About Doreen
Dr. Doreen Stewart is a licensed mental health counselor with 30 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and depression. She works from New York and brings a calm, patient presence to sessions.
Dr. Stewart listens closely and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach blends problem-solving with warmth.
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and connect to what matters to them.
How Doreen works
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is stuck and wants to make a change but feels uncertain. In sessions she keeps things straightforward. Conversations look at patterns that keep problems going and identify small experiments clients can try between meetings.
She also helps people strengthen communication, work through forgiveness, and manage workplace stress or life transitions. Dr. Stewart has supported people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and relationship difficulties.
She also helps with attention differences such as ADHD, panic attacks, social anxiety, and mood disorders. Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on realistic steps that fit each person’s daily life. People often come for help with coping skills, rebuilding after loss, or returning to work and relationships with more confidence.
The work focuses on what the person wants to change and practical ways to get there.
Doreen lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Doreen works with
The areas below are the ones Doreen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going, which often helps with panic attacks, mood concerns, and social anxiety. Motivational Interviewing focuses on building motivation and clarifying personal reasons for change, which is helpful for addictions and when someone feels unsure about taking the next step.Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the person’s goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the approach over time. That collaborative process makes it easier to find techniques that feel useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers different ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions for lower bandwidth or hands-free check-ins, live chat for shorter real-time exchanges, and text-based messaging for ongoing brief support. These options add flexibility for scheduling, let people practice skills between sessions, and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent amid busy routines.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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