Demire Coffin-Williams, LMHC

Demire Coffin-Williams is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York. He offers straightforward, compassionate care for people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction, grief, and related concerns. He often speaks plainly and aims to make sessions clear and practical for busy lives.

He uses approaches that include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), attachment-based work, client-centered methods, and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). These approaches guide conversations, coping skills, and plans that fit each person’s day-to-day life. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and small steps to get there.

Demire earned a master’s degree in clinical counseling and holds the New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC. He moved into private practice after years of work in nonprofit, agency, and hospital settings. That background informs a practical, recovery-minded way of supporting people.

He has experience with a broad range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, bipolar mood concerns, substance use, intimacy and sexual concerns, blended family stress, and caregiver burden. He also supports people navigating identity and relationship structures, including LGBTQ issues and alternative-sex culture topics.

Sessions are offered in English and may be scheduled in several formats. He works collaboratively to set goals, teach skills, and adjust plans as progress is made.

Approach-driven care available online

Demire commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and build a values-driven life. CBT focuses on practical skills for spotting and shifting thought and behavior patterns that feed anxiety, depression, and stress. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed actions toward those values even when feelings are difficult.

He also integrates attachment-based ideas to understand how relationship patterns affect current interactions and to help people create healthier ways of relating. Choosing an approach is collaborative - the therapist and client talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits the person’s needs and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat can serve as a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other routines while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.