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Online therapist

Sasha-Gaye Bailey

Compassionate, practical guidance for family and parenting concerns

Credentials
LMHC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Sasha-Gaye

Sasha-Gaye Bailey is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or hard life changes. She speaks plainly and meets clients where they are. Sasha-Gaye focuses on helping people find clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more confidence.

She offers practical support for relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, career crossroads, and recovery from trauma. Sasha-Gaye draws on ten years of clinical work and on her own life experience to build honest connections.

Background and approach

She uses tools from attachment-based work to understand close bonds, and cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and habits. Her client-centered stance means sessions follow what each person most needs in the moment. In sessions she talks through coping skills for sleep, eating, anger, and distress.

She also addresses longer term themes like family of origin issues, commitment and communication problems, and codependency. Her approach blends practical strategies with attention to emotions and meaning. Clients can expect straightforward guidance that balances support with challenge.

Sasha-Gaye emphasizes strengths people already have and encourages small, concrete steps toward change. She aims to make therapy useful and understandable for busy lives. Sasha-Gaye is licensed in New York as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and conducts work in English.

Her practice includes clinical approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy and existential perspectives when helpful.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on how close relationships affect feelings and reactions. In online sessions this helps identify patterns that play out in parenting and intimate relationships, and it guides steps to feel more supported with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers simple exercises to change thinking habits and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and help with mood. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sasha-Gaye will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change over time. Online therapy makes these approaches easier to use in daily life. Video calls let therapists observe expression and tone, phone sessions fit tight schedules, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options add flexibility for parents and working people who need practical ways to keep therapy consistent.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Sasha-Gaye help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and a range of relationship and family concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapy style like?
Her sessions are client-centered and practical, blending emotional focus with techniques to change thoughts and behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
She has ten years of professional experience working in mental health.
Where is Sasha-Gaye licensed and based?
She is licensed in New York as an LMHC with license number NY LMHC 012621 and practices from that region.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.

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