About Luis
Dr. Luis Ramirez helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship pain, trauma, and depression. He also supports concerns related to LGBT issues, attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver strain, and loneliness.
He works in English and Spanish and practices from New York as an LCSW. Many people come for help with communication problems, control issues, and major life changes. Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical change.
He listens first, and then helps set clear, small goals.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to make feelings easier to name and to find steps that reduce distress between sessions. Techniques come from approaches that target thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Dr.
Ramirez has nine years of clinical experience and brings a calm, direct style to the work. He draws on attachment ideas to look at relationship patterns and on cognitive-behavioral tools to address upsetting thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical skills and emotionally focused strategies are used when strong emotions or conflict get in the way of connection.
People who prefer flexibility can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. He accepts international clients and works with a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Costs vary with location and therapist scheduling.
Intake starts by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, clients schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability and preferences.
How attachment and CBT translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape reactions today. Online sessions use conversation to notice patterns, practice new responses, and reduce repeated cycles in close relationships.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions this often means setting simple between-session tasks, tracking reactions, and reviewing what changed at the next meeting.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can change as needs change during treatment.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins and shorter, more frequent touchpoints between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help fit therapy into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish