About Manolita
Manolita Fenn is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice in New York. She focuses on practical steps people can use to feel better. Her style is straightforward and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on changing thoughts and actions that keep problems going.
She works from cognitive behavioral therapy, helping people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Sessions often include simple take-home tasks so progress continues between meetings.
How Manolita works
She aims to meet each person where they are and to treat them with dignity and respect. Her experience covers stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family questions, parenting concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also brings a focus on hospice and end-of-life counseling.
That range of experience means she is used to supporting people through both everyday strains and more serious challenges. In a typical session she talks through current difficulties, helps set clear goals, and suggests small exercises to try outside the session. Homework is framed as practical experiments rather than tests.
Over time this approach aims to build skills people can use on their own. People who prefer direct, action-focused sessions often find this style useful. She encourages questions about the process and adjusts plans to fit each person's situation.
If someone wants concrete tools and steady guidance, her approach is aimed at that outcome.
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What Manolita works with
The areas below are the ones Manolita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| 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
How CBT and online sessions work together
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It breaks problems into manageable parts and uses small experiments to shift thinking and reduce symptoms. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.Homework and real-world practice are central to CBT. The therapist and client agree on practical tasks to try between sessions, track results, and adjust strategies. That collaborative process helps determine which techniques fit a person's needs and goals over time.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to deliver this work. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for working through exercises, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when writing thoughts feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try techniques in everyday settings.
The therapist will discuss which formats and techniques make the most sense based on goals, comfort, and practical needs, and will adjust the plan as the work progresses.
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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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