Michele Karloff, LCSW

Michele Karloff is a licensed clinical social worker based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, parenting challenges, and career concerns. She draws on a decade of clinical experience to offer steady support and practical steps. Michele approaches sessions with empathy and a calm manner that helps people feel heard and understood.

She uses straightforward, structured methods like cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns. Michele also brings a client-centered stance, listening closely and shaping the work around each person's priorities. Together she and the client set small, achievable goals and track progress over time.

Michele's background includes work in hospital settings where she provided individual and group counseling. That experience exposed her to many kinds of life challenges and taught her to adapt her approach to varied needs. She applies that same flexibility in her current practice.

Sessions focus on practical strategies you can use between meetings as well as space to talk through difficult feelings. Michele helps people develop coping skills, improve communication, and manage life transitions with clearer plans and small experiments.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Michele aims to make the process manageable for busy lives and to help clients take steady steps toward more resilient routines and better day-to-day functioning.

How Michele’s Approaches Work Online

CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions let Michele use worksheets, thought logs, and short behavioral experiments you can try between meetings to see what helps with anxiety, low mood, or stress.

Client-centered work centers the conversation on the person's goals and experience. In virtual meetings Michele listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify what matters most so the plan fits their life and priorities.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michele will work with each person to decide whether structured CBT tools, a more open client-centered style, or a mix of both makes sense. She adjusts methods based on client goals, preferences, and what is proving useful in practice.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you use visual worksheets and read nonverbal cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reminders about skills, and ongoing encouragement between full sessions. These options make it easier to keep work consistent and adapt how you meet as needs change.