Nancy Bodnar , LCSW

Nancy Bodnar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. She practices from a client-centered perspective and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship challenges. She also supports people facing depression, life transitions, addiction concerns, parenting strains, and issues related to sexual orientation and identity.

She draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques teach ways to stay present and reduce reactivity. Psychodynamic ideas can uncover patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices.

Her background includes work in outpatient hospital settings and private practice, and she completed a Master of Social Work at Hunter College School of Social Work. She is licensed in New Jersey as an LCSW and has experience supporting people with trauma, attachment and abandonment issues, and family-of-origin concerns.

Sessions are practical and collaborative. Conversations focus on real problems and everyday coping - managing panic, communication breakdowns, parenting stress, or feelings of isolation. She also helps with forgiveness, grief, and rebuilding confidence after separation or loss.

Clients can expect a down-to-earth style that emphasizes listening and developing skills. Treatment plans are shaped around goals like improving communication, reducing anxiety, managing impulses, or coping with caregiver stress. Progress is reviewed regularly and adjusted as needed.

How her approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead to set goals. Online sessions use this same stance to understand what matters most and to shape each meeting around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills like thought records and behavioral experiments that translate well to video or text-based homework.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to try methods that fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan based on what helps. That means starting with an approach, checking progress, and shifting course when something else would be more useful.

Online formats provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper dialogue. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, ongoing support, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the same therapeutic approaches intact.