- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Ariel
Ariel Rock is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and related challenges. She brings eight years of clinical experience and focuses on clear, practical support for everyday struggles. Her tone is direct and compassionate so parents can find help without jargon.
Ariel draws on work across residential treatment, inpatient settings, geriatric care, traumatic brain injury services, and independent practice. That variety shaped a skill set for managing strong emotions, building coping skills, and restoring day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
She adapts conversations and plans to what each person actually needs. Sessions aim to make tools useful right away. Ariel uses approaches that teach practical skills for stress, mood, and relationships.
She also offers ways to handle grief, identity questions, eating concerns, and addiction-related struggles. Her practice supports people dealing with attachment and relationship patterns, parenting strain, and life transitions. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and straightforward problem-solving rather than clinical labels.
Clients leave with specific steps to try between sessions. Ariel works from New York and conducts therapy in English. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
What Ariel works with
Everything Ariel lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ariel helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ariel lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and parenting struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood or worry.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Ariel will work with each person to match methods to their goals and daily life. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan based on real results and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing coaching possible between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for parents juggling schedules, work breaks, or caregiving duties while still accessing licensed professionals and skilled therapists.
Questions people ask about Ariel
What kinds of concerns does Ariel address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family struggles, grief, eating concerns, anger, career changes, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related topics.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style focuses on practical skills and compassionate listening. She tailors sessions to each person's needs and aims to give concrete steps to use between visits.
What background does she bring to therapy work?
She has eight years of professional experience working in residential treatment, acute inpatient care, geriatric settings, traumatic brain injury services, and independent practice.
What credentials and location are associated with this therapist?
She holds a New York LMHC credential and practices from New York.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ariel?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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