About Moriah
Moriah Kreppein Riquelme is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of practice based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. Moriah aims to make the first step easier by offering a calm, respectful space to begin difficult conversations.
She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s situation. Expect straightforward talk about what’s causing distress and practical steps to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Moriah blends compassion with clear goals to help people build confidence and cope with life changes. Her work often addresses self-esteem, motivation, and challenges that follow trauma. She also helps people facing fertility concerns, feelings of abandonment, and isolation.
Many clients look to her for help with workplace strain, relationship communication problems, and finding a sense of life purpose. Moriah uses client-centered methods to keep the focus on each person’s priorities. She also draws on motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change and solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals.
When trauma is part of the story she applies trauma-focused strategies to reduce its ongoing impact. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to individual needs. People can expect a collaborative process that mixes listening, practical tools, and follow-up tasks.
She encourages small, steady steps toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s needs and goals at the center of every conversation. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s lead to build trust and clear priorities. This approach helps people who want a supportive space to talk through worries and clarify next steps.Motivational Interviewing focuses on increasing readiness for change. It uses open questions and gentle feedback to help people weigh pros and cons and find their own reasons to move forward. This can be useful for addressing addictions, motivation struggles, and making life changes.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable changes. Sessions identify concrete goals and steps to try between meetings, which can lead to faster practical results for stress, workplace issues, or relationship communication problems.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are reviewed and adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats - video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging - make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit brief check-ins or homework follow-up. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between sessions.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English