About Corey
Corey McSweeney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience. He offers a straightforward, person-first way of working and aims to build a strong rapport from the start. Corey practices in New York and speaks English.
Corey spent time at a county mental health clinic before moving into independent practice. That work exposed him to many challenging situations and helped him learn practical skills for day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
He has experience helping people with anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD, grief, bipolar disorder, and phobias. His style blends direct structure with flexibility. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, while also leaving room for honesty and real emotion.
He encourages clients to be candid about commitments and concerns so therapy can move forward efficiently. Corey uses several common therapeutic methods to address problems. He draws on client-centered techniques to keep the room focused on each person’s needs.
He also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and narrative elements to help people reframe difficult stories. He is open about using self-disclosure when it helps the work and keeps things human. He prefers clear communication and invites feedback if something isn’t working.
His aim is practical progress - helping people manage stress, improve relationships, and handle life changes. Corey notes areas where he recommends a more specialized clinician for the best care. He wants people to get the right help, even if that means suggesting a different therapist.
How specific approaches work in online therapy
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience at the center of each session and emphasizes understanding and respect. Online, this means the therapist listens closely, follows the client’s lead, and helps set goals that matter to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing practical alternatives. In an online visit CBT often uses structured exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments people can try between sessions. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful and will adjust methods over time. That collaborative process helps match techniques to the problem, whether it’s anxiety, phobias, or coping with life changes. Online sessions offer several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when a shorter, more frequent touchpoint helps maintain progress. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy lives.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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