Claudia Briceno, LMHC

Claudia Briceno is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on practical tools for everyday life. She emphasizes clear communication, rebuilding self-esteem, and learning healthier boundaries to make daily challenges easier to manage.

Claudia draws on strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and test what works in real life. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented so people leave with concrete steps to try between meetings.

She also uses emotion-focused and solution-focused methods to address relationship and intimacy concerns. This can include learning to express feelings more directly, repairing connection, and practicing new ways of responding during conflict. Claudia works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.

Her practice includes attention to aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and related life transitions. Claudia applies the same practical style when helping with body image, sexuality, postpartum and pregnancy-related concerns, and HIV/AIDS topics.

Claudia earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine from Boston University and brings nine years of clinical experience. She conducts sessions in English and Spanish and accepts international clients. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist's listed availability.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Claudia commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. Cognitive behavioral work looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches simple exercises to test new ways of thinking. Mindfulness therapy helps people notice their moment-to-moment experience and use attention training to reduce stress and reactivity.

She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work to help with emotion regulation and relationship patterns. These approaches teach concrete skills for managing intense feelings and for expressing needs more clearly in close relationships. Deciding which approach to use is a joint process based on your goals, values, and what you find helpful in early sessions.

If you prefer online sessions, confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT skills training, and emotion-focused interventions effectively to remote formats while collaborating with you to shape a plan that fits your schedule and needs.