Cara Greene, LCSW

Cara Greene is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, grief, and life transitions. Her work also includes support around caregiving, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues.

She creates a supportive, compassionate, non-judgmental space where clients can talk at a comfortable pace. Empathy and understanding are central to how she builds trust. She aims to help people feel more hopeful and capable of making changes in their lives.

Cara trained in social work at Adelphi University and did post-graduate work at the Center for Modern Psychoanalysis. Over her career she has worked in private practice, community mental health centers, and agency settings. She also served as Director of Social Work at a large social services agency and supervised therapists in training.

She has taught clinical training, supervision, diagnosis, and treatment in graduate programs at Long Island University. That teaching work informs how she structures sessions and provides feedback. Her background means she can draw on different perspectives when problems feel stuck.

Cara often uses video to get a stronger sense of what is happening in a session, but she notes other formats may be possible. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Psychodynamic approaches and online therapy

Cara uses psychodynamic therapy, which focuses on patterns in feelings and relationships that shape how people respond to stress. This approach helps when recurring conflicts, persistent low mood, or unclear self-expectations make life harder. It encourages gentle reflection on past and present experiences to increase understanding and choice in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cara will collaborate with clients to decide what methods fit best for their goals and needs. Together they will review progress and adjust the focus or techniques as circumstances change.

The biography describes a preference for video sessions because seeing one another can speed rapport and make interactions clearer. It also notes that phone and text have been offered in the past, so confirm which formats are currently available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins during short breaks. They can also allow different ways of communicating when someone needs less direct eye contact or a quicker, audio-only check-in.