About Rosemary
Rosemary Cabanillas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in New York. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has six years of experience listed in this profile. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strains, career changes, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
Rosemary uses straightforward methods to help people reduce symptoms and find workable solutions. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Brief Solution-Focused Therapy to identify patterns and set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with simple tools clients can use between meetings. She has experience working in diverse New York neighborhoods and brings openness and cultural awareness to sessions. That background helps her notice how work, family expectations, and culture affect mood and relationships.
Rosemary aims to make room for each person’s values and life circumstances in the work she does. In practice she helps people with sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and trauma-related concerns alongside everyday stressors like job shifts or parenting demands. The focus is on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable.
Rosemary encourages small changes that build confidence over time. Clients can expect clear, direct conversation and an emphasis on skills that fit their life. She supports progress through short-term problem solving as well as deeper work when it’s needed.
The approach is flexible to match what each person needs in the moment.
Approaches that guide online work
Rosemary often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT breaks down problems into manageable parts and teaches practical skills for anxiety, low mood, and sleep difficulties.She also draws on Brief Solution-Focused Therapy to identify immediate goals and steps that lead to quick improvements. This approach focuses on strengths and what’s already working, which can be helpful for career shifts, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client explore goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls make it possible to have a full session with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, coaching between sessions, or support when scheduling is tight. These options help fit therapy into work, family, and daily life without needing to commute.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish