Natori Zaums, LCSW

Natori Zaums is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, and life changes. She practices in Connecticut and brings three years of hands-on experience to her work. She focuses on practical skills that people can use between sessions. Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens carefully and helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Sessions center on building coping skills, managing anger, and improving communication. Natori uses several evidence-based approaches. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also integrates dialectical behavior therapy skills to help with emotion regulation and impulsivity. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people notice their reactions and calm their bodies. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and is ready to make a change. In sessions, she breaks down strategies into simple steps. Clients leave with specific tools for daily use. Progress is tracked with small, achievable steps that fit the person’s life.

Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change the actions that follow. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and managing everyday problems by teaching concrete skills for thinking and behaving differently.

DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills can reduce impulsive reactions and improve how someone handles strong feelings or conflict.

Mindfulness therapy helps people slow down their reactions and become more aware of the present moment. Simple practices taught in sessions can reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful times.

Natori treats finding the right approach as a joint effort. She will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals and preferences and will adjust strategies as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for a full session with visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people check in between sessions. These options help fit therapy into a busy life and make regular work on skills more achievable.