Miriam Davis-Doern , LCSW

Miriam Davis-Doern is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of professional experience providing psychotherapy in New York. She holds the LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and has focused her career on helping people manage depression, stress, anxiety, and addictions while supporting efforts to build self-esteem and create lasting behavioral change. Her work emphasizes increasing self-awareness and confidence so individuals can meet their goals and make meaningful changes in daily life.

She has extensive experience working with teens and young adults, including those on the autism spectrum and with developmental delays. Miriam brings affirming respect, sensitivity, and compassion to each therapeutic relationship and validates both cultural and personal experiences. Her practice has included many LGBTQ+ young adults and people facing various forms of discrimination, and she aims to provide a supportive environment as clients explore their specific concerns and objectives.

Miriam approaches therapy collaboratively, helping clients identify priorities and practical steps forward. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and offers encouragement to those taking that first step, looking forward to working together toward clearer understanding and healthier coping.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Flexible Online Care

Miriam uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and skills development. One approach emphasizes identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety and to improve everyday functioning. Another approach centers on building coping skills and emotional regulation strategies to manage stress, anger, and impulses and to support recovery from addictions. A third element involves motivational strategies to strengthen commitment to goals like smoking cessation, behavioral change, or improved self-esteem.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the collaborative process. Miriam works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors the approach so therapy feels relevant and workable for the individual. This partnership helps clients try methods and adjust them over time.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for accessibility and consistency. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, clients can access care from home or other convenient locations, fit sessions around busy schedules, and maintain continuity of support even when life is changing. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver structured, evidence-based treatment that focuses on real-world progress.