Lea is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a unique skill set refined toward counseling and helping others. Her work experience ranges from adult and adolescent outpatient services, hospital based counseling services, crisis counseling and incarcerations. Lea has over 3 years of experience helping clients with depression, anxiety, relationship struggles and various other mental health and emotional challenges. Lea likes to use a person-centered approach emphasizing the importance of the therapist/client relationship, along with a cognitive behavioral approach to allow the client to explore the thought patterns related to the challenging emotions and behaviors. Lea’s counseling philosophy is based on an acknowledgment of the individual’s background and personal beliefs. Her expertise allows clients to develop their own perspective of problem solving and empowers them to make the changes needed in order to accomplish their goals
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Antisocial Personality, Blended Family Issues, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
MI LPC 6401019762
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Lea DiChiara. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Lea has been great to me so far. She listens to my main concerns and helps me with the goals I have and assures me that I’m on the right track. I had a bad experience with therapy when I was in high school and that deterred me from trying again for a long time but Lea has made me feel comfortable talking to her and confident that I made the right decision to restart therapy again.
Written on Oct 27, 2022 after therapy with Lea for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
