About Aileen
Aileen Stotter is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She uses straightforward, goal-oriented methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood problems, and life transitions. Her tone is practical and supportive, focused on small changes that add up over time.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Sessions often look at patterns in thinking and routine, then test new ways of coping that feel doable in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
This approach is useful for panic, obsessive worries, low mood, and many common stress reactions. Stotter has worked in the field for 11 years and brings that practical experience into each session. She helps people dealing with family conflict, relationship concerns, eating and body-image struggles, anger, and the fallout from trauma and abuse.
She also supports those managing mood disorders and impulsivity around decisions and behavior. Her style is collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and focuses on building skills that fit each person’s goals.
Progress is tracked with clear, manageable steps rather than vague promises. Sessions can include short-term skills work or longer-term support depending on needs. People can expect a calm, direct approach aimed at making everyday life feel more manageable and less overwhelming.
How CBT and online sessions work together
Aileen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice patterns in their thinking and try small, practical behavior changes. CBT sessions typically involve identifying upsetting thoughts, testing them with real-life experiments, and building coping skills for anxiety, panic, obsessions, low mood, and stress.Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then recommend CBT techniques or a combined plan that fits the client's needs. Clients and the therapist check progress together and adjust methods as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when a more in-depth conversation is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when writing things out feels clearer. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English