Sheila Cory
I am a NY based LCSW with 20 years experience working in a variety of setting including schools, community mental health centers, and outpatient private practice I graduated with my Master's in Social Work for New York University. I am a holistic provider, and take elements of various approaches and will design our sessions to be a unique fit for your own needs.
First session
Our first session will be calm and relaxed so you can get comfortable and proceed at your own pace. We will talk a little about what brought you to therapy and how I can best serve you. Our session will feel conversational and at teh same time, yu will leave with some concrete coping skills and ideas to try. The goal will be for you to get acclimated and together we will decide what is the best path forward for you. I will ask you about what brought you to therapy and start where you are and what you feel you need. The goal will be for you to get acclimated and together we will decide what is the best path forward for you. You will leave our first session feeling the warmth of understanding and the support of someone in your corner.
Strengths
My clients feel connected, understood and supported. I am warm and relatable while also having a wide expanse of knowledge and experience. Most who choose to work with me, continue on as they feel the benefit of the connection even when the impending issue is resolved. I offer practical solutions and highlight your own strengths.
Ideal clients
With 20 years of experience, I work best with individuals who are used to holding things together for everyone else—but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or quietly depleted themselves. I have particular experience supporting parents, including those navigating pregnancy, postpartum, and the emotional and identity shifts that come with this stage of life. Many of my clients are balancing family demands while trying to care for themselves, often managing anxiety, stress, or major life transitions. I help my clients reduce conflict and emotional overwhelm in everyday life. I have a expertise in addressing common parenting challenges with practical changes that are easy to implement. I work with parents of children with special needs and give them a space to decompress and explore the unique challenges of raised a child whose expereinces is outside the expected. Often clients see change in just a few sessions and are motivated to continue to move forward,
Ongoing work together
In returning sessions, we will build on what we spoke about previously with flexibility to shift as your needs shift over time. I will give you tools and feedback and monitor to see what is working for you. You will feel both autonomy and guided.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have been using CBT in clinical practice for several years to help clients recognize how the thought patterns are activated by both subtle and strong emotions. We work with the named emotions to address the feeling and change the thought/behavior. This is effective for clients in all circumstances and ages.
Attachment-based
Looking at the patterns of relationships as well as the discomfort in conflict, we work to acknowledge detachment/avoidance or anxious attachment to form stronger and more secure connections. We look at the effect of early formed relationships on present connections and how clients can grow healthier relationships.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Using concrete distress tolerance skills, mindfulness and communication skills, I will give client concrete and practical skills that they can take from sessions and practice to get through challenging emotions and situations.
Grief Therapy
The top rule of grief is to not grieve alone and I will support clients in their complex feelings of loss. I will normalize the grief process as not pathological but a process of human emotions. but as a reaction to the connection
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Using a holistic approach to how the mind and body are connected, we will integrate grounding, breathwork and awareness into our sessions and strategies. I lead short mediations and progressive muscle relaxation to bring awareness to the clients' experience.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Top specialties
Other specialties
Serves
Doesn't specialize in
Licensed in
- New YorkLicense 072467