Claudia Stoscheck, LCSW

Claudia Stoscheck is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and the strain of major life changes. People turn to her for help with relationship and intimacy questions, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Claudia also works with issues related to trauma and abuse and supports LGBT clients exploring identity and connection.

Claudia frames sessions around practical steps that clients can try between meetings. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work to spot and change patterns that cause worry and from acceptance and commitment practices to help people clarify their values. Mindfulness techniques and some skills from dialectical behavior work are offered to improve emotional regulation and reduce reactivity.

She emphasizes a client-centered stance, which means she listens first and tailors the pace to each person. Sessions often include goal-setting, simple skill-building, and coaching around everyday challenges. Claudia pays attention to how relationships, caregiving roles, chronic illness, and life stage changes affect mental health.

Claudia is based in New York and brings long experience supporting people through transitions like aging concerns, blended family challenges, and recovery from loss. Her approach is steady and practical - aimed at helping people find clearer choices and move forward at their own pace.

If you want a therapist who balances empathy with concrete tools, Claudia offers a way to work through difficult feelings and rebuild daily routines that feel manageable.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking small, values-based steps. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by making purposeful choices when emotions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase presence, which supports emotional regulation and coping with stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, pace, and preferences. That process is flexible and may combine skills training, values work, and mindfulness based on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Virtual meetings can also allow people to use quieter surroundings or handset-only calls when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Licensed professionals aim to make online therapy practical so it fits into daily life while focusing on the same goals as in-person work.