- ACT and CBT methods
- DBT skills practice
- Focus on communication
About Raven
Raven Wilson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults carrying stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, depression, and the strain of life changes. Raven also helps people who struggle with relationship and family problems, grief, trauma, and intimacy-related issues, including guilt and shame.
Her sessions focus on concrete skills and steady conversation. She listens to what feels most urgent and helps people build clearer communication and practical coping techniques. Sessions are aimed at reducing isolation, managing impulsivity, and addressing behaviors like substance use or hoarding that get in the way of daily life.
Raven draws from several evidence-informed approaches. She uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people notice painful feelings without being driven by them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills support emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
She also emphasizes the client-centered foundation of her work. That means sessions are led by the person’s own goals and paced to what they can handle. Raven helps clients pull apart family of origin patterns, communication problems, and co-occurring issues so change feels manageable rather than overwhelming.
People who come for help with body image, codependency, control issues, dissociation, or chronic loneliness will find a practical focus on skills and steps forward. She frames work as ongoing problem solving and learning, not a one-time fix.
How her approaches translate to online work
Raven uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ideas to help people clarify what matters to them and notice painful thoughts without acting on them. ACT can be useful for guilt, shame, and decisions about behavior when values feel unclear. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going and to test new, more helpful ways of responding. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and unhelpful beliefs about oneself.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Raven collaborates with clients to decide which approaches suit their goals and pace. That means adjusting tools and exercises over time based on what the person finds helpful and manageable.
The therapist's biography did not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time around work or family demands. Licensed professionals can use skills work, thought records, mindfulness practice, and behavioral experiments in virtual sessions just as they would in person, while checking in regularly about how each method is working for the client.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, depression, life changes, relationship and family problems, trauma, grief, intimacy issues, and guilt and shame among other concerns.
How would she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She uses a mix of cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness-based ideas to help people notice shame without acting on it and to test unhelpful beliefs about themselves.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with six years of clinical practice working with mood disorders, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practices in New York and holds the credential LMHC, listed as NY LMHC.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
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.