About Doreen
Dr. Doreen Stewart is a licensed mental health counselor with 30 years of experience in New York. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life changes.
She listens without judgment and works with each person to set clear, realistic goals. She favors approaches that help people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Sessions are conversational and rooted in everyday problems, not jargon.
Background and approach
Dr. Stewart uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different coping steps. Her work also draws on motivational interviewing to support people who want change but feel stuck.
That approach helps explore ambivalence and build small, doable plans. Solution-focused techniques are used to identify strengths and quick wins when life feels overwhelming. Many clients come with worries about work, relationships, parenting stress, grief, or trouble concentrating.
She helps people break issues into manageable steps and track progress over time. The emphasis is on practical strategies that fit daily life. Sessions are collaborative.
Dr. Stewart encourages honest feedback and adjusts methods to match personal needs and pace. She aims to help people regain a sense of direction and steady footing while they manage symptoms and pursue what matters to them.
How her methods translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then pick actions that match what matters to them; it can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related overwhelm. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and testing new responses, which is useful for panic, low mood, and workplace stress. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel unsure about change by clarifying values and building small, achievable plans.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Stewart will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and circumstances. She adjusts tools as progress is made so conversations remain relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer discussions and interactive exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for quick check-ins or brief coaching during a busy day. These options help people fit sessions around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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