Carolyn Sultana

Carolyn Sultana is a licensed clinical social worker with over 31 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Carolyn speaks English and practices out of New York. Carolyn uses straightforward conversation to help people clarify what they want to change. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer communication rather than jargon. She says the first step is often the hardest, and she aims to make that step easier to take. Her approach adapts to each person's needs. Carolyn draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where clients lead the pace of work. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behavioral experiments. Emotionally-Focused Therapy influences how she addresses relationship-related concerns and emotional patterns. Carolyn helps people recognize feelings, name them, and try different ways of responding that fit their goals. She supports work on issues such as abandonment, control problems, communication struggles, and divorce or separation. Practical matters like panic attacks, mood concerns, body image, and the emotional impact of pregnancy and childbirth are also part of her focus. She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation. To begin, the site’s Start Therapy button leads to a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on the therapist’s availability.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and following the client's lead. Online work using this approach keeps the emphasis on understanding the client's experience and adjusting pace and topics to what feels most helpful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small behavioral changes to see what helps; it can include practical at-home exercises and short check-ins to track progress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name emotions and try different ways of responding in relationships or within themselves, which can be practiced in discussion and in day-to-day situations.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adapt those methods as needs change over time.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people test different ways of working with emotions and behavior between meetings to see what helps most.