- Attachment-based
- CBT techniques
- Client-centered
About Minnie
Minnie Berman is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 40 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing relationship and family concerns, self-esteem and career struggles, grief, trauma, mood disorders, and difficult life changes. She also addresses issues such as guilt and shame, attachment wounds, and caregiver stress.
Her approach is straightforward and conversational. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centered methods that let people lead the pace of work, and she brings in cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts. Dialectical behavior therapy and existential ideas are also part of her toolkit when they fit a person's situation.
Sessions focus on clear, practical steps alongside reflective conversation. Clients can expect to talk through specific situations that trigger guilt, shame, or anxiety, and practice small changes to thinking and behavior. The work includes looking at family of origin patterns, communication problems, and how relationship dynamics affect self-worth.
She helps people weigh options around career and life transitions, manage stress, and address addictive behaviors or mood swings. Conversations about forgiveness, abandonment fears, and body image happen in plain language, not clinical jargon.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. It helps people see why they repeat certain behaviors in relationships and what might shift those patterns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience in the moment and encourages them to set the pace of sessions, which can help when shame makes speaking feel risky. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down troubling thoughts and tests them with small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and self-criticism.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different ways of working to find what fits best. That may mean starting with conversation and validation, then adding CBT exercises or DBT skills as needed.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit into a workday, avoid travel time, or use a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. If you want practical skill work, approaches like CBT and DBT translate well to a remote format; if you prefer slower, relational work, attachment-based and client-centered methods adapt too. Discussing preferred rhythms and methods happens during the first session so sessions fit everyday life.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family issues, self-esteem, career stress, mood disorders, trauma, grief, and problems like guilt and shame.
How does she approach shame and guilt?
She uses conversational, practical work: exploring triggers, gentle cognitive changes, and attachment patterns that keep painful feelings alive.
What is her professional background?
She is a New York LMHC with 40 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relational issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in New York and holds the credential New York LMHC.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.