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Karlee Hoyt

Karlee Hoyt, LCSW

New York

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Relationships

  • Attachment issues
  • Blended household concerns
  • Anxiety and mood

About Karlee

Karlee Hoyt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 11 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, career challenges, depression, and coping with life changes.

She often helps people dealing with attachment concerns and blended family issues. Clients also bring caregiver stress, communication difficulties, control struggles, and problems that follow divorce or separation. She has experience supporting people with obsessions and compulsions, panic attacks, phobias, PTSD, seasonal mood changes, and social anxiety.

Sessions focus on clear, practical conversation about what is happening now. Karlee aims to identify patterns that keep problems cycling. Together with the client she makes straightforward plans to change small daily habits and communication routines.

Her style is direct and respectful. She asks specific questions, reflects back what she hears, and suggests concrete skills to try between sessions. Progress is checked regularly so plans can be adjusted.

Karlee draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood and anxiety symptoms and to improve relationship interactions. She encourages steady, manageable steps rather than quick fixes. People come prepared to try new ways of responding and to notice what changes.

To begin a first session clients use the site matching questionnaire and schedule a meeting. Fees vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions

Two evidence-based approaches she relies on are behavioral strategies and skills-based work. Behavioral techniques focus on changing routine actions and reactions, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood by creating small, repeatable differences in daily life. Skills-based work targets things like communication and emotion regulation so people have tools to use during tense moments.

Cognitive approaches are often paired with those methods to examine and reframe unhelpful thoughts. This helps when worry or negative thinking fuels avoidance, panic, or relationship tension. Together these approaches aim at practical shifts in thinking and behavior rather than abstract discussion alone.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. Karlee will collaborate with each client to test methods that match their goals and preferences, review progress, and adjust the plan as needed. The focus is on usable steps clients can try between sessions and on checking what helps.

The biography does not specify which online formats are used, so confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. Some formats are also better for shorter updates while others suit longer skill-building sessions, so choose the option that fits daily life and communication needs.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

New York

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, career issues, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related focus areas such as blended family issues and attachment concerns.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and question-driven, with an emphasis on identifying patterns and trying concrete skills between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 11 years of professional experience working with adults on mood, anxiety, and relationship issues.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices from that state.

In what language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

The original biography did not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How does pricing work?

Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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