About Berekat
Berekat Petros is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of clinical experience. He practices in Florida and works with people who are coping with stress and anxiety as well as longer-term mental health struggles. He welcomes questions and aims to make starting counseling straightforward and approachable.
Berekat draws on practical methods to help people manage symptoms and rebuild routines. He uses clear, structured techniques alongside conversations that explore what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at small, achievable changes rather than vague promises. He often combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools. That blend helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses.
Mindfulness strategies are added when people want skills to reduce reactivity and regain focus. Motivational interviewing is part of his toolkit for people facing change or substance concerns. Solution-focused steps are used to map short-term goals and measure progress week to week.
These approaches are chosen to match each person's situation and goals. Berekat has worked with a wide range of concerns including depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and substance use. He also helps with relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
He offers sessions in English and Amharic to better serve diverse needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Berekat frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with concrete homework and practice. Mindfulness therapy teaches brief attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.He also draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the conversation on each person's goals and values. That approach means the therapist listens first and tailors methods to fit what the person wants to achieve. Deciding which blend of techniques to use is a collaborative process guided by goals and personal preferences.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video gives more of an in-person feel, phone can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth situations, chat is useful for shorter problem-solving exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Florida
- Languages
- English, Amharic
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