Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
How Mali works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW-R
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Yiddish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Mali
Mali Austriyak Mikhli is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of practice in New York. She brings steady experience and a warm, interactive manner to sessions. People often come to her feeling stressed, grieving, struggling with relationships, or wrestling with anger and life changes.
Mali aims to listen closely and respond with practical help and emotional support. Mali uses a mix of approaches that match each person's needs.
Background and approach
She often draws on client-centered work to follow the person's lead and build trust. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Emotionally focused and narrative strategies help people name feelings and rewrite painful stories that shape relationships.
Her background includes long experience across many ages, cultures, and life stages. She has worked with issues such as trauma and abuse, bereavement, parenting challenges, and both mood and anxiety concerns. Her credential is LCSW-R, which indicates licensed clinical social work in New York.
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Yiddish, and she accepts international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Mali describes her style as compassionate, respectful, and practical.
She values helping people find manageable steps forward. Whether someone needs short-term coaching around a life change or ongoing support for grief, she focuses on clear, doable work. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their life.
What Mali works with
Everything Mali lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Mali's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Mali lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Mali’s Approaches Work Online
Mali commonly blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to address everyday struggles. Client-centered therapy means she follows the person's concerns and helps them set the pace, which supports building trust and clearer goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting thoughts that lead to distress and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or low mood.She also uses emotionally focused ideas to help people name and work through strong feelings that affect relationships. Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. Mali collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Online sessions make that collaborative work flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and are useful for in-depth work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing touchpoints between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Mali
What concerns does Mali often help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, trauma and relationship issues, plus parenting and career changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and interactive, focusing on listening, practical steps, and emotional understanding.
How long has she practiced?
She has 40 years of experience as a social worker in clinical settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LCSW-R credential and works from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Yiddish, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.