Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Minnie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Minnie
Minnie Berman is a licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of experience helping people sort through difficult emotions and life transitions. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, coping with stress and anxiety, grief and loss, addiction and mood disorders, and anger-related challenges. Her approach centers on listening carefully and helping people find clear steps forward.
In sessions she aims to build an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they really feel.
Background and approach
She uses practical strategies to address day-to-day problems and deeper patterns that cause pain. That can mean looking at how early attachment shapes current relationships, changing unhelpful thoughts, or learning skills to manage strong emotions. Minnie's work blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
She also draws on attachment-based and existential ideas to help people understand meaning, connection, and identity. These tools are used to support concrete goals like better communication, improved self-esteem, and calmer responses to triggers. Over decades of practice she has helped people facing career strain, parenting stress, caregiver burnout, and the fallout of trauma and abuse.
She also addresses specific concerns such as body image, forgiveness, isolation, and life purpose. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy with clear, usable skills. Based in New York, Minnie offers conversational, down-to-earth care aimed at helping people regain stability and take next steps toward change.
What Minnie works with
Everything Minnie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Minnie's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Minnie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Minnie's practice uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections shape current relationships. That approach helps people understand patterns in closeness, trust, and anger and how those patterns affect daily life.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, more helpful ones. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress by pairing conversation with practical exercises and behavior changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to decide which tools fit the person's goals, needs, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what is or isn't helpful.
Online work offers several practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist and client talk face-to-face for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief updates, skill reminders, and flexible communication between scheduled sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent with a busy schedule and varied daily demands.
Questions people ask about Minnie
What problems does this therapist commonly address?
Minnie's practice covers relationship and family concerns, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, and anger-related issues. She also supports people facing self-esteem, career, parenting, caregiver stress, and life purpose questions.
What is the therapy style like in sessions?
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions focus on talking through feelings, learning skills, and testing new ways of coping.
How much clinical experience does this clinician have?
She brings 40 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns across mental health and life stressors.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, NY LMHC, based in New York.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are offered for online work?
Services are provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.