Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Chinwe works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Igbo
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Chinwe
Chinwe Nzerue-Obi is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of experience. She trained in counseling after a prior career in law and brings a practical, goal-focused style to sessions. She speaks English and Igbo and works with people facing a wide range of life challenges.
Chinwe uses straightforward methods to help people regain control and move forward. She often draws on solution-focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals.
Background and approach
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going. Her background includes a masters degree from the University of Houston Victoria and earlier professional work as an attorney in Nigeria. That combination gives her a perspective on problem solving, rights, and responsibilities that she brings into therapeutic conversations.
She also holds a Multicultural Counseling Certification which informs her work with diverse clients. In sessions she helps people with anger, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, grief, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, caregiver stress, and other focused issues.
The approach is practical and collaborative - clients and therapist set steps and review progress together. Chinwe offers several online session formats and works with international clients. She emphasizes steady, achievable change and aims to help people return to activities and relationships they value.
What Chinwe works with
Everything Chinwe lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Chinwe's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Chinwe lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Chinwe uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves identifying patterns, testing new ways of thinking, and practicing small behavioral changes to improve mood and coping.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which focuses on concrete goals and what can be tried right away. This approach is brief and action-oriented, useful when people want targeted steps to reduce problems like anger or anxiety.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Chinwe aims to match techniques to each person’s needs and preferences rather than using a single method for everyone.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work with a therapist more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging are handy for quick check-ins or short coaching-style notes. These options let people fit therapy around work, school, and caregiving while keeping continuity of care across locations.
Questions people ask about Chinwe
What concerns does Chinwe help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and parenting issues, addictions, grief, and many related concerns such as body image and codependency.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and goal-directed. She sets short-term targets with clients and uses talk and skill practice to make steady progress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of counseling experience. Prior to counseling she practiced law, which she says informs her problem-solving approach.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - in Texas and holds a masters degree from the University of Houston Victoria.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Igbo, and she accepts clients from outside the United States.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by 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 according to therapist availability.