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About Chana

Chana Rivka Hersh is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She offers steady, practical support for parenting strain, career questions, addictions, and coping with life changes. Her style is straightforward and person-focused.

She begins by listening. Early sessions focus on understanding what each person wants and what stands in the way. That helps shape clear, shared goals and a simple plan to move forward.

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Background and approach

Her work draws on client-centered methods and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address thinking patterns, daily routines, and coping skills. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current connections and reactions. Over 25 years in counseling, she has supported people through trauma and abuse, severe depression, anxiety disorders, substance concerns, eating issues, and chronic illness.

Much of her earlier work involved helping people transition out of long-term hospital care into community living, and later she focused on survivors of abuse and neglect. Sessions can include practical skill building, problem-solving, and emotion regulation tools from approaches such as dialectical behavior therapy when relevant. Work is paced to the person’s comfort and goals, with techniques chosen collaboratively.

Chana practices in Texas as an LPC and conducts sessions in English. She aims to help people feel heard and to create a clear road map toward the outcomes they want.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Chana commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, building trust, and following the client's lead to clarify goals and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior, teaching tools to change unhelpful thoughts and build new routines for mood, sleep, and focus.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns or early attachments affect current stress and intimacy problems. That approach helps people notice how past connections influence present reactions and then practice different ways of relating. Choosing the right mix of methods is collaborative - she works with each person to match techniques to their needs, goals, and comfort level.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for brief check-ins or when writing helps express thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping treatment tailored to personal goals.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Chana commonly address?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, and related life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative, starting with listening and helping clients set clear goals before choosing techniques to use together.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience in counseling, including work with people coming out of long-term hospital care and later focus on survivors of abuse and neglect.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

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Experience
25 years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English

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