About Veronica
Veronica Hayes is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings three years of clinical experience and practices from a faith-informed perspective. Veronica focuses on creating a space where people can feel understood and begin to rebuild hope.
Her work centers on everyday struggles as well as more intense concerns. She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, addictions, and anger. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, and parenting or family-related strain.
How Veronica works
Veronica aims to be a steady, encouraging presence during hard moments. Sessions often include talking through difficult feelings, identifying small changes that make life easier, and building skills to cope with setbacks. She frames hope as a practical starting point rather than a vague idea.
Her faith-informed approach means values and spiritual beliefs can be part of the conversation when clients want that. She balances that with practical steps for sleeping, eating, and daily routines that affect mood and energy. People who choose Veronica tend to want straightforward guidance mixed with compassion.
She welcomes questions, gives clear suggestions, and helps clients set realistic goals. Her aim is to help people feel more capable of managing life changes and rebuilding confidence.
What Veronica works with
The areas below are the ones Veronica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Veronica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear actions and measurable change. One approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching simple tools to manage worry, improve sleep, and stabilize mood. Another approach focuses on behavioral habits - identifying small routine changes around sleep, eating, and substance use that support better emotional balance. These approaches help with depression, bipolar mood concerns, addictions, and daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Veronica works with each person to identify what matters most, then chooses techniques together based on goals and personal values. She invites clients to try methods and adjust them over time so the plan fits real life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, childcare, or other commitments while keeping care consistent and flexible.
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