- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Practical coping steps
About Aviva
Aviva Kovacs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of experience and holds LCSW credentials in New York and New Jersey and an LCSW-C in Maryland. She works with people who struggle with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, codependency, communication struggles, and loneliness.
Aviva uses both short-term, solution-focused work and longer-term therapy depending on the person's needs. Early sessions often include practical steps clients can try right away to reduce symptoms and feel steadier. She describes a straightforward style and prefers plain, direct suggestions that people can use between sessions.
Her background includes extensive clinical practice across many kinds of anxiety and trauma-related concerns. That experience shapes how she recognizes patterns in relationships and emotional reactions. She pays attention to how past family dynamics and attachment history affect present behavior.
In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful patterns, practice clearer communication, and experiment with different ways of responding to stress. Tasks between sessions are simple and focused on practicing specific skills or coping strategies. Over time the work aims to reduce avoidance, ease intense reactions, and improve everyday functioning.
People who meet with Aviva can expect direct feedback, practical coping ideas, and a focus on concrete change. Her approach blends short-term fixes with deeper exploration when needed, so progress can start quickly while longer issues get careful attention.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Aviva draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical change. One approach focuses on short-term, solution-focused strategies that identify specific problems and test small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms quickly. This can help with acute anxiety, overwhelming stress, and early relationship problems.Another approach involves trauma-informed work that attends to how past events affect present reactions. This work looks at patterns such as dissociation, attachment wounds, and avoidance, and introduces gradual steps to process difficult memories and regain everyday functioning.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work together. She will help clients decide whether brief, skills-focused sessions or longer-term therapy is better based on their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know formats offered for appointments. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy lives by removing travel time, making it easier to schedule a shorter check-in, or allowing work-break appointments. Discussing practical needs during the matching questionnaire helps identify the best way to build therapy into daily routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
23+ years
Listed in
New York, Maryland, New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and loneliness.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses both short-term solution-focused work and longer-term therapy. Early sessions commonly include practical suggestions to try between meetings.
How long has she practiced clinically?
She has 23 years of clinical experience working with anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW in New York and New Jersey and an LCSW-C in Maryland, and she practices from Maryland.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.