Associate Therapist, New York & New Jersey

Accepting New Clients

Commitment

Are you dealing with anxiety, depression, or life transitions? When meeting these challenges, we might struggle to understand and manage our emotions or to gain clarity in our personal and professional lives. Reiner's approach to helping clients work through these concerns is collaborative, supportive, and empathic. With his clients, through exploration and practical problem-solving, they develop effective coping strategies and explore their feelings and experiences. Everyone strives for a balanced and fulfilling life; and it does not have to be done alone.

Areas of Focus

Reiner specializes in working with couples, families, young adults, and members of the LGBTQ+ helping them to:

• Couples and Family Therapy: Mend and strengthen relationships by improving communication and understanding within the family structure.
• Young Adults and Adults: Address the unique challenges faced by his generation, including identity formation and achieving personal and professional goals.

Therapeutic Approach

Reiner utilizes an integrative approach, including:

• Narrative Therapy: Empowering clients to author their own lives, helping them reframe negative experiences and highlight positive outcomes.
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Focusing on restructuring automatic thoughts and cognitive distortions to improve mental health and emotional regulation.

Specializations

Reiner's approach is tailored to address:

• Emotional Dysregulation: Assisting clients in gaining control over emotional responses through structured CBT techniques.
• Interpersonal Conflict and Communication Issues: Utilizing Narrative Therapy to help families and couples rewrite their interactions and foster healthier relationships.
• Stress Management: Guiding clients through techniques to manage and mitigate stress effectively.

Education

• Currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Mental Health Wellness Counseling from New York University
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology from City College of New York, CUNY

Professional Disclosure Statement

• Qualifications: Reiner De Guzman is in the process of accumulating clinical hours towards his graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. He serves as an Associate Therapist Mental Health Counselor, operating under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor.
• Supervision: Reiner De Guzman’s practice is conducted under the guidance of Sherene Henry, LMHC, LPC, NCC (License #012789). This supervisory relationship is instrumental in expanding Reiner’s repertoire of clinical interventions within the field of counseling. It encompasses activities such as case review, discussion, observation through shadowing, and examination of clinical notes. The objective of this supervision is to foster Reiner’s growth into a competent counseling practitioner, enhancing his skills and practical application in the field. Similar to the treating clinician, supervisors maintain the same level of client confidentiality, ensuring ethical and private treatment of all cases.