Edili Maldonado

Edili Maldonado is a licensed mental health counselor working in New York. She brings 12 years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for people who are feeling overwhelmed.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Edili blends approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and client-centered work to meet each person's needs. She often uses mindfulness and values-based strategies to help with mood, panic, and traumatic stress.

Her style emphasizes respect, acceptance, and compassion. She avoids labels and judgment and works with clients to build skills that fit daily life. That can mean learning new ways to manage strong emotions, improve communication, or handle caregiver strain.

Edili has worked with a wide range of concerns, including bipolar challenges, ADHD, intimacy and relationship questions, parenting stress, and career-related stress. She also supports people facing isolation, guilt, grief, and compassion fatigue. Her goal is to help people gain insight and practical tools so they can feel more in control of next steps.

To begin, visitors follow the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is arranged according to the therapist's availability and the site's process for booking.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. Online sessions using ACT often focus on noticing difficult thoughts and trying simple, value-driven steps between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses straightforward exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. In remote sessions this can include working through worksheets together and setting short practice tasks for the week. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that are useful for intense mood swings and crisis moments, often practiced in session and applied to real-life situations.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. This decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm available session options before booking, since formats are arranged through the therapist and site. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for focused check-ins between commitments. It also supports continued work when schedules or locations change, while keeping the focus on practical tools and real-life skill building.