Duquinha Thompson, LMHC

Duquinha Thompson is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues around parenting, motivation, and self-esteem. Duquinha aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people feel heard and understood.

Her approach blends straightforward talk with practical tools. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on each person’s priorities and strengths.

Duquinha often helps people who are navigating life changes or career questions. She also supports work on forgiveness, guilt and shame, loneliness, jealousy, life purpose, and building self-love. Sessions are tailored so goals and pace fit each person’s situation.

In sessions she balances listening with active coaching. People can expect to talk through situations, practice small experiments between meetings, and build new daily routines that reduce stress. The therapist emphasizes realistic steps that can fit into a busy life.

Duquinha encourages honest, practical conversations about progress and setbacks. She helps clients set achievable goals and checks in on what works. The overall aim is to leave people feeling more capable, clearer about their next steps, and ready to handle future challenges.

How her approaches work online

Duquinha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods in her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-centered work keeps conversations guided by what matters most to the person, drawing out strengths and priorities.

She treats the choice of approach as collaborative. During the first sessions she will listen to your goals, try a few techniques, and adjust recommendations based on what feels useful. The plan evolves with your feedback so the methods match your needs and preferences.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can handle brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, parenting, or travel while keeping consistent support.