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Jarely Galeas

LMHC, LPC New York 10 years of experience

Practical support for life transitions and stress

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Jarely Galeas
  • Warm collaborative style
  • Bilingual English Spanish
  • Ten years experience

About Jarely

Jarely Galeas is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and major life transitions. She speaks English and Spanish and brings ten years of experience to sessions. Jarely aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel heard and begin to make practical changes.

Her style is warm, caring, and interactive. She works with each person to build a treatment plan that fits their goals. In sessions she listens, asks questions, and offers tools that people can try between meetings.

Jarely combines cognitive behavioral ideas with a strengths-based, client-centered approach. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and also points out existing skills they can use. She encourages small experiments and step-by-step changes to relieve symptoms and improve daily life.

She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and commit to actions that matter to them. Emotion-focused techniques are used when relationship and attachment concerns come up, helping people understand emotions and respond differently in close connections.

Clients who want practical tools, clear goals, and compassionate support may find her approach useful. She aims to help people discover options, test new behaviors, and make steady progress toward a life that feels more manageable.

How approach and online care come together

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that match their values. This can be useful for people facing big life changes or chronic anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing concrete changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens and follows the client’s lead to build goals and solutions together.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jarely treats deciding which methods to use as a team effort. She will talk with each person about what feels useful, try different techniques, and adjust plans as goals evolve so the work fits the client's needs and preferences.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people join from a quieter space, avoid camera use if that helps, or schedule sessions during a lunch break. Ask about specific session formats when you start the matching process.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Relationship issuesGriefCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

New York, Georgia

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jarely commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Other areas include career stress, compassion fatigue, and family-of-origin issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic approach?

Her style is warm, caring, and interactive. She uses client-centered listening along with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches.

What is her professional background?

Jarely has ten years of counseling experience working with a range of life stressors and emotional concerns. She focuses on helping people find and use their existing strengths.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices in New York and holds both LMHC and LPC credentials. The LMHC and LPC designations are listed exactly as provided.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Can international clients work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the first step to begin therapy?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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