About Obinna
Obinna Onyegesi is an LCSW who focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, and addiction. He keeps sessions direct and kind so people can talk through what feels overwhelming. He offers help in English and Italian and practices in Texas.
Obi works in a collaborative way that centers each person’s story and background. He listens for how identity and life changes affect mood and behavior. Sessions are meant to be straightforward and practical, with space to name hard feelings and make small changes.
Background and approach
He has three years of clinical experience and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques. That means he draws on methods shown to help with anxiety, depression, and substance use. He also supports people facing issues such as attachment wounds, abandonment, isolation, and struggles with communication.
People may bring concerns about gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, immigration stress, or feelings of guilt and shame. Obi also addresses impulsivity, dependent personality traits, and disruptions in mood like Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder when relevant to the person’s goals. He pays attention to life purpose and men's issues as part of broader personal work.
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to the therapist’s availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches in online care
Obi draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes skills for managing anxiety and stress such as breathing, activity planning, and stepwise exposure to feared situations; these techniques help reduce worry and avoidance over time. Another approach targets mood and substance use by identifying patterns that lead to depressive episodes or addictive behavior and building alternative coping strategies and routines. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how their life context affects symptoms. Together they decide which techniques to try first and make adjustments as work progresses. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around school, work, or family responsibilities and to continue steady momentum toward goals.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Italian
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