Dr. Carlos D. Ortiz
Experienced New York counselor focused on relationships and coping
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Carlos
Dr. Carlos D.
Background and approach
Ortiz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. He also holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology.
He draws on long work history across settings to help people find clearer ways forward. He has worked with people involved in foster care and with adults who have served in the military and first responder roles.
He also has experience supporting executives, athletes, and people coping with complex life roles. He mentions his background as a Marine Corps veteran, a former blue-collar worker, and a father to explain why he connects with men managing work and family demands.
Dr. Ortiz focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship trouble, trauma and abuse, and ADHD.
He also addresses issues linked to adoption and foster care, infidelity, codependency, dissociation, and other personality-related struggles. His approach aims to be straightforward and practical.
In sessions he emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can talk about feelings and choices. He uses methods like the Gottman Method for relationship work, cognitive behavioral techniques for thinking and behavior patterns, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and action.
He offers therapy in English and Spanish and provides several online options, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. For those who prefer faith-informed support he can incorporate Bible-based pastoral counseling when requested.
Approaches you can use online and how they help
Dr. Ortiz uses the Gottman Method to focus on relationship patterns and improve communication between partners, helping people reduce conflict and rebuild connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is offered to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and to build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve, then choose or combine methods that fit those needs. That collaborative planning helps keep work practical and focused on real-life changes.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and relationship work, phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging can suit quick updates or ongoing support between appointments. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while allowing licensed professionals to provide consistent, ongoing care.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English, Spanish