Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cynthia
Cynthia Terrell is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with parents dealing with family and parenting pressures, and supports people facing grief, trauma, career changes, and compassion fatigue. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people worried about day-to-day life.
Cynthia keeps sessions supportive and focused. She listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Then she and the client choose approaches that match those goals and preferences. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with clear steps to try between meetings. She draws on 25 years as a clinical social worker, therapist, and school counselor.
That experience includes helping people with adoption and foster care concerns, first responder stress, domestic violence recovery, and coping after natural or human-made disasters. She also addresses issues like impulsivity, guilt and shame, and isolation. Cynthia uses client-centered methods to build trust and clarity.
She includes cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help reduce reactivity and stay present during stressful moments. People describe her style as warm and practical.
She invites collaboration and helps set small, realistic steps toward change. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with something useful to try that week.
What Cynthia works with
Everything Cynthia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cynthia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Cynthia lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Cynthia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online sessions can use short exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking between meetings, which helps with anxiety, depression, and anger.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and collaboration. In remote sessions she creates space for people to talk through what matters, then tailors goals and next steps to each person’s priorities.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and body sensations without reacting. Those short, practical practices can be used during the day to reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video mimics an in-person conversation, phone can be a quicker check-in or useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging allows brief updates or tools between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Cynthia
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Cynthia uses a supportive, client-centered style that emphasizes listening, collaboration, and practical steps to reach agreed goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a clinical social worker, therapist, and school counselor in New York.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
She uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.