Ivelisse Concepcion

Ivelisse Concepcion is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, grief, anger, and self-esteem. She has more than 25 years in mental health and brings long-term experience to meetings with people seeking change.

She spent much of her career working with children and young people, often in community-based programs and mobile crisis teams. Over the last decade she has shifted to working more with adults and in the past year has included couples in her practice. Her background includes a master of social work from New York University and a bachelor in psychology from the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

Ivelisse centers sessions on where someone is right now and on practical strengths. She helps people identify obstacles, reduce problematic patterns, and practice new ways of handling emotions like anger or anxiety. The approach is flexible and based on the client's needs rather than a fixed formula.

Her work draws from several methods including client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral ideas, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused care when needed. She uses what fits the person and situation to build skills, manage symptoms, and address past events that still cause distress.

People meeting with her can expect straightforward conversation, goal-focused steps, and attention to family-of-origin or parenting issues when relevant. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she continues to base her practice in New York.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person's experience. Sessions emphasize empathy, validation, and helping people set their own goals, which can work well in conversation-based online sessions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves trying specific techniques and experiments to reduce anxiety, manage anger, or change unhelpful patterns, and those exercises can be assigned and reviewed during remote meetings.

Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical steps and small changes that lead toward a preferred future. It is goal-directed and often uses brief, actionable tasks that fit into everyday life and can be followed up in online check-ins.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, or caregiving duties, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Talk with the therapist about scheduling and what kind of session rhythm will best fit daily life.