About Damita
Damita Bonnemere is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on addictions, relationship stress, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. She works with people who are ready to begin making changes and offers a calm, straightforward approach.
Background and approach
Damita writes plainly and listens for practical ways to move forward. She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and honors that step.
With ten years of professional experience, Damita centers sessions on each person's strengths. She sees clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on what already works.
Conversations are goal-oriented but flexible, shaped by what matters most to the client. Sessions tend to include clear problem-solving, skill building, and steady support when processing painful events.
Damita helps people identify patterns that keep problems repeating and practices new ways of responding. She focuses on small, doable steps as well as deeper work when needed.
Her practice reflects practical work rather than lectures. Expect a mix of listening, feedback, and exercises to try between sessions.
Damita aims to make progress feel manageable and to help clients notice change over time. Damita is based in New York and offers sessions in English.
She invites people who are ready to start a change to take the first step and begin the matching process.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Damita uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and healing. One common method helps people process painful events by talking through the memories and reactions and developing ways to reduce distress and avoid repeating harmful patterns. Another approach emphasizes skill building for everyday problems like cravings, communication breakdowns, and mood shifts by teaching clear steps and behavioral tools to try between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the client's goals, needs, and personal preferences. This collaborative process means techniques are adjusted over time until the client and therapist find what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and working through emotional material. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, quick skills coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats give flexibility for therapy to fit into busy lives.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
What is the therapist's approach in sessions?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Can international clients work with this therapist?
What session formats are available?
How does cost and starting therapy work?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English