About Dinesh
Dinesh Shrestha helps people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, and addiction. He also supports those dealing with parenting challenges, sleep problems, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, and career concerns. Dinesh speaks English, Hindi, and Nepali and practices from Texas as an LPC.
He keeps conversations focused and straightforward. Sessions aim to identify immediate problems and build practical steps forward. He adapts sessions to each person’s needs, using talk, skills practice, and goal-setting rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
How Dinesh works
Dinesh blends several approaches to match the problem at hand. He uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect what matters most to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps examine unhelpful thinking and change patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness skills are used when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. People can expect a respectful, calm style in sessions. Dinesh emphasizes clear, small goals and steady progress.
He works with emotions and behaviors together so concerns like panic, compulsions, or mood swings get addressed in practical ways. With five years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Dinesh draws on work with diverse concerns such as multicultural issues, immigration-related stress, guilt and shame, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and post-traumatic stress.
He aims to help clients find more balance, purpose, and everyday coping skills.
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What Dinesh works with
The areas below are the ones Dinesh selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Nepali |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and priorities. It involves active listening, reflection, and shaping the work around what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer goals, or a space to sort through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and experiments to change unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like panic, obsessive thoughts, or low mood. DBT skills and mindfulness add tools for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance when needed.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with talk and goal-setting, then adding CBT exercises or DBT skills over time if they seem helpful.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is useful for deeper face-to-face conversations, while phone calls work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can make quick check-ins and short skill practice easier between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can happen around work, school, or family commitments.
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