Viviana Urgiles, LCSW

Viviana Urgiles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma, stress, anxiety, and related concerns such as depression and relationship problems. She also addresses issues tied to identity and life change, like LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, and caregiver stress.

Viviana works with people affected by many forms of trauma including interpersonal violence, domestic violence, sexual trauma, medical trauma, childhood abuse, and complex trauma. She helps clients notice how past events influence mood, behavior, trust, and relationships. Sessions include developing coping skills for emotional regulation and daily functioning.

Her approach draws on evidence-based therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She explains how trauma affects the body and mind and uses practical strategies to reduce symptoms and improve routines. She also supports people facing grief, life transitions, workplace stress, and addictions.

Viviana pays attention to cultural context and to how identity and community shape responses to stress and loss. She helps people rebuild a sense of control, improve communication, and address attachment or abandonment concerns. Work with her can involve skills practice, reflective conversation, and planning for concrete changes.

People often seek her help for parenting strain, relationship conflict, intimacy issues, career pressure, and challenges tied to chronic illness. She accepts clients from outside the U.S. and offers services in English. To start, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

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