Irene Kyprianides

Irene Kyprianides uses Trauma-Focused Therapy as a central part of her work. She combines this with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. Irene speaks plainly with clients and focuses on what they need now. She is an LMSW with 15 years of experience and practices from Michigan.

Her background includes both private practice and community-based settings since 2008. She has worked extensively with anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression, and mood disorders. Irene has also supported people connected to foster care and adoption, and those facing parenting challenges and self-harming behaviors.

Irene draws on several therapy styles to meet each person where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns of thinking and try new behaviors. Mindfulness practices are used to calm intense emotions and build present-moment skills. Trauma-Focused Therapy is used to address the effects of past traumatic experiences.

She takes a strengths-based approach and spends time learning what contributes to a person’s current struggles. Sessions often focus on clear goals and small, practical steps toward them. Irene aims to help people find better ways to cope and move toward a more manageable day-to-day life.

Her experience also covers working with autism spectrum conditions, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and behavior challenges. She has completed advanced trainings in motivational interviewing and parenting interventions. Irene offers collaborative care and aims to walk alongside clients through change.

How Irene’s approaches translate to online care

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and addressing the effects of past traumatic events. It helps people process difficult memories and learn skills to reduce distress and reactivity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replaces them with more workable habits for everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as progress and preferences become clearer.

Session logistics are not listed here, so confirm the available online formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to include practical skill work between sessions. Ask about formats and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire so sessions match your daily life.