Adriana Cortes

Adriana Cortes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 13 years of practice in New York. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, low self-esteem, and anger. Adriana emphasizes a respectful, strength-based approach that centers the client's experience and goals. She believes taking the first step toward change takes courage and offers steady support along the way.

In sessions Adriana listens for practical patterns that keep problems cycling. She helps people break those patterns with clear, manageable steps. Conversations focus on skills you can use between sessions and on building confidence to handle hard moments. The pace is set by the client's needs and readiness for change.

Adriana also attends to issues like grief, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, and parenting stress. She is familiar with challenges connected to adoption and foster care, aging, attachment issues, and caregiver strain. Her work includes support for body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, and codependency concerns.

Clients can expect an encouraging tone and straightforward guidance aimed at building coping skills. Adriana honors each person's story and looks for strengths to build on. Her goal is to help people move toward more manageable days and clearer choices.

She practices in New York and conducts sessions in English. The work is collaborative, and Adriana helps clients set goals that fit their lives.

Approaches and how online work can fit your life

Adriana works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skill-building and strength identification. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns that maintain anxiety or anger and replacing them with small, manageable behavior changes to reduce reactivity and improve coping. Another approach centers on building confidence and motivation through goal-setting and stepwise tasks that feel doable between sessions.

Finding the right approach happens together. Adriana will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then try techniques that fit those needs. The work is collaborative and she adjusts methods as progress and challenges emerge.

If you are considering online work, confirm the available session options before booking since formats were not listed in the original profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days - they cut down travel time, can be scheduled around work or caregiving commitments, and let people meet from different locations. Some formats also allow for shorter check-ins or audio-only options when that suits a person's routine. Discuss practical arrangements and timing when you schedule to find what fits best.