Michele Albano, LCSW

Michele Albano is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience in New York. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or changes in their lives. She listens without rushing and works at a pace that feels manageable for each person.

Michele uses straightforward strategies to help people regain focus and manage everyday demands. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and trauma-informed tools to address symptoms like panic, sleep trouble, low self-esteem, and mood swings. Sessions are aimed at practical steps you can try between meetings.

Her background includes long-term clinical work across many settings since 1998. That experience informs a flexible style that adapts to each person’s situation. Michele has supported people with relationship difficulties, parenting stress, caregiving strain, and life transitions.

Michele also works with concerns such as intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress. She incorporates mindfulness to help calm the body and EMDR-informed techniques when trauma memories are a driving issue.

People who choose Michele can expect clear goal-setting and collaborative planning. She focuses on concrete skills, improved coping, and better day-to-day functioning. New clients are guided through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process to begin therapy.

How Michele's Approaches Work Online

Michele combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to address current problems and daily stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to calm the body and reduce reactivity, which can help with sleep, panic, and stress-related symptoms.

She also uses EMDR-informed techniques for trauma-related memories when those are part of the problem. These methods aim to reduce the emotional intensity of difficult memories and make them easier to manage in daily life. Michele will talk with each person about which approach or combination feels most suitable and will adjust the plan as goals evolve.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let you keep visual connection similar to an office visit. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being off camera helps. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and match the format to what feels most comfortable.