- CBT techniques
- DBT skills work
- Narrative approaches
About Jaime
Jaime Pitingaro is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, LGBT-related concerns, trauma, and self-esteem problems. Jaime focuses on practical ways to manage symptoms and build day-to-day skills.
In sessions Jaime uses clear, direct conversation to identify what matters most to the client. She combines approaches from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Sessions typically involve setting small, achievable steps and reviewing what worked between meetings.
She has experience supporting people with mood disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia. Jaime also addresses life changes such as pregnancy and childbirth, adoption and foster care concerns, and grief. She pays attention to multicultural issues and the specific pressures that can come with gender dysphoria or LGBT-related stress.
Her style emphasizes straightforward skills practice - for example, learning tools for emotion regulation, testing out new behaviors, and rewriting the stories people tell about themselves. Jaime helps clients track progress and adjust plans when needed. She aims to make therapy useful for everyday life, one step at a time.
How Jaime’s approaches work in online sessions
Jaime commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence, which can help with social anxiety, panic, and low mood. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving day-to-day coping, such as distress tolerance and emotion regulation.She also uses Narrative Therapy ideas to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships. That approach supports making different choices and trying new behaviors in social situations. Choosing an approach is collaborative; Jaime will talk with each person about what feels most practical and adjust methods as goals change.
Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into busy schedules and having shorter check-ins when needed. Confirm the exact session formats available before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to bring real-life examples directly into conversation, which helps shape the plan for change.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
New York, Massachusetts, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Jaime work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and related mood issues including social anxiety and phobia.
How would she approach anxiety or panic?
Jaime uses practical methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and DBT to help people learn breathing, grounding, and behavior-change techniques they can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience providing mental health support in New York.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MA LICSW and New York LCSW credentials and practices from New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What should I know about session formats?
Session formats are not listed here; please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.