About Austine
Austine Nwaobi uses a client-centered approach that keeps each conversation focused on the person in front of him. He is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with five years of experience helping people find steadier ground. He meets people where they are and tailors sessions to individual needs.
He often works with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and bipolar-related concerns. He also addresses control issues, impulsivity, loneliness, panic attacks, paranoia, mood and personality disorder struggles, and self-harm thoughts.
How Austine works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than labels. Austine draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thought patterns that fuel distress, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to strengthen personal motivation and Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their life stories.
In conversations he aims to listen with sensitivity and respect while helping people set realistic goals. He balances supportive talk with techniques that can be used between sessions. The plan evolves as progress is made.
People who reach out can expect direct, plain talk about the issues they bring. Austine emphasizes empowerment and practical tools so each person leaves with steps they can try between meetings.
Austine lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Austine works with
The areas below are the ones Austine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Control issues
- Depression
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
- Self-love
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's lead; online sessions allow the therapist to ask questions and adapt the conversation to what matters most to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it works well online with homework exercises and structured check-ins. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that can be practiced between sessions and reviewed over video or messaging.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat makes brief check-ins simple, and text messaging supports quick updates or mood tracking. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life while keeping focus on the techniques and goals established together.
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