Dina Derilas

Dina Derilas is a licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with four years of professional experience. She works with people who are managing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. Dina also focuses on issues like control, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, loneliness, panic, post-traumatic stress, self-love, social anxiety, and life purpose.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own stories and helps them build on the strengths they already have. Sessions are practical and grounded in real problems rather than abstract theory.

Dina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms and patterns that interfere with daily life. She helps people understand how past experiences affect current feelings and behaviors, and she works with them to develop concrete coping skills and clearer choices.

People who come to Dina often want to make a change after a major life shift or when they feel stuck and uncertain about what comes next. She emphasizes small, manageable steps that fit into everyday life. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can be done differently going forward.

She offers services in English and accepts international clients. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; cost varies with location. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled through the online therapy options button.

How evidence-based techniques work in online sessions

Two common evidence-based approaches used with clients are described here in plain terms. Cognitive behavioral ideas focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. This approach is often useful for anxiety, panic, and social fears because it links thoughts to actions and mood. Trauma-informed techniques concentrate on reducing the ongoing impact of past harmful events by teaching grounding and emotion-regulation skills and by working at a pace the person can manage. These methods aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Figuring out the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as priorities shift or progress is made.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life because they remove travel time, make shorter check-ins possible during work breaks, and allow someone to join from different locations. Online sessions can make it easier to keep continuity after a move or when schedules change, and licensed professionals can adapt techniques to work over video or phone depending on what the person prefers.