Pertrina WorksLCSW

Pertrina Works is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She practices in New York and offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what they are feeling. Pertrina introduces herself simply and listens first to understand each person's priorities and worries.

She earned a Master of Social Work from Syracuse University and has worked with people facing a range of mood and stress-related issues. Her background includes supporting those dealing with parenting challenges and coaching toward clearer communication and healthier routines. She also brings experience related to adoption and foster care, attachment questions, and caregiver stress.

Pertrina uses an individualized approach rather than a single method. She draws from client-centered therapy to keep the work focused on the person's choices, cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotion regulation and coping are central goals. Treatment plans are tailored to each person's needs and goals.

Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings. Pertrina helps set short-term goals, practice new skills, and track what changes. She aims to make therapy feel useful and achievable for people balancing busy lives.

People seeking support around pregnancy and childbirth topics will find Pertrina attentive to stress and relationship strains that often come with this life stage. She encourages open conversation about fears, expectations, and parenting concerns, and she works collaboratively to build manageable plans.

How these approaches guide online care

Pertrina uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's priorities. This approach emphasizes listening, validating your experience, and shaping the work around what you want to change. It is useful when someone needs a respectful space to sort feelings and choices.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking down problems into practical steps and experiments to try between sessions.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. Skill work from DBT often involves learning ways to tolerate distress, communicate clearly, and regulate intense feelings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Pertrina collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something is not helping.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Many people find online care helpful because it can fit into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what will fit your daily routine and what kind of session length or pacing would work best for you.