- Client-centered care
- Trauma-informed focus
- Goal oriented
About Chana
Chana Rivka Hersh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction issues, and challenges like ADHD or coping with life changes. Her work also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
She begins by listening and getting to know each person. Sessions start from a client-centered stance that aims to build trust and reduce judgment. After understanding what a person wants, she and the client set clear goals and plan steps to reach them.
Her approach is integrative. She draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioral techniques, and may include dialectical and existential perspectives when useful. Practical tools and skills are used alongside conversation and reflection to address symptoms and everyday problems.
Her early work focused on people with serious mental illness and on helping them live in the community. Later she focused on survivors of abuse and neglect and has provided both crisis counseling and ongoing therapy. Over the years she has worked with depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance and sexual addictions, eating concerns, and family system issues.
Chana emphasizes clear outcomes and a roadmap for change. She aims for clients to feel understood while making measurable progress toward their goals. People who prefer collaborative, goal-oriented counseling will find a consistent, steady style in her practice.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current connections. Online conversations can uncover those patterns and help people try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy centers on the person's experience and priorities, relying on listening and reflection to guide change. That approach fits well with remote sessions that emphasize the client's voice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical skills to shift thoughts and behaviors, such as coping skills for anxiety or sleep strategies, and those exercises adapt easily to virtual work.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. She works together with each person to identify goals and then tests which methods help most. That collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs and preferences become clearer.
The practical benefit of online sessions is that they can fit into a busy life. Many people find it easier to attend from home, on a break, or between appointments. If you want to know which session options she currently offers, confirm the available formats before booking so you can pick what best fits your schedule and needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, ADHD, and coping with life changes including coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She starts from a client-centered stance, listening and building trust. From there she uses an integrative mix of approaches and practical tools tailored to each person's goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has worked in counseling since 1994, bringing about 25 years of post-graduate practice and experience across crisis and longer-term care.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients served?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.