- Attachment issues
- CBT and DBT tools
- Career transitions
About Minnie
Minnie Berman is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 40 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stuck after a work change, relationship shift, or health event. Her practice focuses on relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, career questions, stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and life purpose issues.
She uses a mix of approaches that include attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, and elements of DBT and existential thinking. Sessions are conversational and practical. The aim is to notice patterns that keep coming up and try small experiments to see what changes.
Minnie pays attention to how past relationships shape present choices. She helps people understand attachment patterns and how they affect intimacy, boundaries, and communication. She also supports those coping with grief, addiction-related concerns, and caregiver stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.
In sessions she listens without judgement and focuses on the here and now. Clients learn ways to manage strong emotions, to make decisions that reflect their values, and to handle day-to-day stress. She also works on goal-directed skills for career transitions and rebuilding confidence.
Minnie works in English and practices in New York. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps with intimacy problems, fear of abandonment, and repeating old dynamics in new relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflection. It gives space to talk through decisions, career doubts, and feelings without judgment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and goal-oriented steps like job changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Minnie will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can include trying brief skills from CBT, looking at attachment patterns in conversation, or using DBT-inspired strategies for managing strong emotions.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that remote sessions help them maintain consistency while they try new ways of handling stress, relationships, and career decisions.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship and family conflict, self-esteem, career questions, stress, anxiety, mood disorders, grief, and life purpose issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered listening with attachment-based work and practical CBT and DBT techniques to focus on patterns and skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional experience working with adults on a range of relational and mood concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in New York.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.