About Irene
Irene Ledee-Farley helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and depression. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, grief, intimacy issues, and doubts about self-esteem and career direction. Irene is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in New York.
She works in a straightforward, respectful way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable. With three years of direct clinical experience, Irene focuses on clear, practical conversations.
How Irene works
She listens for the patterns behind emotions and daily struggles. Together with each person she sets realistic goals and tries simple strategies that can be used right away. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, attachment and abandonment questions, communication problems, codependency, and issues tied to gender identity and LGBT concerns.
She also addresses subjects like dissociation, domestic violence, BDSM and kink matters, and caregiver burnout in individual sessions. Irene adapts her approach to what each person needs. Sessions may include talking through difficult memories, building new coping skills, or practicing ways to handle conflict and intimacy.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. People who choose Irene can expect a collaborative pace. She helps clients weigh options, track small changes, and adjust plans as life shifts.
Her goal is to support people toward clearer thinking, steadier mood, and better day-to-day functioning.
What Irene works with
The areas below are the ones Irene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Two evidence-based techniques often used in this practice are trauma-focused work and skills-based coping. Trauma-focused work involves careful talking through past experiences and learning ways to reduce the power of distressing memories; it can help with trauma, dissociation, and abuse-related symptoms. Skills-based coping focuses on concrete tools such as emotion regulation, grounding, and communication strategies to manage anxiety, stress, and mood swings.Another common focus is relationship and attachment work. This approach looks at patterns in how people relate, addresses abandonment and attachment concerns, and teaches healthier ways to set boundaries and connect. It is practical and aimed at improving everyday interactions and intimacy-related issues.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit personal preferences, and adjust plans as progress happens. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep or change based on what feels most helpful.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options add flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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