Ivelisse Concepcion, LCSW

Ivelisse Concepcion is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 25 years of experience in mental health. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, ADHD, relationships, family issues, grief, anger, and self-esteem. She also addresses mood disorders including bipolar and panic, and helps people coping with major life changes.

She began in mental health in 1995 on a Children Mobile Mental Health Crisis Team and later earned a Master of Social Work from New York University and a bachelor in psychology from the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Much of her early career focused on children and youth, and over the past decade she has worked increasingly with adults and more recently with couples.

Ivelisse uses practical, straightforward methods in sessions. She draws on client-centered ideas to listen and reflect, then adds cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking. Solution-focused steps are used to set short-term goals. For trauma-related concerns she uses trauma-focused approaches aimed at reducing distress and improving coping.

In practice she looks at strengths and barriers. Sessions tend to focus on clear, small changes that fit daily life. She works with people dealing with severe emotional disturbance in families where young people are at risk of out-of-home placement, and with adults confronting longstanding patterns from family of origin problems.

She offers therapy in English and Spanish. Her style is direct and practical, aiming to help people manage emotions, improve relationships at home, and regain control over behaviors that interfere with daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work