Maureen Connell , LMFT

Maureen Connell is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York. She brings 15 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and concerns related to identity and self-worth. Her work often focuses on women's issues and LGBT matters, along with relationship and self-esteem struggles.

She aims to make the therapy room a place to speak openly. Sessions are meant to be straightforward and nonjudgmental so people can name what feels hard. Maureen emphasizes listening first and building trust before introducing tools and skills.

Her approach draws from attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address patterns that keep someone stuck. Emotionally-focused and client-centered methods guide conversations about connection, feeling, and personal meaning. Dialectical behavior strategies add practical skills for managing strong emotions when needed.

Over the years she has worked with people facing loneliness, family of origin issues, divorce and separation, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. Maureen also helps with body image, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose during midlife shifts. She uses short, practical steps alongside deeper work on patterns and relationships.

Her sessions are intended to empower clients to make sustainable change. She partners with each person to set goals and then practices new ways of coping, communicating, and relating. People looking for calm, clearer thinking, and stronger self-respect may find this approach helpful.

How Maureen’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work looks at how early patterns shape present relationships and helps people notice and change repeated ways of relating. This approach can be helpful for someone dealing with abandonment, trust issues, or difficulty connecting to others.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers clear, practical exercises to reduce anxiety, shift negative self-talk, and build new habits for mood and behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Maureen will talk with each person about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they decide whether to use attachment work, CBT, or a mix of tools to address relationships, self-esteem, or stress.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video lets people read facial expressions and body language, phone can work when less bandwidth is available, and messaging supports check-ins or shorter exchanges between appointments. This range makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using approaches that focus on connection and skill building.