Maureen Connell

Maureen Connell is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in New York with 15 years of professional experience. Her practice focuses on stress and anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, self esteem and confidence, and LGBT matters. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, post-traumatic stress, and multicultural or women's issues.

Her clinical work draws on a range of approaches: attachment-based therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, and the Gottman Method. She creates an open atmosphere for exploring feelings, communication patterns, and family of origin themes while addressing practical concerns such as divorce, separation, and communication problems.

Maureen supports people who are taking steps toward change by offering attentive clinical guidance and collaborative planning. She attends to isolation and life purpose questions, social anxiety, sexuality, and forgiveness, and she uses the methods listed to help clients identify patterns and consider new ways of relating to themselves and others.