About Jesse
Jesse Schiff is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, depression, and other life challenges. He works to make conversations straightforward and nonjudgmental. He meets people where they are and aims to support practical change.
Jesse uses an open, listening-based style that invites people to talk about what matters most to them. He draws on Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's perspective and experience.
How Jesse works
He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns. Over nine years of practice, Jesse has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, parenting concerns, and caregiver stress. He also addresses workplace problems, money and financial worries, social anxiety, and difficulties with impulse control.
His background includes helping people cope with complicated medical and life situations such as HIV/AIDS and co-morbidity. Sessions balance conversation and practical tools. Jesse helps people set small goals, practice new skills, and track progress between meetings.
He aims to make therapy feel useful and connected to everyday life. Jesse is licensed in New York as an LCSW, and he offers appointments in English. He emphasizes respect and collaboration while helping people take steps toward clearer thinking and better coping.
Jesse lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Jesse works with
The areas below are the ones Jesse selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jesse uses Client-Centered Therapy to create space for each person's story and priorities, focusing on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and understood. This approach is often helpful for building trust and exploring feelings without pressure.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT provides concrete techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and try new actions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jesse works with people to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and he adjusts strategies based on what feels most useful. He emphasizes practical steps and checks in regularly to see what is working.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone may fit when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be a quicker way to check in, and text messaging supports brief ongoing work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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