- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Somatic techniques
- Trauma-focused work
About Destony
Destony Stewart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 3 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and career pressures. She also supports people dealing with attachment issues, commitment concerns, avoidant personality tendencies, isolation and guilt and shame.
She takes a direct, collaborative approach in sessions. She helps people name what feels hardest and identify small, practical steps they can try between meetings. Sessions may include paying attention to bodily responses, practicing new ways of responding to difficult thoughts, and creating values-based goals for everyday life.
Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, somatic therapy, and trauma-focused approaches. That means she may invite practices that focus on present-moment awareness, body sensations, and processing distress tied to past events. These methods are used to address symptoms like anxiety, somatic complaints, and lingering shame.
Clients can expect a focus on strengths and on building tools they can use outside sessions. She helps people notice patterns in relationships and in how they relate to themselves, then tests different skills to shift those patterns. Destony also attends to how cultural or life transitions shape stress and self-expectation.
Sessions are conducted in English and she accepts international clients. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values. Online sessions can include exercises in noticing painful thoughts without getting stuck and identifying concrete values-driven steps to try between meetings.Somatic Therapy pays attention to body sensations and how stress shows up physically. In an online session she may guide simple tracking of breath, posture, or bodily tension and suggest short practices to reduce physiological reactivity between sessions.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing distress tied to past events and reducing their day-to-day impact. Work in this area may involve grounding techniques, pacing, and targeted methods for working with memories and triggers in collaboration with the client.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjust plans as work progresses. That collaboration helps match tools to what actually matters in daily life.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. For some people, fewer logistical demands mean more consistent practice of skills between meetings.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and career-related stress. Additional areas include attachment issues, commitment concerns, avoidant personality tendencies, guilt and shame, loneliness, somatization, and women's issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative, strengths-focused approach. Sessions often involve noticing bodily signals, practicing acceptance-based skills, and setting values-oriented goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She holds an LCSW and has three years of experience in clinical practice.
What credential and location details are on file?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to start therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.