About Rabaya
Rabaya Rahman is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and problems with addiction. She can also support concerns around relationships, family problems, anger, and coping with life changes. Rabaya writes plainly and listens closely to each person's story.
She uses a person-centered approach that keeps the client's goals in view. That often means focusing on present concerns and practical steps.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what the person needs that day. Rabeya integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused strategies to address thinking patterns and daily routines. Motivational interviewing can be used when someone wants help making difficult changes, such as reducing alcohol or drug use.
These methods are used together to create clear, manageable goals. Over eight years of practice she has worked with a wide range of life challenges, from immigration stress and caregiver strain to blended family issues and attachment wounds. Her approach aims to reduce shame and blame while strengthening coping skills and communication.
Rabaya strives to offer straightforward guidance and small steps that build momentum. She avoids labels and focuses on what’s helpful right now. People who prefer a direct, compassionate style may find her easy to talk with.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Rabaya commonly combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people set their own goals while feeling respected. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thinking patterns and daily habits, then builds small practice changes to ease symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Mindfulness therapy is also used to help people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed. That approach supports stress management, grief, and ongoing worry by teaching attention skills and simple breathing or grounding practices. Rabaya discusses these options and works together with each person to decide what feels most useful based on goals and preferences.
Online sessions come in several formats: video calls when face-to-face interaction is helpful, phone sessions for lower bandwidth or when calling in is easier, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow quick follow-ups, and offer different ways to communicate depending on energy and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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