Edili Maldonado, LMHC, LPC

Edili Maldonado is a licensed clinician based in New York who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She offers straightforward, compassionate care and aims to help people build skills they can use day to day.

She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused work, and client-centered techniques. Edili focuses on matching methods to each person’s needs so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Her practice includes support for mood disorders, grief, panic, ADHD, and the impact of caregiving and burnout. She also addresses relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting concerns, communication problems, and cultural or identity-related stressors.

Edili has worked in clinical care for 12 years as an LMHC and an LPC. She emphasizes respect, acceptance, and nonjudgment in sessions and helps people develop insights and coping skills that promote independence.

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. The aim is to help people take the first steps toward better daily functioning, whether that means reducing intense emotions, improving communication, or managing recurring symptoms.

How online therapy uses practical approaches

Edili commonly works with cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy when conducting online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy uses mindfulness and values-driven actions to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward goals.

She also incorporates client-centered principles to keep the work collaborative and respectful. That means the therapist listens closely, follows the person’s priorities, and adjusts methods to fit their goals. Deciding which approach to use is a shared process and will be based on the client’s needs, preferences, and progress.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth work and reading nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins, skill practice, or busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep momentum between sessions.