About Desirae
Desirae Perez is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, and depression. She works in New York and draws on 14 years of experience supporting people through difficult emotional moments. Her style is straightforward and collaborative, focused on practical steps clients can use between sessions.
Desirae believes therapy is a partnership. She aims to create a calm, non-judgmental space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building skills for emotional regulation, managing intense feelings, and reducing symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Her work uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. That means choosing methods that fit a person’s needs and goals rather than relying on a single approach.
The therapist helps clients learn coping strategies, practice new ways of responding, and set realistic steps toward improvement. Over more than a decade in practice, Desirae has supported people through trauma recovery, mood swings, persistent worry, and anger issues. She helps clients increase self-awareness and put practical tools into everyday routines.
Her goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Desirae holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She uses that background to guide treatment planning and coordinate care when needed.
The focus remains on what each person needs next, and on small, useful changes that add up over time.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Desirae uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and problem solving. One common approach she uses teaches emotion regulation and coping skills to manage intense feelings and mood swings. This helps people with anger, bipolar symptoms, and strong emotional reactions practice steadying strategies.Another approach emphasizes processing and safety after trauma. This method helps people make sense of upsetting memories and reduce their emotional charge, so daily reactions become more manageable. Both approaches break larger goals into small, practical steps that can be rehearsed between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Desirae treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss options based on a person’s goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they choose techniques that fit the pace someone wants and the problems they want to solve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for focused sessions and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities and support consistent progress over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English