Pertrina Works , LCSW

Pertrina Works is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, depression, and life coaching goals. Pertrina works with adults and young adults and brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence to sessions.

She earned a Master of Social Work from Syracuse University and has worked across settings supporting people with mood concerns and relationship conflict. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, and blended family challenges. She also addresses body image, codependency, and feelings of emptiness.

Pertrina blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior approaches. She adapts methods to each person rather than using one fixed plan. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and steady emotional support.

In meetings she listens without judgment and helps people name what matters to them. Together they build a plan that fits the person’s life and pace. Pertrina emphasizes small, manageable steps so people can try strategies between sessions and see what works.

Her practice is based in New York and sessions are conducted in English. She aims to help women and others navigate transitions, parenting pressures, and relationship challenges while strengthening coping skills and self-understanding.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person set their own goals. This approach supports self-understanding and is useful for relationship issues, parenting strain, and feelings of emptiness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches specific techniques for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress by changing unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to try between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It can help people handle overwhelming feelings and improve relationship patterns through skill practice and structured strategies.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods, adjust plans, and pick tools that fit the person’s life and needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people stay consistent with care.