About Vitus
Vitus Onusuru is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. He focuses on boosting self-esteem, improving motivation, and navigating life changes. His approach is respectful and grounded in practical support.
He keeps sessions direct and simple. Conversations are tailored to what each person needs that week. Goals are broken into small steps so progress feels manageable instead of overwhelming.
Background and approach
Vitus draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work on trauma, anxiety, and addiction-related concerns. He listens first, then suggests strategies people can try between sessions. That may include coping tools, thought work, or behavior changes suited to daily life.
People who come for help with relationship strain, intimacy issues, or family stress will find a steady, nonjudgmental presence. He also supports clients coping with career pressures, sleep problems, chronic illness, and identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues. Vitus has seven years of professional experience in clinical practice.
He tailors treatment plans to fit each person’s situation and preferences. He encourages small experiments in the real world so change can stick. Sessions are offered in English and Vitus works with clients in California as well as international clients online.
He helps people take practical steps toward clearer thinking, calmer days, and more manageable routines.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Vitus uses approaches grounded in research to address anxiety, trauma, and related concerns. One common approach focuses on practical coping skills and behavioral experiments to reduce anxious patterns and build confidence. These are simple activities and routines people can test between sessions to see what helps.Another approach emphasizes exploring trauma and its effects through careful, paced conversations and memory-focused techniques. The goal is to help people feel less overwhelmed by past events and more able to manage day-to-day reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, try concrete strategies, and adjust the plan based on what works best. Clients help set priorities and measure progress so the work stays relevant to their life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules. Video helps keep a face-to-face feel, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat supports brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options offer flexibility for different routines and comfort levels, while letting licensed professionals deliver ongoing care.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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