Louise Bonanno

Louise Bonanno, LCSW, supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and anger. She offers calm, practical guidance aimed at helping people find clearer choices and fewer repeated patterns. Louise is direct but warm and focuses on short, useful steps alongside deeper work as needed.

Louise brings 32 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in New York. She has worked in private practice and community mental health settings. Her background includes work with first responder debriefing, hypnotherapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy for trauma, and solution-focused approaches. She uses that mix to tailor what happens in sessions to each person’s needs.

Her approach blends several therapies to fit the person in front of her. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values even when feelings stay hard. She applies Attachment-Based ideas to untangle repeated relationship patterns. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness skills for emotion regulation when anger or panic are present.

In sessions Louise listens for what matters most to each person. She helps set small, practical goals and teaches skills people can use between meetings. She can also support exploration of longer-term themes such as shame, forgiveness, control, and self-love.

To start, she asks people to describe the problems that brought them in and what they hope to change. From there she and the client decide on a plan that balances skill building and deeper reflection.

How Louise’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Louise uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what truly matters to them and take actions that match those values, even when feelings are difficult. That approach is useful for managing anger, stress, and anxiety by shifting focus from avoidance to meaningful steps. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to notice and change recurring relationship patterns that drive conflict or isolation; it helps people understand how early connections shape present reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and daily life. That means trying skills-focused work, values-based tasks, or deeper exploration depending on what the person needs and prefers.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a weekday or evening routine, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time so people can use breaks more easily. Licensed professionals can teach mindfulness exercises, DBT skill practice, and ACT-based homework through remote meetings, helping people apply new habits between sessions.