About Kamala
Kamala Young-Claudio is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who helps people with relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, major life changes, and compassion fatigue. She brings two decades of experience to conversations about loss, caregiving stress, and finding direction after big transitions.
Kamala aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can speak honestly about what hurts and what they want to change. Her approach is practical and person-focused.
How Kamala works
Sessions center on the client's priorities and move at a pace that feels right for them. She draws on methods that help people understand patterns, try new ways of coping, and solve specific problems between sessions. Kamala often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family and communication problems, and issues that come with aging or serious illness.
She also supports those facing hospice and end-of-life concerns, caregiver strain, and the emotional effects of cancer and bereavement. Work stress, isolation, and feelings of emptiness are common topics in her practice.
In session she uses Client-Centered methods to listen and empathize, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts, and psychodynamic ideas to look at past patterns that affect current life. Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused work appear when people want concrete steps or need to process painful events. Kamala describes therapy as a collaborative effort.
She helps clients set clear goals and choose strategies that fit their daily life. The aim is steady progress and better coping rather than quick fixes.
Kamala lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kamala works with
The areas below are the ones Kamala selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW-R |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and acceptance so people can explore what matters to them and decide on next steps. This approach helps when someone is unclear about goals or needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT teaches practical tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It is useful for managing low self-esteem, anxiety about relationships, or coping with life changes through clear strategies and homework between sessions.
Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns from the past that affect current relationships and emotions. It can help people understand recurring themes such as abandonment, attachment problems, or feelings that keep coming up without obvious cause.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the client's goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust when something is not helpful. This is a team effort where the client helps decide what feels most useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people see facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, brief reflections, or when typing is easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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