About Adam
Adam Chaiken is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York with three decades of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, family conflict, and parenting challenges. Adam offers steady, clear support for those ready to make change and wants to help people use their strengths to move forward.
He listens closely and asks simple, practical questions to clarify what matters most. Sessions focus on concrete steps people can try between meetings, and on improving everyday communication and coping.
Background and approach
The tone is calm and direct, aimed at reducing overwhelm and building small wins. Adam draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each person’s needs. He pays attention to how worries, fears, and habits get in the way of daily life and works to break those patterns.
He also helps people thinking through separation, infidelity, grief at end of life, or recurring worries and compulsions. Clients can expect a respectful, strengths-focused approach that emphasizes skill-building. He encourages realistic goals and practical tools that fit a person’s routine.
Over time the focus shifts from symptom relief to clearer choices and steadier relationships. Adam practices in New York and conducts work in English. His long experience includes many different life stages and challenges, and he aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques are used in straightforward ways. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviors that keep worries and panic active, then testing small changes to reduce their hold. This helps with anxiety, panic attacks, and obsessive worries. Another approach teaches clear communication skills and problem-solving steps to reduce relationship friction and family conflict. These skills are practical and can be practiced between sessions to see real change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist collaborate to pick techniques that fit the person’s needs, goals, and daily life rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for in-depth conversation and reading nonverbal signals. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style contact, or ongoing support between longer meetings. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or variable days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English