Colette Lettieri, LCSW

Colette Lettieri is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW with 10 years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship, family, career, and self-esteem concerns. She emphasizes empowerment and works collaboratively to build motivation, confidence, and clearer direction during periods of change. Colette brings experience supporting clients through career difficulties, midlife shifts, divorce and separation, and the stresses that come with caregiving and professional life.

Her practice includes work on communication problems, family dynamics, life purpose exploration, and cultivating self-love, with particular attention to women's issues. She also has experience with executive and professional coaching, helping professionals translate personal insight into practical steps for career and life goals. Colette aims to create an open, nonjudgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared and explored.

Recognizing that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life takes courage, she offers steady support and practical guidance as clients set goals and try new strategies. Colette provides services in English and is based in New York.

Therapeutic Approaches and Virtual Support

Colette integrates client-centered, narrative, and solution-focused ideas into her online work to meet each person's goals. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding the client's experience from their perspective and creating a collaborative, empathetic space to explore emotions and choices - it can be helpful for self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, offering room to reframe challenges and identify strengths that may have been overlooked. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and small, achievable changes, which can be especially useful for career problems, coping with life changes, and short-term goal setting.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Colette works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time in a collaborative way. This helps ensure work in therapy feels meaningful and aligned with what the client wants to accomplish.

Online sessions through video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexibility for people managing busy schedules, caregiving duties, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to try different formats as needs evolve, while working with licensed professionals committed to practical progress and personal growth.