About Cori-Ann
Cori-Ann Feiner-Escoto is a licensed New Jersey psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem concerns, and she supports people facing mood-related difficulties. Her approach treats each person as the expert of their own story.
She emphasizes practical steps and steady support as people work toward calmer days. Her work centers on helping people who feel stuck after loss, hurt, or overwhelming stress.
Background and approach
She listens closely and helps clients clarify what matters to them. That can mean small behavioral changes, new ways of thinking, or learning skills to tolerate hard feelings. She uses a mix of approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and client-centered listening.
Sessions typically focus on real-life problems and skills that people can use between meetings. Cori-Ann aims for therapy that feels straightforward and useful. People often come with complicated backgrounds like family problems, caregiver stress, or the aftermath of accidents or disasters.
She also works with those dealing with cancer-related stress, first responder issues, and feelings of isolation or guilt. Cori-Ann helps people sort priorities and take manageable steps forward. Her style is warm and collaborative.
She checks in about values and goals, then tailors tools to the person’s needs. The work is paced to each person’s readiness, and progress is measured by changes in daily life rather than jargon.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters most to them and take small meaningful steps, even when feelings are hard. It’s often used for grief, low self-esteem, and ongoing stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical exercises to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. It’s useful for mood-related problems and coping after trauma. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness; those skills can help with impulsivity, shame, and relationship stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for people with busy or constrained schedules. Video calls let people meet face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it possible to fit sessions into work breaks, caregiving routines, or times when getting to an office would be difficult.
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What this therapist works with
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- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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