About Ohiro
Dr. Ohiro Oni-Eseleh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) with 32 years of practice based in New York. He focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, and major life transitions.
He draws on longstanding experience to offer calm, steady support during difficult times. He uses practical, person-focused methods to help people make small changes that add up. Sessions are straightforward and centered on what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
He listens for values and goals, then helps clients test new ways of coping and relating. His background includes work across community and organizational settings, with attention to issues of racism, discrimination, and immigration. He has also supported people dealing with career questions, caregiver strain, and aging concerns.
That breadth informs how he frames challenges and options for clients. Dr. Oni-Eseleh values respect and hope in the therapeutic relationship.
He believes people often already know what they want to change and benefits from clear, steady guidance to get there. He avoids taking on cases connected to pending litigation or the potential of one. Sessions tend to focus on building skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and clarifying life purpose.
He aims for practical steps clients can try between meetings, with ongoing adjustment based on what works.
Online approaches that center values and skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that align with them. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching them to notice thoughts and choose meaningful steps instead of getting pulled into avoidance.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, empathetic relationship. In this approach the therapist listens without judgment and helps the person find their own solutions, which can be useful for building self-esteem and addressing grief or life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they decide whether ACT, client-centered work, or another approach like CBT or DBT will best fit the situation and adjust over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when useful, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can support short check-ins or ongoing tracking between meetings. This mix of formats helps people keep continuity and try approaches that match their schedule and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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