Hazel Phillip, LCSW

Hazel Phillip is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She practices from New York and focuses on practical steps people can use in everyday life.

Hazel draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques. She favors short-term strategies that break problems into manageable parts. Sessions tend to center on clear goals and small experiments to test what helps.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She works with clients to set realistic goals, try new behaviors, and rethink unhelpful patterns. Conversations aim to feel straightforward and useful rather than abstract.

Hazel also addresses relationship and communication problems, grief, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to identity and prejudice. She pays attention to guilt, shame, and issues tied to HIV and AIDS when these come up in sessions.

People who reach out for help with career stress, self-esteem, or major life changes will find a focus on building coping skills. Hazel uses motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment when change feels hard. She also uses solution-focused work to highlight strengths and quick wins.

Overall, Hazel helps people take concrete steps toward feeling better. Her sessions emphasize practical tools, clear goals, and steady progress over time.

CBT, Motivation, and Online Support

Hazel uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves tracking patterns, testing different actions, and practicing new skills to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people who feel stuck about change. This approach focuses on the client's own reasons for change and builds willingness step by step. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to identify small, actionable goals and to amplify what is already working in a person's life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Hazel will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video works well for in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on practical steps and consistent progress.