Corey McSweeney
Compassionate, straightforward therapy focused on connection
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Corey
Corey McSweeney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses a client-centered approach first. He focuses on building a trusting relationship and making sessions straightforward and practical. Corey aims to make therapy comfortable and direct so people can talk honestly about what matters to them.
He brings nine years of experience and a background that includes work in a county mental health clinic and now independent practice in New York.
Background and approach
That mix of public and personal settings shaped how he supports people through common stresses and big life changes. Corey keeps a flexible, structured style and is willing to share appropriate personal perspectives when it helps the work. Corey often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help with patterns of thinking and behavior.
He also uses mindfulness to help people notice present-moment experience and narrative ideas to help them tell and reframe their story. Motivational interviewing is part of how he supports change and builds momentum toward goals.
His areas of focus include stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career concerns, relationship strain, and coping with life changes. He also lists additional concerns such as attachment issues, communication problems, impulsivity, infidelity, and family problems. Sessions are offered in English and are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Corey is licensed in New York - LCSW 096562 - and aims to help people find realistic next steps they can use between meetings.
Using practical approaches in online therapy
Client-centered Therapy focuses on building a strong working relationship and listening without judgment. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to work on, which is useful for stress, relationship strain, and motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches step-by-step skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use brief check-ins or longer appointments as needed. Many people find that remote formats let them practice skills in real life between meetings and stay consistent with their work.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Corey
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point