Irene Kyprianides, LMSW

Irene Kyprianides is a licensed master's level social worker (LMSW) with 15 years of clinical experience helping individuals and families navigate complex emotional and behavioral challenges. She brings deep experience treating anxiety disorders, PTSD, depression and other mood disorders, as well as supporting people on the autism spectrum, those affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and individuals with intellectual or behavioral difficulties. Her background includes extensive work in crisis intervention, addressing traumatic experiences, supporting parenting challenges, and assisting people involved in foster care or adoption circumstances.

Irene is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a specialized approach for processing trauma and reducing trauma-related symptoms, and she has completed advanced trainings in Motivational Interviewing and a range of parenting strategies and interventions. She favors a strengths-based style of work that focuses on clients' existing resources and abilities rather than only on problems or diagnoses.

In practice she aims to understand each person’s unique history and the factors contributing to current struggles, then to partner with clients to set realistic goals and build coping skills. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, grief, relationship and family difficulties, ADHD, bipolar and mood conditions, and issues related to caregiving and burnout. Irene seeks to create a collaborative, respectful space and hopes to walk alongside clients as they pursue growth and improved wellbeing.

Approaches for Online Care and Healing

Trauma-Focused Therapy offers targeted strategies to work through distressing memories and reactions that follow traumatic events. It combines structured techniques with emotional support to help people process trauma and reduce its impact on daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach is practical and skill-based, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood challenges to build more effective coping patterns.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversational style that helps people explore their own motivations for change and strengthen commitment to personal goals. It is useful when someone feels uncertain or ambivalent about making changes related to health, behavior, or relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Irene works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences, then tailors techniques from these methods to create a treatment plan that fits each person.

Online therapy with Irene can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, travel constraints, or geographic distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and fit sessions into everyday life while working with licensed professionals and therapists who can adapt approaches to each client’s situation.