- Trauma and PTSD
- Grief and bereavement
- CBT and EFT approaches
About Mali
Mali Austriyak Mikhli is a New York LCSW-R with four decades of social work experience. She has worked across many life stages and cultural backgrounds and focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and related concerns listed in her profile. Mali speaks English, Spanish, and Yiddish.
She describes her work as supportive and psychotherapeutic, blending practical techniques with listening and reflection. Sessions often address PTSD, bereavement, and early childhood disruption and trauma alongside relationship and intimacy-related issues. Mali draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered methods to help people notice patterns and try different responses.
Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy are also part of her approach. She uses mindfulness practices to help people notice feelings and reactions in the moment. Narrative techniques help people name and reshape the stories that shape their choices and relationships.
Mali has a long history helping people with parenting, adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, and caregiver stress. She also works with concerns such as codependency, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and family of origin problems. Her experience includes work with aging and geriatric issues and with people on the autism spectrum.
Practical topics such as career decisions, coping with life changes, and coaching are also within her scope. To begin, prospective clients follow the site steps to match and schedule an initial session and confirm the session format that best fits their needs.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Mali uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how feelings and attachment patterns shape interactions, especially when relationships feel stuck. EFT helps people name emotions and shift the cycles that keep them stuck, which can be useful for intimacy and relational concerns.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening and responding to each person's experience, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and testing new ways of responding. Client-centered work supports exploration and validation, while CBT offers step-by-step tools for coping and behavior change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mali will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods over time based on how someone responds.
The original biography does not specify session formats here, so confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can use a break at work or care duties to attend. Licensed professionals can adapt EFT, client-centered listening, and CBT techniques to work in virtual appointments, letting practical tools and emotional work continue across distance.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, Spanish, Yiddish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and many family-related problems listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is supportive and psychotherapeutic, combining listening with practical techniques from CBT, client-centered work, mindfulness and narrative methods.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of experience as a social worker and has worked with people at many life stages and from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW-R licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Yiddish, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.