- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and depression
- English and Spanish
About Jahaira
Jahaira Flores is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York with eight years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, family concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue. Jahaira speaks English and Spanish and centers her work on each person's strengths and goals.
She approaches sessions believing people are the experts on their own stories. Jahaira aims to create a space where clients can name what’s hard and try new ways of coping. She emphasizes practical steps and steady support rather than quick fixes.
Her background includes eight years helping people manage workplace strain, panic attacks, social anxiety, and the emotional effects of chronic illness or pain. She also works with issues like guilt, shame, forgiveness, and loneliness. These areas often come up alongside stress and mood concerns.
In sessions she helps clients sort priorities, try new skills, and make changes that fit daily life. Jahaira frames challenges as problems to work on together, not labels. She encourages short-term goals as well as deeper work when clients want it.
Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule based on the therapist’s availability. Jahaira supports clients through steady, goal-focused work toward better wellbeing.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Jahaira uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage symptoms and build skills. One common approach she applies teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as breathing work, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These techniques help reduce the intensity of panic attacks and support calmer daily routines.Another approach she uses helps with trauma and depressive symptoms by helping people tell their story at a manageable pace, build emotional safety, and practice new ways of responding to difficult memories and beliefs. This work often includes setting small goals and tracking progress over time.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then try strategies together. If one way of working isn’t helpful, adjustments are made collaboratively until it fits the client’s life and goals.
Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it easier to keep continuity while balancing work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to the online setting so progress continues between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Jahaira works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, family concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on workplace issues, panic attacks, social anxiety, chronic pain and illness, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She centers sessions on each person’s strengths and practical steps. The approach is collaborative and goal-focused, with an emphasis on skills you can use between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has eight years of professional work experience in the field and uses that experience to guide supportive, problem-focused care.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a New York LCSW license and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a therapy relationship?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.