Angelamaria Riedi , LCSW

Angelamaria Riedi is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York. She has six years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and relationship strain. She is LGBTQ+ friendly and has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

She focuses on creating a non-judgmental space where people can start by simply talking about what feels hard. Her style is open-minded and caring, and she emphasizes strengths you already have. That helps people feel more confident about making changes.

Angelamaria has worked with a wide age range, including seniors and adolescents, and she has particular experience with issues related to aging and caregiving stress. She has supported people coping with grief, chronic illness, and the challenges of major life transitions.

In sessions she combines practical conversation with problem-solving and emotional support. She helps people break big problems into smaller steps and build on what’s working. The aim is steady progress toward clearer goals and better daily functioning.

Her approach includes attention to substance use concerns, trauma recovery, and relationship communication. People who want a collaborative, strengths-focused partner may find her style helpful. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Angelamaria uses evidence-based techniques that emphasize strengths and practical coping skills. A strengths-based approach focuses on identifying a person’s existing abilities and using those to set achievable goals and make steady changes. This helps with motivation and building confidence when facing depression, anxiety, or life transitions.

She also incorporates trauma-informed conversation and pacing for people impacted by past abuse or overwhelming events. That means sessions move at a pace the client can tolerate while working on grounding, emotion regulation, and gradual processing of difficult memories or reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and the therapist review progress and adjust methods as needed so the care stays relevant and useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled visits. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into varied schedules and routines.