About Meredith
Dr. Meredith Poster offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, stress, parenting strain, relationship concerns, or changes like separation and divorce. She writes and talks plainly, and aims to help clients learn skills they can use day to day.
Dr. Poster is based in New York and brings 17 years of clinical experience to sessions. She uses a mix of therapy approaches to match each person's needs.
Sessions focus on building stronger connections, spotting unhelpful thinking patterns, and learning mindful habits that reduce reactivity.
How Meredith works
She also helps people untangle difficult family dynamics and navigate blended household challenges. Meredith earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She also completed undergraduate studies in psychology at Tufts University.
Her credential is NY Psychologist 014041. In practice she combines warm listening with practical problem-solving. Expect a collaborative process where goals are set together and strategies are adjusted over time.
She blends talking work with skill-building so clients leave sessions with concrete steps to try between meetings. Dr. Poster is comfortable working online and across different session formats.
She supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, eating and sleep issues, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and stress that comes from caregiving or major life changes. Her aim is to help clients feel more capable and clear about next steps.
Meredith lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Meredith works with
The areas below are the ones Meredith 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
- ADHD
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NY Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns shape how people relate now. It helps with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and feeling more supported in close relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathic listening and the client's own goals. It gives space for people to reflect and find the answers that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. It teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change patterns that maintain depression. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. This is collaborative - plans can be adjusted as progress is tracked and new priorities emerge. Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face when nature of the work benefits from seeing one another. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging can help maintain momentum between meetings or fit support into a busy schedule.Start online instead of waiting
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