Louise Bonanno

Louise Bonanno is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with decades of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, and compassion fatigue. She recognizes that reaching out for counseling usually comes after trying other options and feeling stuck. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at finding clearer direction and relief so daily life can feel more manageable.

Louise has worked across private practice and community mental health settings in New York. She has supported first responders through Critical Incident Stress Management debriefing and has used a range of clinical approaches over her career. Her work blends strategies that help people manage intense feelings with methods that look at long-standing patterns rooted in relationships.

In sessions she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, attachment-focused perspectives, client-centered listening, and mindfulness practices. That mix allows her to address urgent symptoms like panic and anger while also looking at attachment, communication, control issues, and chronic shame or guilt.

Louise describes therapy as collaborative problem solving. She aims to help people find answers, resolve painful patterns, and develop new ways of living. Her experience includes work with divorce and separation concerns, forgiveness, self-love, and loneliness alongside trauma-related issues.

She asks clients to view therapy as a working process that can lead to measurable shifts. People who want direct, experienced guidance for emotional overwhelm or isolation may find her approach grounded and practical.

How her approaches translate to online work

Louise uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values and small committed steps so daily life can feel more meaningful even during stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings of safety and connection. This approach is useful for communication problems, control issues, and loneliness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Louise treats the choice of method as collaborative and adjusts strategies to fit the person’s goals and preferences. She will talk through what feels most helpful and try different ways of working until a good fit emerges.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help maintain continuity of care when life is hectic. Licensed professionals, including therapists who use ACT and attachment methods, can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and skills coaching to a remote setting depending on each person’s needs.