Claudia Stoscheck
Experienced LCSW guiding practical change
LCSW New York
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Claudia
Claudia Stoscheck is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice who helps people facing a wide array of emotional and life transition challenges.
Background and approach
She concentrates on issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and coping with life changes while also addressing more specific areas like intimacy-related problems, sleep difficulties, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. Claudia emphasizes practical skills alongside reflective work to help clients manage distress and rebuild a sense of agency.
Her approach blends structured intervention and empathic exploration, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness techniques, motivational interviewing, and client-centered methods. Over three decades she has developed a collaborative style that supports self-discovery, clearer communication, and resilience.
Claudia works from New York and brings particular experience with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, and other life-stage or situational challenges. She aims to provide steady professional guidance while helping clients create concrete strategies for change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Claudia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. CBT tends to be practical and skill-oriented, helping people build tools for managing stress and improving daily functioning.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and develop psychological flexibility through acceptance and mindful action. ACT can be useful for coping with persistent distress and for taking meaningful steps even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present. Client-centered therapy is another influence in her work, emphasizing an empathic, nonjudgmental relationship that supports self-exploration and personal growth.
Finding the right combination of techniques is a collaborative process. Claudia works with each person to assess goals, preferences, and the presenting concerns, and she adjusts the balance of structured skills work and exploratory, supportive therapy as needed. This shared decision-making helps tailor an approach that feels useful and realistic for the individual's life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or when travel is difficult. These options allow continuity of care and varied ways to practice skills between sessions while accommodating different communication styles and time constraints.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English