Cassandra Duff
Compassionate practical therapy for life’s challenges
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Cassandra
Cassandra Duff is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who practices using cognitive behavioral therapy alongside client-centered and dialectical behavior approaches.
Background and approach
With 19 years of clinical experience, she focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and anger while also addressing relationship and intimacy-related concerns and addictions. Her work includes support for mood-related conditions such as bipolar disorder and challenges like ADHD, career stress, and coping with life changes.
She emphasizes a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate stance, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each person’s circumstances. Additional areas of attention include caregiver stress, commitment and family difficulties, guilt and shame, infidelity, loneliness, jealousy, financial strain, multicultural concerns, OCD-related patterns, paranoia, and issues tied to prejudice and discrimination.
Cassandra frames therapy as a collaborative process and offers coaching-oriented guidance when appropriate. Clients can expect a practical, individualized approach that blends evidence-informed techniques with empathic listening to build self-awareness, healthier habits, and improved coping.
Her practice aims to support people taking the often-challenging first step toward more satisfying and manageable daily life.
Online Therapy Grounded in Practical Skills and Empathic Care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes respectful, nonjudgmental listening and places the person’s experience at the center of treatment; it helps when someone needs validation, clearer self-understanding, and a supportive space to explore life concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured techniques, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life transitions. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) contributes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, offering concrete tools for managing intense feelings and relationship difficulties.Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work, and Cassandra collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. She combines skill-building and reflective conversation so that treatment feels tailored rather than one-size-fits-all, and adjustments are made together as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and for fitting therapy into busy lives. These options make it easier to keep consistent contact, practice skills between sessions, and access care from a preferred location, while allowing licensed professionals to adapt methods to each person's pace and practical needs.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English