- Focus on sleep
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Skills oriented
About Josephine
Josephine Ovalles is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing sleep problems alongside stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She works in New York and offers services in both English and Spanish. Her first priority is helping people find practical ways to rest better and manage daytime symptoms that interfere with sleep.
With 13 years of clinical experience, Josephine uses straightforward methods that clients can try between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and on acceptance and commitment strategies to build steady routines and values-driven habits. Sessions are conversational and focused on skills that can make nights and days more manageable.
Josephine also integrates attachment-based and client-centered ways of working to support stronger relationships and clearer communication. That can help when relationship strain or grief is affecting sleep. She pays attention to how past losses, trauma, or ongoing stressors show up in daily life and rest patterns.
Her background includes work with people coping with addiction, mood disorders, trauma, and chronic illness. Josephine aims to collaborate on a plan that fits each person’s situation, balancing short-term tools with longer work on patterns that keep sleep disrupted. She frames therapy as a team effort with practical steps and steady check-ins.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription-based session model can be canceled at any time, and fees vary by location and availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and taking small, values-led actions anyway. It can help people who struggle with worry, rumination, or avoidance that interfere with sleep and daily routines. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, such as bedtime habits and daytime routines that affect rest. It is useful for anxiety, depressive thinking, and sleep-related patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to manage intense feelings that can disrupt sleep and relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and will adapt methods as progress is made. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits the client’s life and rhythms.
Confirm the specific online session options before booking because formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. For many people this flexibility makes it simpler to practice new sleep routines and maintain regular follow-up without rearranging the whole day.
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Experience
13+ years
Credentials
New York, Connecticut
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and sleeping problems among other concerns.
What is the general therapeutic style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using person-centered conversation and skills-based techniques to address problems and build routines that support rest.
How much clinical experience is represented?
The therapist has 13 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings with diverse concerns and presentations.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She holds LCSW credentials and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify formats directly.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.