About Richard
Dr. Richard Tscherne offers straightforward, person-focused therapy that centers on what the client brings to sessions. He is a New York psychologist who uses collaborative conversation, practical skills, and mindfulness to help people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, and life transitions.
Dr. Tscherne writes plainly and aims to make therapy feel like a helpful, steady conversation rather than a lecture. He draws on client-centered methods to make space for each person's experience.
Background and approach
That means listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and practice small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety and lift mood. Mindfulness-based techniques are also part of his approach, with simple breathing exercises and attention practices taught in-session and practiced between meetings.
Existential ideas are woven in when questions about meaning, purpose, or feeling stuck arise. These tools are presented in everyday language and broken into manageable steps. Dr.
Tscherne has three years of clinical experience as a licensed psychologist in New York. He offers therapy for common concerns such as depression, grief, anger, addictions, and self-esteem struggles, along with focused work on body image, chronic illness, and social anxiety. Sessions are offered in English and use formats that fit different schedules.
People who choose his approach can expect practical strategies, patient listening, and an emphasis on small, steady progress. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs and life situation.
Practical approaches for online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so clients can explore their concerns at their own pace and decide what changes feel right.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thought patterns that increase anxiety or low mood and replaces them with more helpful habits. CBT in online sessions often includes short exercises and homework that can be practiced between meetings to build momentum.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what methods feel comfortable. Together they choose techniques and adjust them as needed, treating the process as a collaboration rather than a fixed plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets people see facial cues; phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited; live chat and messaging let clients check in with brief updates or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility while keeping the focus on practical, step-by-step progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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