Jamie Schwartz, LCSW-R

Jamie Schwartz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-R) based in New York. She brings 20 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and stress. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at making therapy understandable and practical.

Jamie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. She focuses on small, useful changes people can try between sessions. That can include noticing thought patterns, building coping steps for cravings or panic, and practicing calming skills.

Clients often come for help with eating concerns, body image, self-esteem, or relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, panic attacks, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Jamie works with issues around substance use, codependency, and control struggles in day-to-day life.

Her style is collaborative and paced to each person. She listens first, then helps set clear, realistic goals. Sessions blend practical strategies with support for the emotional work that comes up.

Jamie also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people find momentum. She encourages small experiments that build confidence and reduce shame. Her goal is to help people feel more capable handling life changes and stresses.

Using CBT and Client-Centered Care Online

Jamie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, or depressive patterns. CBT is practical and often includes small exercises to try between sessions to build skills. Client-Centered Therapy is another core element of her work and emphasizes listening, respect, and meeting each person at their pace to build trust and clarity.

She also draws on mindfulness techniques that teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage cravings or intense emotions. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adjust methods as needed to match what feels most useful.

Online formats support flexible access to that work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill teaching and role-play. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins or emotional processing. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum on skill practice.