Psychotherapy and Counseling
Counseling for Children, Teens, and Adults
Personalized Counseling Through Secure Online Sessions
Life can bring emotional challenges, relationship difficulties, and transitions that can feel hard to navigate alone. Counseling offers a supportive space to explore these experiences, better understand your emotions, and develop strategies for navigating everyday life.
Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC provides counseling for children, teens, and adults experiencing a range of emotional and interpersonal challenges. The practice brings a strengths-based perspective to counseling, recognizing that each individual has distinct experiences, needs, abilities, and ways of understanding the world.
Dr. Lisa Zaretsky has significant experience working with gifted, twice-exceptional (2e), and neurodivergent individuals. This background informs a neuroaffirming, individualized approach that considers the broader context of a person's experiences, relationships, environment, and strengths.
Sessions are available through secure telehealth to eligible clients physically located in New York, Florida, or South Carolina at the time of their appointment.
Begin the clinical intake process to learn more about counseling services.
What Is Counseling?
Counseling provides an opportunity to explore thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and life experiences with a licensed professional. Depending on your circumstances and goals, counseling may involve identifying emotional patterns, examining challenges, developing coping skills, and considering different ways to respond to challenging situations.
The counseling process is individualized. Some people seek support while navigating a specific life event, while others want to better understand recurring challenges or strengthen their relationships with themselves and others.
At Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC, counseling is grounded in a strengths-based perspective. This means considering not only the challenges a person is experiencing but also their existing abilities, resources, relationships, and sources of support.
Counseling Services for Children, Teens, and Adults
Different stages of life can bring different emotional, social, and interpersonal challenges. Counseling services are tailored to the individual's circumstances, developmental needs, and clinical assessment.
Counseling for Children
Children may have difficulty expressing emotions, communicating their needs, or navigating changes in their environment. Counseling can provide an opportunity to explore these experiences and consider approaches that support emotional understanding and coping.
When working with minors, the practice addresses applicable consent, custody, and parental-access requirements as part of the intake process.
Counseling for Teens
Adolescence can involve changes in identity, relationships, expectations, and emotional experiences. Teens may encounter challenges involving school, friendships, family relationships, stress, emotional awareness, or self-understanding.
Counseling offers an opportunity to explore these concerns in a professional setting and work toward appropriate individual goals.
Counseling for Adults
Adults may seek counseling while navigating relationship difficulties, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma-related concerns, or significant life transitions. Others may wish to understand recurring emotional patterns, strengthen coping strategies, or explore how past experiences affect their present circumstances.
Counseling goals are determined in consideration of the individual's needs and clinical assessment.
Areas That May Be Explored Through Counseling
People seek counseling for many different reasons. Depending on individual circumstances and clinical assessment, areas of focus may include the following.
Anxiety and Stress
Anxiety and stress can affect emotional well-being, relationships, concentration, and everyday responsibilities. Counseling may provide an opportunity to explore stressors, recognize patterns in emotional responses, and develop appropriate coping strategies.
Depression and Emotional Well-Being
Periods of depression or persistent emotional difficulty can affect motivation, relationships, daily activities, and how a person experiences life. Counseling provides a professional setting in which to explore these experiences and consider appropriate treatment goals.
Trauma-Related Concerns
Past experiences can influence how people understand themselves, relate to others, and respond to situations in the present. When clinically appropriate, counseling may address trauma-related concerns as part of an individualized treatment plan.
Relationship Challenges
Relationships with family members, partners, friends, and colleagues can be affected by communication difficulties, changing expectations, and recurring patterns of interaction. Counseling may help individuals explore these dynamics and identify goals relevant to their circumstances.
Grief and Life Transitions
Loss and significant life changes can bring a range of emotional responses. Counseling can provide a space to process these experiences and consider ways to navigate changes in daily life and relationships.
These areas are examples of concerns that may be discussed during clinical assessment. The appropriateness of any particular service or approach depends on the individual's circumstances.
A Strengths-Based Approach to Counseling
A strengths-based approach recognizes that individuals bring their own abilities, experiences, perspectives, and resources to the counseling process.
