Carolyn Sultana , LCSW

Carolyn Sultana is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, and low self-esteem. She brings three decades of practice to each session and focuses on practical steps that fit a person’s daily life. Carolyn speaks English and practices in New York as an LCSW.

Carolyn frames therapy as a conversation shaped around each person’s needs. She listens first and helps set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often include looking at patterns of thought and feeling, and trying small new behaviors between meetings.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to attend to strong feelings in relationships. Carolyn blends these approaches to address issues such as panic attacks, mood problems, and responses to trauma or abuse.

She also supports people dealing with body image, abandonment wounds, communication problems, control struggles, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation. Topics like guilt, shame, impulsivity, and isolation are explored with sensitivity and respect.

Carolyn aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She helps people translate insights into everyday changes - handling conflict differently, managing panic, or rebuilding a sense of purpose after loss. The first sessions focus on building trust and practical next steps.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, with the therapist following the client's lead and shaping sessions around what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to set practical goals for change.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and testing small behavior changes to shift those patterns. It is useful for panic, mood disorders, and everyday worries where concrete tools can make a difference.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and respond to strong emotions, especially in close relationships and attachment-related concerns. It can be helpful for healing from abandonment, building safer emotional responses, and addressing the hurt left by trauma.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan based on the client's goals and what feels helpful. That shared process makes it easier to find the right fit over time.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not practical, and live chat or text messaging for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These formats let people fit therapy into work breaks, travel, or days when a shorter check-in is preferable, while still working on the same therapeutic goals and tools used in person.