Kamala Young-Claudio

Kamala Young-Claudio is a New York LCSW-R with over 20 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship troubles, grief and loss, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. She also focuses on life purpose concerns and caregiver stress. Sessions are conducted with respect and sensitivity. Her approach is conversational and practical. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to the person. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Elements of Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused work help uncover patterns from earlier experience that affect current choices. In session she talks things through, notices patterns, and helps people try small changes between meetings. Problem-focused techniques are used when someone needs a clear plan. Broader exploration is offered when someone wants to understand longstanding feelings or relational patterns. Kamala has worked across settings with caregivers, people facing illness and end-of-life matters, and those dealing with divorce, blended family issues, or loss. She brings two decades of practice to issues like abandonment, attachment, isolation, and communication problems. Her style is straightforward and paced to the client. She often combines short practical exercises with deeper conversations. People who are unsure what comes next often find the mix of planning and reflection useful when weighing career, relationship, or life-purpose questions.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the client. In online sessions this looks like open-ended conversation, checking in about priorities, and shaping sessions around immediate concerns. It helps with questions about meaning, relationships, and when someone feels stuck.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, homework, and structured problem-solving useful for anxiety, low mood, and motivation problems.

Psychodynamic work looks at patterns rooted in earlier relationships and how they show up now. Through discussion, this approach helps people notice repeating relationship themes and old reactions that affect current life choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit current goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean focusing on concrete steps some weeks and deeper reflection in others. Confirm the exact online session options before booking, since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, have shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also allows using screen time for worksheets or notes during CBT exercises when that supports progress.