About Charlene
Charlene Esquilin is a licensed clinical social worker who brings ten years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works in New York and aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable. Charlene focuses on helping people manage grief, trauma, addiction concerns, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem.
Her style is direct and warm. Sessions center on understanding what matters most to each person and finding practical steps forward.
Background and approach
She uses evidence-based methods to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping. Charlene pays attention to how identity and culture shape a person’s experience. She creates a respectful space for people from LGBT communities and for anyone facing parenting or family stress.
Her approach acknowledges real-life pressures while keeping goals clear and manageable. People often come for help with life transitions, workplace strain, or persistent mood and anxiety symptoms. Charlene draws on techniques that strengthen emotional regulation, communication, and problem solving.
She also supports those coping with bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and addiction-related issues. Therapy with Charlene is collaborative. She talks through options, checks what is working, and adjusts plans as needed.
Sessions aim to build skills that fit daily life and lead to steady progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Charlene uses client-centered therapy to start. That means sessions focus on what you want to work on and the therapist listens carefully to your goals. It helps people who need a supportive, nonjudgmental space to talk through problems and decide next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT gives concrete tools to reduce anxiety, manage low mood, and change patterns that keep problems going. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are another common element, offering practical techniques for emotional regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques over a few sessions, and adjust based on what the client finds helpful. Clients help set priorities and test small changes between meetings so progress stays practical and measurable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when that feels useful. Phone can be a shorter check-in or a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Chat and messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English