About Maureen
Maureen Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings eight years of experience supporting people who are navigating stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Her work focuses on practical steps that people can use right away.
Sessions often look at coping strategies for panic, patterns that deepen anxiety, and small changes that boost motivation and self-love. She also helps with concerns like career stress, eating issues, bipolar mood management, compassion fatigue, and attention-deficit challenges.
How Maureen works
Maureen uses a mix of approaches to fit each person. She draws on client-centered methods to follow a person's priorities and CBT to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help people find workable goals and keep moving forward.
People seeking support for aging or geriatric issues, communication problems, isolation, or life purpose can work with her on concrete steps and clearer next moves. She also addresses adjustment after natural or human-caused disasters, dissociation, forgiveness, seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, and issues specific to women and young adults.
Sessions are offered in English and take place through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Maureen aims to make practical progress while respecting each person's pace and priorities.
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What Maureen works with
The areas below are the ones Maureen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches and Online Options for Practical Change
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, follows what matters most to the person, and helps shape goals from there. This approach can feel useful when someone needs space to clarify values and decide the next step.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is often helpful for anxiety, depression, panic, and social fears. Motivational interviewing encourages a person’s own reasons for change and can help when motivation feels stuck.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maureen will discuss options and tailor methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences so the plan fits their life. This is a collaborative process that can shift as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation; phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging offer shorter, ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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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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