Chana Rivka Hersh

Chana Rivka Hersh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship troubles, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and a wide range of other concerns. She brings 25 years of counseling experience to conversations about addiction, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting struggles, ADHD, and career or life transitions. Her work also includes concerns like compassion fatigue, bipolar disorder, and questions around identity and LGBT issues.

Hersh begins by listening and building a trusting space where people can speak openly without judgment. She uses a person-centered way of meeting clients where they are and clarifying what they want to change. From that foundation she combines different techniques to suit each person’s goals.

Over a long career she has worked in community and hospital settings and with people who faced severe mental health challenges. She later focused on supporting survivors of abuse and neglect, and on issues such as chronic pain, substance and sexual addictions, and eating disorders. That background shapes her practical, goal-focused approach.

In sessions she often draws on methods from attachment-based work, cognitive-behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, existential ideas, and client-centered listening. The mix is chosen to fit what each person needs and wants to accomplish.

Hersh aims to help people set clear outcomes and follow a road map toward those goals. People who work with her move at their own pace while tracking practical steps toward improved daily functioning and relationships.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current trust, safety, and intimacy. It can help people who struggle with attachment issues, abandonment fears, or relationship cycling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own experience, using active listening and empathy to clarify goals and build motivation for change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will pick and adapt methods so sessions stay focused on what the person wants to accomplish.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins from different locations when schedules change. It can also let people use written or visual tools during sessions and try skill practice between meetings. Ask about session logistics and how techniques like CBT exercises or attachment-focused conversations are handled remotely so you know what to expect.