Rather than viewing a person only through the challenges they experience, this perspective considers the broader context of their life. This may include family dynamics, educational or work environments, relationships, personal interests, talents, and individual ways of learning and communicating.
Dr. Lisa Zaretsky's experience with gifted, twice-exceptional (2e), and neurodivergent individuals provides relevant context for working with clients whose experiences may not fit conventional expectations.
Counseling remains individualized, with goals and approaches informed by clinical assessment and the needs of each client.
Online Counseling Through Secure Telehealth
Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC offers psychotherapy services through secure telehealth to eligible clients physically located in New York, Florida, or South Carolina at the time of their appointment.
Before beginning services, clients complete the practice's intake, clinical assessment, and informed-consent process. The practice determines whether services are appropriate based on the individual's circumstances and applicable professional requirements.
Because telehealth eligibility depends on the client's physical location at the time of service, clients should notify the practice in advance if they expect to travel or attend an appointment from another state.
Getting Started With Counseling
Beginning counseling starts with learning about the service, understanding the intake process, and determining whether the practice can appropriately address your needs.
The process includes:
- Clinical intake: Provide information needed for the practice to understand your inquiry, history, and determine appropriate next steps.
- Clinical assessment: Discuss relevant concerns and circumstances to help determine whether services are appropriate.
- Informed consent: Review the applicable information and documentation before services begin.
- Individualized planning: When the practice accepts you as a client, clinical goals and treatment planning are considered in light of your needs and assessment.
For minor clients, consent, custody, and parental-access requirements are addressed during intake.
Counseling Fees and Insurance Information
Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC is an out of network self-pay practice. Prospective clients receive information about the applicable service fee before scheduling. Uninsured and self-pay clients receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected charges when required by law.
For eligible psychotherapy services, the practice can provide clients a superbill that may be submitted to their insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Clients are responsible for submitting superbills and confirming their out-of-network benefits directly with their insurance plan. Coverage and reimbursement are determined by the client's insurance plan and are not guaranteed.
For additional details, visit the Rates & FAQ page.
Frequently Asked Questions About Counseling
Who can receive counseling through Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC?
The practice provides services for children, teens, and adults, subject to clinical assessment, eligibility, and applicable requirements.
What concerns can I discuss during counseling?
Concerns may include anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, relationship challenges, grief, and other emotional or interpersonal difficulties. The appropriate focus depends on your circumstances and clinical assessment.
Do you offer online counseling?
Yes. Services are available through secure telehealth to eligible clients physically located in New York, Florida, or South Carolina at the time of their appointment.
How do I begin counseling?
The first step is to begin the clinical practice's intake process. The practice will review the information provided and determine appropriate next steps.
How much does counseling cost?
Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC is an out of network self-pay practice. Contact the practice for current rates and information about applicable fees. You will receive information about the fee for the requested service before scheduling.
Do you accept insurance?
The practice is an out of network self-pay practice and does not guarantee insurance coverage or reimbursement. For eligible psychotherapy services, a superbill may be available for submission to an insurer for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Clients are responsible for submitting superbills, verifying their out-of-network benefits, and confirming coverage and reimbursement directly with their insurance plan.
Is counseling appropriate for everyone?
Not every service or approach is appropriate for every individual. The practice uses its intake and clinical assessment process to determine whether services are appropriate and may recommend another provider when warranted.
Begin the Clinical Intake Process
If you would like to learn more about counseling services, the next step is to contact Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC through its clinical intake process.
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Psychotherapy and clinical hypnotherapy services described in this section are provided solely by Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC, a New York professional service corporation, through Dr. Lisa Zaretsky, Ed.D., LCSW. Dr. Zaretsky is licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and Florida and as a Licensed Independent Social Worker–Clinical Practice in South Carolina.
Content in this section is general information, not clinical advice. Viewing this website, submitting an inquiry, or requesting an appointment does not by itself establish a therapist-client relationship. A therapist-client relationship is established only after the practice accepts the individual as a client and completes its required intake and informed-consent documentation. Lisa Zaretsky LCSW PC does not provide emergency or crisis services.
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