About Cynthia
Cynthia Terrell is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and grief. She supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, career shifts, and the emotional aftermath of separation or divorce. Her work also includes concerns related to adoption and foster care, serious illness, and first responder stress.
Cynthia keeps sessions practical and respectful. She listens first to understand what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Then she and the client set clear goals and try small steps that can lead to change. Her style is warm and engaged rather than purely academic. Her methods draw on client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices.
That means conversations focus on the person’s experience, on spotting unhelpful thought patterns, and on simple attention and breathing exercises people can use between sessions. With 25 years of experience, Cynthia brings a steady, experienced presence to difficult topics like domestic violence, trauma, and complicated family dynamics.
She aims to help people feel more able to cope and make choices that match their values. Cynthia holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in New York, listed as NY LCSW 070788. She works with adults in New York and conducts sessions in English.
Approaches used in online therapy and what they do
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns in their thoughts and behaviors and then try practical steps to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences, creating space to be heard and to build self-trust; it is useful for people needing support with relationships, self-esteem, or life transitions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches awareness skills such as breathing and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with trauma responses, rumination, and emotional overwhelm. Choosing the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will ask about the client’s goals, preferences, and daily life, then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process may blend techniques from different approaches so the plan fits what the person needs. Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match practical needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cueing, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth or movement is a concern, and chat or text can fit brief check-ins or moments between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity of care.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English