fits well for career decisions, coping with life changes, and improving communication.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. That collaborative process helps keep sessions relevant and focused on what matters most to the client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, homework check-ins, or times when typing feels simpler than speaking. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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