Adam Chaiken
Supportive family-focused therapy
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Adam
Adam Chaiken is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. He has over 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship troubles, family conflicts, and parenting concerns. He listens closely and responds with practical support rather than jargon.
For a worried parent reading on a phone, his approach is straightforward and focused on real steps that can help at home. He frames therapy around each person's strengths and everyday choices.
Background and approach
He helps clients notice what already works for them and build on it. Sessions often look like calm conversations that identify problems, try out new ways to communicate, and practice small changes between meetings. Adam draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address issues like communication problems, divorce and separation, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, and grief at the end of life.
He also supports people coping with obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, phobias, paranoia, and social anxiety. He explains options clearly and helps people pick what fits their situation. Therapy with him tends to be collaborative and paced to the person's comfort.
Parents often leave sessions with concrete ideas to try with family members. He encourages steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are offered in English and can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
He uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions are scheduled after completing a short matching questionnaire and selecting a time that works.
Approaches for families and online care
Adam uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach he draws on helps people learn new communication skills - practicing how to state needs, listen without judgment, and set simple household agreements. This approach is useful for relationship strain, parenting conflicts, and improving family interactions.Another frequently used method focuses on coping with anxiety and panic by teaching steady breathing, manageable exposure to feared situations, and small behavior changes. These tools aim to reduce avoidance and give people more control over daily reactions. Both approaches break problems into concrete steps that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right method is part of the process, and Adam works collaboratively to choose what fits each person's goals and comfort level. He will talk through options, try a technique, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative testing helps people move forward without feeling pushed into unfamiliar methods.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, check in between meetings, and keep momentum when in-person visits are difficult. The variety of options supports consistent work on parenting, relationship, and anxiety concerns from wherever a person is located in New York.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
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