Dr. Sheriffa Gallwey

Dr. Sheriffa Gallwey is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, relationship challenges, trauma, and grief. She uses a practical, down-to-earth approach to help clients take small steps toward clearer goals. Her tone is supportive and focused on real-world progress.

Dr. Gallwey works from an eclectic foundation that draws on cognitive and dialectical behavioral ideas. Sessions center on setting clear goals, identifying obstacles, and practicing skills that make daily life easier. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how past relationships affect current patterns.

Her work often addresses parenting strain, intimacy issues, addiction-related concerns, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She helps people navigate life changes such as divorce, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care issues, and aging-related challenges. Career difficulties and questions about commitment or communication are included in her practice.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are discussed and milestones are set together. Dr. Gallwey emphasizes learning practical tools - like emotion regulation skills, cognitive strategies, and mindfulness practices - that can be practiced between sessions. Progress is measured by clearer day-to-day functioning rather than abstract milestones.

She holds LCSW-R and LCSW credentials and practices in New York. Sessions are conducted in English. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and select the Start Therapy button to begin the intake process.

How attachment, CBT, and mindfulness guide online work

Dr. Gallwey uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and relationship habits. This helps when trust, intimacy, or communication keep getting in the way of goals.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with practical experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and career-related thinking that blocks action.

Mindfulness Therapy is used to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Simple breathing and attention practices are taught and practiced between sessions to manage stress and impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose or combine strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can happen around work or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill-building to an online pace and rhythm that suits daily life.