About Kamilah
Kamilah Matthew is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Kamilah uses a broad, person-centered stance that aims to meet each client where they are.
She draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and blends them to match each person’s needs. Sessions emphasize awareness and consciousness, with attention to thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs.
How Kamilah works
The work tends to be collaborative, practical, and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. Kamilah speaks plainly about goals and next steps. She uses a strength-based frame and offers psychoeducation, coaching, and mentoring as part of the process.
The aim is to build skills that help people manage everyday stressors and improve functioning at home and in the community. Her additional focus includes body image, communication problems, family problems, fertility issues, forgiveness, life purpose, multicultural concerns, pregnancy and childbirth, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues. These topics are woven into sessions as relevant to the person seeking help.
Kamilah describes the therapeutic relationship as a partnership. She emphasizes solution-focused work, present-moment awareness, and steady reflection to foster growth, resilience, and practical change.
What Kamilah works with
The areas below are the ones Kamilah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Evidence-informed therapy often borrows techniques that help with thinking patterns and practical coping. One common approach focuses on increasing awareness of thoughts and feelings, then testing and changing unhelpful patterns. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and stress by giving clear steps to try between sessions.Another useful approach emphasizes skill building and coaching. That includes learning communication tools, emotion regulation strategies, and parenting skills that can be practiced in daily life. These methods are helpful when the goal is to improve how someone responds in relationships and at home.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels workable, then match techniques to those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use discussion, coaching, and skill-building exercises effectively in remote sessions, aiming to help people carry changes into everyday life.
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