About Corey
Corey McSweeney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He practices from New York and brings a calm, structured style to sessions. Corey aims to build an easy rapport so people can speak openly from the first meeting.
Corey uses client-centered techniques to focus on what matters most to each person. He combines that with cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thinking and behavior.
How Corey works
Mindfulness and narrative work are woven in to help people notice patterns and tell their story in new ways. People often come to Corey for help with anger, grief, compassion fatigue, attention differences, trauma and abuse, bipolar symptoms, and coping with life changes. He also supports people dealing with self-esteem, career stress, and communication problems.
Additional areas of focus include dissociation, attachment issues, impulsivity, and infidelity concerns. Corey previously worked in a county mental health clinic before moving into independent practice. That experience exposed him to a wide range of issues and helped shape a practical, down-to-earth style.
He aims to make sessions productive and, when possible, even a little bit enjoyable. Corey expects honesty about commitments to the work and values feedback about the therapy relationship. He adapts a structured but relaxed approach and will share personal perspective when it clearly helps the conversation.
His goal is to guide each person toward clearer goals and manageable change.
Corey lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Corey works with
The areas below are the ones Corey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Core Approaches Translate to Online Work
Corey often uses client-centered therapy to make sessions feel personal and collaborative. This approach focuses on listening and responding to what the person says, helping them feel heard and guiding conversations toward their priorities.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers concrete tools and small experiments that can be practiced between sessions for issues like anxiety, depression, and anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Corey will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs and goals. He adjusts techniques over time and encourages feedback so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations, phone calls can be a good shorter check-in, and messaging works for ongoing support or brief updates. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel.
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