Claudia Stoscheck, LCSW
Compassionate guidance for midlife and transitions
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- Practical coping tools
- Experience with trauma
- Focus on values
About Claudia
Claudia Stoscheck is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people navigate big life changes and emotional strain. She focuses on practical steps people can use when anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or caregiving stress feel overwhelming. Claudia writes and speaks plainly in sessions so clients can act on what matters next.
Her approach centers on understanding each person’s story and values. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice mindfulness, and choose actions that match their goals. Sessions often include skill-building for stress, communication, and managing difficult feelings.
Claudia brings long experience with trauma, midlife transitions, and grief. She also supports people facing health problems, chronic pain, and caregiver burnout. Her work pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, commitment worries, and issues that affect intimacy and relationships.
Therapy with Claudia tends to be collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people sort priorities, try new ways of coping, and track small changes that add up. The focus is on usable tools rather than jargon.
People who want a steady, experienced clinician often find her practical style helpful when life feels unstable. She aims to help clients build resilience and clearer choices as they move forward.
Her approach centers on understanding each person’s story and values. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice mindfulness, and choose actions that match their goals. Sessions often include skill-building for stress, communication, and managing difficult feelings.
Claudia brings long experience with trauma, midlife transitions, and grief. She also supports people facing health problems, chronic pain, and caregiver burnout. Her work pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, commitment worries, and issues that affect intimacy and relationships.
Therapy with Claudia tends to be collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people sort priorities, try new ways of coping, and track small changes that add up. The focus is on usable tools rather than jargon.
People who want a steady, experienced clinician often find her practical style helpful when life feels unstable. She aims to help clients build resilience and clearer choices as they move forward.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Therapeutic Methods and How They Translate Online
Claudia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in ways that fit everyday problems. ACT focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals guide the work.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help notice patterns of thinking and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep struggles because it offers concrete techniques for changing routines and reactions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Claudia works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Confirm current online session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Many people find that remote sessions make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce commuting time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it easier to schedule sessions around work or caregiving. Online work can still include practical exercises, thought tracking, and mindfulness practice that translate well to virtual meetings.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Claudia help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, caregiver strain, addiction challenges, and midlife transitions.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, down-to-earth approach that emphasizes skill-building, self-reflection, and practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Claudia has worked in the field for 30 years, bringing long-term experience in trauma recovery, caregiving issues, and life transition work.
What license does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCSW, licensed in New York, and practices from that location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the country?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.