Licensed clinical social worker recordMaryland
Credentials check
- Credentials
- LCSW, LCSW-C
- Licensed in New York
- LCSW, licence 100063
- Licensed in Maryland
- LCSW-C, licence 20501
- Licensed in New Jersey
- LCSW, licence 44SC06053400
- NPI
- 1811394331
- Experience
- 23 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Maryland
These details come from information Aviva supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma support
About Aviva
Aviva Kovacs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and New Jersey and an LCSW-C licensed in Maryland with 23 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and loneliness.
Her style is direct and practical. She uses short-term, solution-focused work when that fits, and she also offers longer-term therapy for deeper patterns. In early sessions she often gives concrete suggestions clients can try right away to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Aviva pays attention to relationship patterns such as commitment issues, communication problems, infidelity, and separation. She helps people untangle family of origin issues and navigate fatherhood concerns without using technical language. The focus is on clear steps and workable strategies rather than jargon.
She has particular experience supporting people who carry emotional burdens from past events and who feel stuck despite knowing the trauma is over. Her approach aims to help clients move toward steadier mood, clearer thinking, and more manageable relationships.
Sessions are conducted in English and are organized around practical goals. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and use the site tools to begin the match and scheduling process.
BHow sessions work
Approaches used in remote sessions
Aviva uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One approach is short-term, solution-focused work that targets immediate problems and builds small, achievable steps to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. This method is useful for anxiety, stress, and specific relationship problems.She also uses longer-term therapies that look at patterns that repeat across relationships and over time. This work can help with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, codependency, and recurring communication problems by identifying patterns and experimenting with new ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Aviva collaborates with clients to decide whether a quick problem-solving plan or a longer exploration will fit their goals, preferences, and practical constraints. She will adjust the plan as progress is observed and as needs change.
Confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific online options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and daily routines. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people continue care from different locations while they work on symptoms and relationship patterns.
CAreas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
23+ years
Listed in
New York, Maryland, New Jersey
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, plus related issues like attachment, codependency, and loneliness.
How does she approach therapy?
Her work can be short term and solution focused or longer term to address deeper patterns. She often offers practical suggestions clients can use from the first session.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood and relationship concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds LCSW in New York and New Jersey and an LCSW-C in Maryland and practices from Maryland.
Which languages are offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers