Iamina Stoian
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday struggles
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Romanian
About Iamina
Iamina Stoian is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family challenges, and other struggles such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She grounds work in practical, evidence-informed strategies while remaining responsive to each person's unique history and current needs. With a decade of experience, she draws on clinical tools that support symptom management and day-to-day functioning.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening and mindfulness practices, and she can also incorporate motivational interviewing and narrative work when these fit a person’s goals. She emphasizes collaborative problem solving, helping clients identify patterns, build coping routines, and practice skills that reduce distress and improve communication.
Iamina values empathy and active listening as the foundation for change, pairing validation with concrete tools to address emotional and behavioral difficulties. She provides services in English and Romanian and works with a wide range of presenting issues including attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, dissociation, domestic violence, and grief-related problems.
Her practice aims to combine thoughtful assessment with practical interventions to help clients move toward greater stability and clearer direction.
Approaches that guide online work and how they help
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening, validation, and a nonjudgmental relationship so clients can explore feelings and make changes at their own pace. Mindfulness Therapy teaches awareness and acceptance techniques to reduce reactivity and improve present-moment coping, which can support work with trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress.Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to understand goals, preferences, and the specific issues they bring, then adapt methods over time so the plan reflects what helps most in practice rather than following a fixed formula.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing people to participate from different locations and schedules. These formats can make it easier to maintain regular sessions, practice skills between meetings, and access ongoing support when life circumstances make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can use these tools to combine evidence-informed approaches with a format that fits each client’s routine.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English, Romanian