About Jesse
Jesse Schiff offers a calm, straightforward approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or major life changes. He creates a listening space where people can name what’s hard and take small, steady steps toward feeling better. Jesse is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in New York and brings nine years of experience to his work.
In sessions he aims for practical conversation. He helps people notice patterns in thoughts and actions and then tries out new ways of handling them.
Background and approach
He draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and on cognitive behavioral techniques to break unhelpful thinking cycles. Jesse has worked with concerns that range from relationship strain and parenting stress to trauma, compassion fatigue, and workplace difficulties. He also addresses issues like guilt, isolation, money stress, and managing impulses.
His practice emphasizes clear communication and realistic steps for change. People can expect direct but empathetic talk. Jesse supports people in setting goals and tracking small wins between sessions.
He focuses on usable tools people can try in daily life, not just ideas discussed in the room. Sessions can be arranged through an online subscription model. The intake process includes a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to therapist availability.
Jesse aims to make therapy understandable and manageable for people juggling busy lives.
How Jesse's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns back, and helps people feel heard so they can explore what they want to change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple, concrete skills to test and change unhelpful thinking and to build different behaviors that reduce anxiety, depression, and avoidance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jesse collaborates with people to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they check what helps and adjust strategies over time rather than sticking to one plan from the start.
Online formats make attending therapy more flexible. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and busy days while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English