Emily Naranjo, LMHC

Emily Naranjo is a licensed mental health counselor based in New York. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and career concerns, and cope with major life changes. Emily also supports clients working through ADHD-related challenges and issues around body image and communication.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first to understand what matters to each person. Then she and the client set practical goals and try concrete steps that can be used between sessions.

Emily blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with client-centered care to focus on thinking patterns and real-life behavior changes. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to understand long-standing patterns, and solution-focused techniques to identify what works now. Sessions mix conversation, skills practice, and small experiments to test new ways of coping.

With seven years of professional experience as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Emily brings steady guidance without excess jargon. She aims to make therapy feel usable and relevant to everyday life.

People often come to her for help with control issues, forgiveness, life purpose, midlife questions, money stress, workplace struggles, and challenges common to young adults. Emily meets each person where they are and helps them build clearer steps forward.

How Emily’s Approaches Shape Online Therapy

Emily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and simple experiments to test what works in daily life for anxiety, stress, and ADHD-related challenges.

She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening carefully and following the person's lead. That approach helps people feel heard while they explore goals like improving communication, making career decisions, or coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily partners with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they track progress and adjust techniques as needed so sessions stay practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates or practice skills between appointments. These options help clients fit therapy into busy lives while working on real-world changes.