Ariel Rock, LMHC
New York · 8 years in practice
Ariel Rock is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strain, and relationship challenges.
License and registration
- LMHC, New York
- 015504 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1639977085 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ariel
Ariel Rock is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strain, and relationship challenges. She uses straightforward language and practical skills so conversations feel clear and focused. Ariel’s approach aims to help people build more safety in their relationships and more calm in daily life.
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address attachment and relationship patterns that keep people stuck. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills for handling difficult thoughts and emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions mix talking, emotional reflection, and hands-on exercises that clients can use between meetings. Ariel has eight years of experience across settings including residential treatment, inpatient care, geriatric services, and independent practice. That background shapes how she helps people cope with complex situations like trauma, grief, mood disorders, and changes related to health or aging.
She focuses on practical steps and steady skill-building. In sessions she adapts her tone to each person, offering direct tools when needed and a listening, client-centered stance otherwise. She works on things like grounding, mindfulness, anger management, and planning for life transitions.
The work is collaborative: goals are set together and revised as progress is made. People meet with Ariel by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She speaks English and practices as an LMHC in New York.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect prospective clients with the right appointment time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ariel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Ariel blends relationship work with online sessions
Ariel uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how attachment and emotional patterns shape relationships, helping people notice and change interaction cycles. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is used to help people choose actions that match their values even when emotions are difficult, useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve coping.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ariel will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then try methods that match those priorities. She regularly checks in and adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues for emotion-focused work, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps with ongoing coaching between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to schedule sessions during work breaks, caregiving windows, or when travel is difficult.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Ariel commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, depression, and relationship problems, plus issues like addiction, grief, and body image.
What is Ariel’s therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining emotional reflection with skill-building tools such as grounding and mindfulness.
What experience does Ariel bring to sessions?
She has eight years of professional experience across residential treatment, acute inpatient care, geriatric services, and independent practice.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ariel?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule an appointment based on therapist availability.
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