Roberto Chia , LMHC

Roberto Chia is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of experience working with people from diverse backgrounds. He supports individuals facing anxiety, depression, grief after losses, couples issues, and stress- and trauma-related difficulties, helping them navigate painful moments and regain a sense of direction. Roberto approaches counseling as a collaborative process - he offers steady emotional support while partnering with clients to develop practical coping strategies and identify meaningful solutions.

He does not present himself as someone who has all the answers or who must give advice in every session. Instead he honors each person’s strengths, lived experience, and capacity for insight, and he helps clients access those resources to move forward. Together with clients he explores current situations, clarifies the specific issues to address, sets achievable goals, and builds steps that can be practiced between sessions. His work emphasizes respect, collaboration, and learning approaches that fit each person’s life and values.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Roberto draws on evidence-informed approaches to guide online work in ways that feel practical and collaborative. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating formed in close relationships; by exploring attachment needs and responses, it can help people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment concerns, or repeating relational patterns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own perspective and strengths - the therapist offers empathy and reflective listening to help clients clarify values, increase self-understanding, and make choices that align with their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers structured strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Roberto works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and he adjusts techniques as the process unfolds. Clients play an active role in choosing what feels most helpful.

Online sessions - via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity during transitions. These formats allow licensed professionals and therapists to offer flexible scheduling, more frequent check-ins when useful, and multiple ways to practice skills between sessions, all tailored to each person's circumstances.