About Bertha
Bertha Taillefer is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 20 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, ADHD, grief, anger, and family-related concerns. She aims to listen carefully and treat each person with respect and compassion.
Bertha shapes conversations and plans to fit each person's unique needs. She focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and include clear goals and check-ins.
Background and approach
Her background includes two decades of direct clinical work in community and outpatient settings. That experience has shaped a straightforward style: calm, steady, and goal-oriented. She draws on many evidence-based methods to help people manage symptoms and day-to-day challenges.
People meet with Bertha to sort through overwhelming feelings, reduce daily stress, or build better ways to handle anger and grief. Those who have ADHD often get support with organizing routines, prioritizing tasks, and managing focus-related frustrations. She believes starting therapy is a brave step and aims to make the first sessions simple and clear.
New clients complete a short intake to help match goals, then schedule sessions that fit their lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Bertha uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful habits and building practical skills. One common approach helps people identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that fuel anxiety and stress; it includes clear steps and at-home practice to test new ways of coping. Another approach focuses on emotional regulation and problem solving for anger and grief, teaching simple strategies to notice feelings, respond less reactively, and handle difficult situations more effectively.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let people talk face to face when travel is hard. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in and work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send notes between sessions, get brief support, or use shorter check-ins during busy days. These options help fit therapy into real schedules while keeping focus on clear goals and useful skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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