About Cassandra
Cassandra Marie Wells is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings seven years of professional experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Cassandra speaks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy.
She focuses on trauma and abuse, and on helping people cope with life changes. Cassandra also supports clients struggling with chronic pain, illness, and disability, and addresses issues of guilt, shame, and questions about life purpose.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to feel like a place to talk without judgment. In the room she works with people to identify practical ways to manage everyday stress and to reduce anxious patterns. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and develop small habits that improve mood and functioning.
For those dealing with past trauma, she offers steady support while people process painful memories at a pace that feels tolerable. Cassandra emphasizes self-compassion and building confidence over time. She practices active listening and offers direct, clear feedback when it can help move a discussion forward.
The aim is steady progress rather than instant fixes. If someone prefers different ways to connect, Cassandra provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. That flexibility can make it easier to keep therapy part of a busy life.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many of Cassandra's methods focus on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people change how they think and cope. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop more balanced ways of thinking, which can reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach emphasizes gradual exposure to difficult memories or reminders while teaching skills to manage strong emotions, which suits trauma-related concerns and post-traumatic stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The aim is to find methods that feel useful and achievable rather than imposing a single style.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow sessions to fit into busy days. Video helps preserve face-to-face interaction, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be quicker for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while accommodating different schedules and life demands.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English