About Newell
Newell Young is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and life changes. He practices in Massachusetts and brings a calm, direct style to sessions. He often combines practical strategies with mindfulness and values-based work.
He adapts his approach to each person. Some clients want clear problem-solving steps; others prefer exploring deeper meaning and spiritual concerns. He offers both feedback and reflective listening depending on what helps the person most.
How Newell works
Many years in hospitals, day treatment programs, and crisis teams shaped his work. That background means he is familiar with urgent needs and what helps when emotions feel overpowering. He also has long experience leading groups and providing individual therapy.
His methods include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, existential and mindfulness approaches. He integrates these to match a person’s goals and situation rather than relying on a single method. Newell pays attention to how values, purpose, and spiritual beliefs affect healing.
He aims to build a quick, trusting connection so people feel understood and can begin to change. He supports practical steps for coping, tools for emotional regulation, and conversations about meaning and life direction.
Newell lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Newell works with
The areas below are the ones Newell 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking action toward what matters while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior to build practical skills for mood and anxiety management and for addressing compulsive or addictive behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness and can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then tailor strategies together. This collaborative process means methods can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can provide a focused check-in, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain contact during difficult moments.
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