Catherine Kunin, LCSW

Catherine Kunin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four decades of experience supporting people through stressful life moments. She offers steady, practical help for anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and questions about self-worth. Catherine works in New York and speaks English. Over 40 years she has worked in multiple settings that included crisis intervention, client advocacy, and community outreach. That background means she brings hands-on experience when someone needs immediate coping strategies or help finding resources. In sessions she focuses on clear, doable steps. She helps people name what feels most urgent, try new ways of coping, and build routines that feel manageable. Conversations are direct and aimed at making everyday life feel easier. Catherine also pays attention to longer-term themes such as life purpose, isolation, and changes that come with aging and later life. She supports people navigating chronic illness or disability and the frustrations those situations can bring. Her work includes helping with panic attacks, social anxiety, seasonal affective disorder, workplace stress, and challenges common to young adults. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and her long experience to guide decisions about what to try next.

Approaches that guide online work and decision making

Evidence-based approaches form the backbone of Catherine's work. She draws on techniques that focus on symptom reduction and practical change, such as brief, structured methods that teach coping skills for anxiety and stress. These techniques help people learn calming strategies and step-by-step ways to face panic or social fears. She also uses problem-solving and behavior-focused methods to address workplace issues, isolation, and difficulties that come with chronic illness or aging. These methods involve breaking problems into manageable parts, testing small changes, and tracking what helps over time. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Catherine will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust methods based on what works. That collaboration helps people find the most useful ways to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people continue care when managing health conditions or mobility limits. Ask about available formats and scheduling to make sessions match your life and needs.