About Dominique
Dominique Oputa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strains, or life changes. Dominique emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth style that meets people where they are.
She believes each person knows their story best and brings useful strengths to therapy. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical. The aim is to build on what already works and try small, manageable changes.
Background and approach
Dominique uses straightforward tools from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy. That means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and also listening closely to what matters most to the client. She mixes those tools with solution-focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals.
Her experience includes work with stress, depression, grief, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, and issues around self-esteem and relationships. She also supports people facing aging and geriatric concerns, blended family dynamics, and end-of-life related matters. Dominique offers a calm, steady presence for those navigating these challenges.
Sessions are offered in English and adapted to each person’s pace. The focus is on practical steps that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Dominique encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready.
Approach Options and How Online Therapy Works
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client, helping people feel heard and respected as they decide on change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches skills to shift patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unmotivated by exploring values and small steps toward change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dominique uses a collaborative process to figure out which methods fit each person’s goals and preferences. She will check in, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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