Jaime Pitingaro
Practical support for stress and life changes
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- New York, Massachusetts, California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jaime
Jaime Pitingaro is a licensed social worker based in New York who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, LGBT-related concerns, trauma, and shifts in motivation and self-esteem. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Her style aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.
Jaime uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to tailor a plan to each person. She blends methods that teach coping skills, emotional regulation, and ways to reframe difficult memories.
Background and approach
Sessions typically focus on what feels most urgent in daily life and on skills people can use between meetings. With eight years of professional experience, Jaime draws on trainings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to shape treatment. She explains approaches in simple terms and encourages clients to try techniques that match their needs.
Progress is reviewed together so plans can change as needed. She is licensed as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - LICSW and as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW in New York. Jaime respects cultural differences and includes multicultural concerns when relevant to care.
People looking for help around parenting, relationship stress, grief, mood concerns, or life transitions will find practical supports and a collaborative stance. Jaime aims to make therapy a place to practice new skills and regain a sense of control over daily challenges.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Jaime uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach is often useful for stress, anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for impulse control, anger, and intense emotional experiences.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Jaime will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most urgent. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy lets people fit sessions into busy lives. Jaime offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for scheduling, quick check-ins, and different ways to work through problems between meetings. This range of options supports consistent contact and practical skill practice regardless of location.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Narrative Therapy
Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York, Massachusetts, California
- Languages
- English
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