- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Depression
About Adrianna
Adrianna Restiano is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. She has five years of post-licensure experience and a background supporting people through anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. Many reach out to her for help with parenting concerns, relationship strain, and managing day-to-day overwhelm.
She works with clients using clear, goal-focused conversations. Sessions typically include active listening, practical skill-building, and steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Adrianna emphasizes compassion and steady support while helping people set and reach realistic goals. Her approach draws from methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. These approaches help people notice difficult thoughts, choose values-aligned actions, and practice new coping skills.
She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the work grounded in each person’s priorities. Adrianna’s experience covers grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and parenting-related stress. She also addresses attachment issues, body image, communication problems, and caregiver strain.
Her practice includes coaching-style support for life purpose and adjustments after separation or other big changes. Sessions are available in English and offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Adrianna works with
Everything Adrianna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Adrianna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Young adult issues
Approaches Adrianna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where someone wants clearer priorities and more steady action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It tends to help with anxiety, depression, panic, and mood regulation by teaching practical tools for day-to-day change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and techniques are adjusted as progress and needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues and a fuller session experience, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging makes brief ongoing reflection and coaching possible. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work between sessions.
Questions people ask about Adrianna
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, bipolar and mood disorders, ADHD, and related struggles.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused, combining listening with practical skill-building. Approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered techniques.
What background and experience does she bring?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with five years of experience post-licensure, plus two years of supervised practice before licensure, working with a variety of concerns like crisis, mood disorders, and life transitions.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She holds a New York LMHC credential and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model. Cost varies with location and therapist availability and the subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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