Cara Greene , LCSW

Cara Greene is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with more than 30 years of experience supporting adults and senior adults through a wide range of life challenges. She emphasizes a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance that encourages clients to share thoughts and feelings at a pace that feels comfortable, with the goal of helping them build hope and confidence to make meaningful changes.

Cara completed undergraduate studies in psychology at Connecticut College, earned a graduate degree in social work from Adelphi University in New York, and pursued post-graduate training at the Center for Modern Psychoanalysis in New York. Over the course of her career she has worked in private practice, community mental health centers, and agencies, and served as Director of Social Work at a large social services agency where she managed therapy programs and supervised staff and therapists in training. She also taught clinical training, supervision, diagnosis, and treatment in graduate programs at Long Island University.

Her clinical focus includes stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, LGBT issues, family and parenting matters, grief, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coaching. Additional areas of attention include aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, blended family issues, cancer-related concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and family of origin problems. She has delivered webinars on COVID-related stress and coping techniques.

Cara is trained in multiple therapy approaches and draws on psychodynamic principles to tailor treatment to each person. She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging according to client preference, and typically checks messages several times a day, Monday through Sunday, often responding within 24 hours.

Psychodynamic Insight and Flexible Online Care

Cara Greene uses psychodynamic therapy to help clients explore patterns in relationships, emotions, and behavior that often stem from earlier life experiences. This approach emphasizes understanding underlying feelings and unconscious influences to gain insight and reduce distress, and it can be helpful for issues such as persistent anxiety, relationship difficulties, depression, and patterns that affect self-esteem.

In addition to psychodynamic work, Cara draws on a flexible, integrative approach informed by her broad training and decades of practice. That flexibility allows her to tailor techniques and interventions to the client - matching methods to specific concerns like caregiving stress, grief, life transitions, or mood challenges. Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Cara works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, preferences, and the methods that best support progress.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for those seeking care from licensed professionals. Video calls enable face-to-face connection when in-person meetings are not possible, while phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide options for scheduling, accessibility, and comfort. These modalities increase flexibility, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care across changing circumstances.