Rose Sodano, LCSW

Rose Sodano is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. She has two decades of experience working with these concerns and with related issues such as postpartum depression and panic attacks.

Her work often focuses on concrete problems like communication breakdowns, caregiver stress, workplace pressures, and blended family tensions. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care experiences, autism spectrum considerations, and young adult transitions. Rose pays attention to the practical parts of life that affect mental health.

Rose uses a compassionate, collaborative style in sessions. She meets people where they are and helps them set realistic goals. Conversations include looking at patterns, building coping strategies, and practicing new ways to handle difficult moments.

She also supports people through major life transitions such as divorce, separation, pregnancy and childbirth, and end-of-life care for loved ones. These sessions typically pair emotion-focused discussion with practical problem solving to help people cope day to day.

Rose emphasizes a respectful and nonjudgmental atmosphere. She listens carefully and helps people map small steps toward clearer thinking and more manageable routines. Her approach is steady and down-to-earth, aimed at helping clients feel more capable in their everyday lives.

How evidence-based techniques fit into online care

Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are problem-focused therapy and emotion-focused work. Problem-focused therapy looks at immediate challenges and builds clear strategies for managing them, which helps with issues like workplace stress, parenting concerns, and panic episodes. Emotion-focused work helps people name and sit with feelings, which is useful for grief, relationship strain, postpartum moods, and end-of-life concerns.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Rose works with each person to identify goals, try methods that match their needs, and adjust as progress and preferences become clearer. She views therapy as a team effort where plans are revised together.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, communication skills practice, and coping strategy work to a virtual setting to help support everyday life.