About Destony
Destony Stewart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone nervous about starting therapy.
She uses somatic therapy to help people notice how stress and trauma show up in the body. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is part of her work too, which focuses on values and small actions that matter.
Background and approach
She also draws on trauma-focused methods when past events are affecting daily life. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Destony works with clients to identify strengths, try new coping tools, and practice small changes between meetings.
Conversations often include attention to both thoughts and bodily signals to better manage difficult feelings. Her background is in clinical social work and she holds the LCSW credential. She has three years of post-licensure experience listed and works with adults and young adults facing life transitions and mental health challenges.
Destony offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. She provides sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can find a rhythm that fits their life. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to schedule sessions based on availability.
How somatic and values-based approaches work online
Somatic Therapy helps people notice bodily signals connected to stress and trauma and learn simple practices to reduce tension and increase calm. It focuses on breath, posture, and gentle movement to help people feel more grounded. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes clarifying what matters and taking small actions that reflect those values while learning to live alongside difficult thoughts and feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful and doable.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people meet from home, fit sessions around busy schedules, and continue work between meetings. The range of formats supports ongoing practice of somatic and ACT exercises in everyday life, so tools learned in sessions can be used in real-world moments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Relationship issues
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English