- Attachment-based methods
- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
About Minnie
Minnie Berman is a New York State licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, with 40 years of professional experience. She helps people who struggle with relationship problems, family conflict, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, and career difficulties. Her work includes addressing anxiety, stress, grief, addiction issues, trauma and mood concerns.
She prefers plain conversation and practical steps. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small changes that can make daily life easier. Minnie uses listening and questions to help people notice patterns in relationships and behavior.
Her background includes long experience across many common life challenges. She draws on approaches that look at how early attachments shape current relationships. She also uses cognitive tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong emotions.
Minnie pays attention to family of origin issues, communication problems, and feelings like guilt, shame, or abandonment. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, body image concerns, and midlife or career transitions. The work can include talking through difficult memories and building steadier daily routines.
People meet her for steady, practical sessions that aim to clarify goals and slow down intense reactions. Her long experience in New York gives her familiarity with a wide range of stressors people bring to therapy. To begin, she asks clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Minnie commonly integrates Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current interactions and helps people notice repeated dynamics. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical alternatives to change mood and behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then try approaches that fit those needs. That collaborative decision-making helps shape what happens in sessions and what techniques are practiced between meetings.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel to an office. It also means people can choose audio-only check-ins if video would be challenging. The practical aim is to help people apply strategies in their everyday situations rather than to promise any particular result.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family issues, self-esteem, career stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, addictions, and mood concerns among others.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and practical, using questions and reflection to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional experience working with a wide range of life and mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a New York State LMHC and practices in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I take sessions from another country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.