Lily Divino

Lily Divino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She offers a calm, supportive presence and aims to create a space where clients feel heard and respected. Many people seek her out when they feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck and want practical steps to move forward.

She uses trauma-informed care alongside evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Lily draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping. She also uses strengths-based practices and a relational, family systems perspective to understand how relationships and early family dynamics shape current concerns.

Her work has included time in healthcare and community settings, so she often connects emotional struggles to broader life demands and systems. This background informs how she talks about burnout, compassion fatigue, and chronic stress linked to caregiving or medical conditions. Lily also supports people who have experienced sexual violence and other forms of trauma.

She describes her style as warm and collaborative, meeting people where they are and moving at a comfortable pace. Cultural identity and belonging are part of the conversations she brings into sessions when relevant. If you want a thoughtful, steady partner to help you make sense of things, she helps people set realistic goals and try small, doable changes.

With 12 years of experience, Lily blends practical skills with a relational approach to support recovery and resilience.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online work

Many of the evidence-based techniques Lily uses can be explained in practical terms that fit remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns of thinking and behavior and then try small, testable changes to feel better. It is useful for anxiety, panic, and depression because it focuses on concrete skills and homework-like practice.

Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping people find their own reasons to change. It uses gentle questions and reflection to clarify goals and increase motivation, which can help with life transitions, caregiving stress, and health-related behavior. A strengths-based and relational lens means sessions also look at how relationships and cultural background shape choices and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lily will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending techniques over time and adjusting pace based on what’s helpful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Therapists can also adapt exercises and between-session work to suit remote meetings, helping people build skills they can use day to day.