Tiontay Castillo

Tiontay Castillo is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York who focuses on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue. She encourages people to notice their strengths and use them to face hard moments. The first step can feel big, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin.

In sessions she approaches people as the experts of their own stories. Conversations are collaborative and practical. She listens first, then helps identify small, workable steps that move a person toward clearer goals and less overwhelm.

Tiontay uses client-centered ways of working to create space for what matters to each person. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Solution-focused techniques are used to build quick, concrete strategies that fit daily life.

Her background includes five years in social services in New York. That experience shaped a straightforward style that focuses on real problems and real solutions. She pays particular attention to caregiver stress, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and issues many women face.

Tiontay aims to make therapy feel practical and understandable. She helps people sort through workplace stress, strengthen self-love, and clarify next steps for careers or relationships. The work is paced to each person's needs and comfort.

How her approaches translate to online work

Tiontay uses client-centered therapy to focus on what matters most to each person. That means conversations are shaped by the client's priorities and pace, which can make online sessions feel flexible and responsive.

She also draws on motivational interviewing, a collaborative method that helps people clarify their own reasons to change. Online sessions can be a good place to talk through ambivalence and set personal goals using that technique.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities to choose methods that fit. That decision is made collaboratively and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that helps. It can also suit people who prefer to meet from their usual routines while working on stress, career planning, self-esteem, or caregiver concerns.