Ada Moritz-Chapelliquen, LCSW

Ada Moritz-Chapelliquen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with five years of experience supporting youth, families, and older adults across a range of care settings. Her background includes work in the foster care system, homeless shelters, and a psychiatric hospital, where she developed experience addressing depression, anxiety, trauma, developmental disabilities, relationship challenges, life transitions, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

Ada brings a warm, empathetic, and engaging presence to her work and approaches each person with the belief that they are the expert on their own life. Her model is client-centered and informed by systems theory, meaning she pays attention to the individual in the context of family, community, and social systems while centering the client’s goals and voice.

She believes change is possible and that people can reshape their narratives to pursue growth and empowerment. Ada encourages taking the step to invest in mental health as a meaningful act, and she looks forward to meeting individuals and families ready to work toward greater well-being and self-directed change.

Client-Centered Approaches for Online Support

Client-Centered Therapy places the client’s perspective and goals at the center of sessions. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration so clients can explore feelings and choices at their own pace. It is well suited for work on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps people resolve ambivalence about change. It focuses on building motivation from within and can be especially helpful for clients facing difficult decisions, coping with change, or seeking to strengthen commitment to personal goals.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Ada Moritz-Chapelliquen works with clients to identify the methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She takes a collaborative stance, adjusting techniques as progress and priorities evolve.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or mobility limits. These options let clients choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while maintaining regular contact with licensed professionals and therapists, making it easier to fit therapy into day-to-day life.