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Cynthia Prince

Experienced family-focused LCSW offering practical support

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
38 years
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Cynthia

Cynthia Prince is a licensed clinical social worker with 38 years of experience who focuses on family and parenting issues along with many related concerns. She works with parents and family members facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, mood concerns, and parenting challenges. Cynthia writes plainly and listens closely, offering straightforward guidance and practical tools for daily life.

She has long experience in a variety of settings, including state systems, emergency room psychiatric evaluation, residential care, and community medical centers.

Background and approach

That range informs how she responds to crisis, loss, and complex needs. She adapts her approach to fit each person's situation rather than leaning on labels. Cynthia favors cognitive behavioral methods and draws on attachment-based and acceptance-oriented ideas when helpful.

Sessions focus on concrete steps, problem solving, and emotional understanding. She uses humor and a warm manner to make hard conversations easier. Her work includes helping people manage sleep and eating problems, address parenting and blended family issues, cope with chronic illness or caregiver stress, and handle intimacy or relationship challenges.

She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and trauma-related difficulties. Based in New York as an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NY LCSW 079322), Cynthia offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice inner thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and situations that involve big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence behavior and mood, and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, eating issues, and many day-to-day problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit those goals. She treats the process as collaborative, adjusting techniques as progress and needs become clearer.

Online sessions make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people meet face to face from home. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide shorter or more immediate ways to check in and practice skills. These options help parents and family members fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy and relationship issues, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and many related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She keeps conversations direct and practical, uses humor when appropriate, and focuses on clear steps parents and family members can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She brings 38 years of experience working in prisons, residential care, emergency psychiatric evaluation, outpatient clinics, and family medical centers.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW with license NY LCSW 079322 and practices from New York.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.
How does the cost structure work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
38 years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English

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