Irene Ledee-Farley
Calm, practical support for parental and personal challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Irene
Irene Ledee-Farley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She also works with clients contending with grief, compassion fatigue, addiction, intimacy-related issues, and questions around gender and sexual identity.
Irene approaches each person with respect and sensitivity, aiming to create a calm space for honest conversation. Her style is straightforward and practical.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps set simple goals for change. Sessions focus on real-life steps you can try between meetings and on improving communication and coping skills. Irene prefers to tailor the work to each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method.
Irene holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and brings three years of clinical experience. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address a wide range of concerns, including attachment and abandonment issues, dissociation, and caregiving stress. Her background also includes working with people navigating BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.
People may find her helpful for struggles with codependency, commitment, control problems, and family-related issues. She offers help around forgiveness, guilt and shame, and challenges linked to autism and Asperger syndrome. Irene emphasizes collaborative planning so clients know what to expect from their work together.
Sessions are conducted in English and are offered through online formats. The focus is on practical strategies, clearer communication, and gradual steps toward change.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Irene uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical change. One common approach she uses focuses on improving communication and coping skills to reduce anxiety and relationship conflict; this involves identifying stressful patterns and trying new ways to respond. Another approach targets trauma-related symptoms by helping clients notice triggers, name reactions, and practice grounding and safety skills to feel more in control.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Irene collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback about what helps so sessions stay useful and focused on realistic steps.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when video isn't possible, and live chat or text-based messaging provide shorter, more frequent check-ins. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to continue care across different locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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