Emma Catizone, LCSW

Emma Catizone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 14 years of experience. She helps people who are coping with family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Emma also focuses on related concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, cancer-related issues, and postpartum depression.

Her style is straightforward and person-focused. Sessions are conversational and aim to identify what feels most pressing at home. She uses practical tools and skill-building to address mood, panic, and relationship strain. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when those fit the problem.

Emma blends client-centered talk with structured strategies. That means she follows the concerns the person brings while offering steps to try between meetings. She works on reducing symptoms like panic attacks and low mood, and on problems that come up around illness, loss, or separation.

Many people see her to manage feelings after a traumatic event, to cope with caregiving or end-of-life stress, or to handle the exhaustion of balancing home responsibilities. She also supports those dealing with guilt, shame, or isolation and people connected to military or first responder backgrounds.

Her approach aims to be practical and steady. Conversations focus on small, usable changes that can fit into the day-to-day demands of family life and work.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions