Maryann Steiner, LCSW

Maryann Steiner is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) who brings 35 years of clinical experience to sessions. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, caregiver strain, and issues that come with aging and geriatric concerns. She listens with respect and aims to help people take practical first steps toward change.

Maryann draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try specific skills that can reduce distress. She also integrates hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools when they suit a client’s goals.

Her background includes long experience in medical settings, where she provided psychotherapy and life coaching to people with chronic illnesses, injuries, and substance use concerns. She also has experience with foster care and worked with adolescents when she was a foster parent for ten years. That history informs how she helps people manage complex life changes and health-related stress.

Sessions are collaborative. Maryann tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person’s situation. She focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions, such as coping strategies, communication skills, and mindfulness practices. Her aim is to support and empower people as they work toward clearer goals.

People can expect a calm, respectful approach that balances listening with skill-building. Maryann offers care in English and practices in New York as an LCSW.

How Maryann’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following what matters most to the person. The therapist listens closely and helps the client set goals and priorities for therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maryann will collaborate with clients to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts the balance of listening, skill practice, mindfulness, or hypnotherapy based on what the client needs and wants to try.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time and allowing meetings from more convenient locations. If you are considering online work, confirm available session formats before booking so you know how meetings are conducted. Licensed professionals can use online sessions for check-ins, skills practice, and talking through life changes, which helps people keep momentum between appointments.