Nancy DiStefano

LISW, 35 years of experience
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Hello, I am Nancy DiStefano a mastered prepared, licensed independent social worker with over 35 years experience. I have experience in therapy with members from age 3-83. I am here to help you find peace in your life and reach whatever goals you choose to reach. I have been doing online tele-health since 2012. I specialize in CBT and ERP. I am here to help. Let's begin.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

Our fist session will be getting to know each other. I am interested in knowing you as a person along with the reason you present to therapy. In the practice of social work, we start where the client is at. I'm here to begin where you need to; sometimes thats just getting out what you want to talk about and sometimes that is me asking specific questions. What you need is what I am here to help with.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

Results! I am here to help you feel better. I want to help you reach your goals. I utilize evidenced based therapy to help you feel better. CBT is one of one of the most effective tools to help you feel better. I am also a specialist in OCD and phobias utilizing another evidenced based treatment called ERP. Let's get started.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

Welcome one and all. I serve a variety of ages from children through aging members. Please reach out, I am here to help. If you are struggling with mental health concerns I m here to help you through. I am an OCD specialist and can help with ERP for OCD, anxiety and phobias. I believe in the practice of CBT, challenging thoughts to help you feel better.

Specialties

Top specialties

Anxiety

Depression

Other specialties

I identify as

Serves ages

Teenagers (13 to 17)

Licensed in

Connecticut

Accepts

Location

Virtual

My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Great approach to your distress!! By taking a cognitive behavioral approach to what ever issues you are currently experiencing, we can work together to learn how to change your thoughts and responses to situation to feel better. This popular-evidenced based approach will help!

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

In this faced paced social media and computer driven world, we all get anxious sometimes. Let's take a look at how we can work together to calm your mind. I'm here to help.

Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

If you are struggling with suicidal ideation or personality disorders, or just really love the DBT skills, I'm here to work with you to utilize these skills to move forward in calming your emotions, managing distress and learning to thrive in relationships.

Prolonged Exposure Therapy

I'm sorry if you are struggling with effects of past trauma. This often affects not only your emotions however your whole body. Through this approach we can help your mind and body mange these uncomfortable and distressing feelings.

Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

My expertise! If you have OCD, anxiety or phobias, let me help you with this gold standard, evidenced based approach to treatment. Through ERP we will conquer these fears.

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