How Roberta works
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Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Roberta
Roberta Davis is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and day-to-day stress. She supports people dealing with anxiety, anger, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Her tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at someone looking for practical help now.
Roberta draws on 12 years of experience across school counseling, social work, and clinical roles. She keeps conversations direct and simple. Sessions include talking through patterns, naming triggers, and planning small steps that make life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
She often works with people facing trauma, parenting challenges, mood disorders, and identity-related stress such as LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns. Roberta also helps with issues like sleep and eating struggles, chronic illness, and career pressure. Many people come for help with coping skills and clearer ways to handle conflict and strong feelings.
In session she aims to build trust quickly and without judgment. That looks like listening carefully, asking clear questions, and offering tools clients can try between meetings. She emphasizes practical strategies and gradual change rather than quick fixes.
Roberta practises evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person. She also draws on her teaching and clinical background to explain things plainly. People who want steady, no-nonsense support to improve day-to-day functioning often find her approach helpful.
What Roberta works with
Everything Roberta lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Roberta's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Roberta uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach involves teaching concrete coping skills to manage intense emotions and anger, such as grounding exercises, breathing strategies, and step-by-step behavioral plans to reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning. These techniques help when emotions feel overwhelming and interfere with work or relationships.Another common approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people process difficult experiences at a manageable pace. This involves pacing conversations, building safety and stability first, and then addressing memories or patterns that keep someone stuck. It can be useful for people coping with past abuse, grief, or ongoing stress related to identity or discrimination.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide what feels most useful based on their goals, comfort level, and day-to-day needs. Sessions are adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or during a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for short updates, coping reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and varied schedules.
Questions people ask about Roberta
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Roberta helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, parenting concerns, identity-related stress, ADHD, and many other life challenges.
What is the therapist's general approach or style?
Sessions are straightforward and practical, with a focus on identifying patterns, naming triggers, and trying small steps to change daily routines and reactions.
What background and experience does the therapist have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working as a school counselor, social worker, primary therapist, and psychology professor, which informs her clinical and teaching approach.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
The clinician is a licensed mental health counselor, New York LMHC, and practices out of New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are remote sessions conducted?
Roberta provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.