About Ednita
Dr. Ednita Wright is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of practice. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward.
Her style is straightforward and caring, aimed at finding the pieces that are missing so life feels clearer again. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and substance concerns. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy questions, self‑esteem struggles, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and eating-related issues. Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.
She also brings existential and Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning, identity, and deeper life questions. Sessions are practical and conversational, aimed at making changes that fit everyday life. Dr.
Wright has long experience in clinical settings and in education. She has spent many years teaching in a community college program for alcohol and substance abuse counseling and human services. She consults with academic institutions and community groups on inclusion and related topics.
She practices from New York and offers services in English. People who want to begin can expect a calm, patient approach that focuses on what matters most to them.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that reflect what matters most. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and offering a nonjudgmental space so clients can find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and offers practical experiments to change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily demands. That process may include trying different tools and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for full conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, travel, or busy family schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English