Hayley Kassraie, LPC

Hayley Kassraie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers work in cognitive behavioral therapy alongside client-centered care. She greets people with warmth and a straightforward style. She uses humor and steady support to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected.

Many come with anxiety, stress, depression, or difficulties around self-esteem. Others seek help for addictions, parenting strain, body image, or obsessive thoughts and behaviors. Hayley focuses on small, practical steps that build confidence and restore balance.

Sessions tend to mix skill practice with real talk about what’s happening now. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and build routines that support better days. The work is collaborative and goal-focused, with an eye toward long-term change.

Hayley draws on dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques when those approaches fit a person’s needs. She emphasizes self-compassion and gradual progress rather than quick fixes. People leave sessions with concrete tools they can use between meetings.

Based in Connecticut, Hayley brings three years of clinical experience to her practice. She aims to create a respectful, approachable space where people can reconnect with what brings them meaning. Her style is direct but kind, focused on helping people move toward goals they care about.

How CBT and Client-Centered Care Look Online

Hayley commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical steps and skill building that are easy to practice between sessions, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, and obsessive thinking.

She also works from a client-centered stance that prioritizes listening, empathy, and the person's own goals. That approach helps people feel heard and involved in decisions about what to try next. Dialectical behavior therapy skills may be incorporated when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. Hayley collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as needed. Together they set realistic steps and measure progress over time.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy flexible for different routines. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and skill teaching, phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for brief check-ins or when a shorter interaction fits the day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, or busy schedules.